Training & Resources
HGTX Trainings for Caregivers and Professionals
We provide ongoing, interactive training to both professionals and caregivers. These trainings seek to provide practical skills and strategies to prevent youth from re-entering the foster care system.
HGTX Webinars
We provide monthly webinars to community members, child welfare professionals, and caregivers with the purpose to inform and bring awareness to current child welfare practices and efforts related to adoption and post permanency.
Resources for Heart Gallery Staff and Volunteers
Heart Gallery Resource Trainings are trainings provided for Heart Gallery staff and partners working directly with children through the Heart Gallery.Â
Heart Gallery Resources
Words Matter: A Guide on Adoption Language
Download our adoption language guide for practical tips on using language that promotes inclusivity and healing.
A Guide for Obtaining Consent for Heart Gallery Participation
Review our HGTX consent guide for a step by step process on properly obtain consent from children who may participate in heart gallery photoshoots, displays and marketing.
I want to adopt. Now what?Â
A short video describing the entire adoption process for potential adoptive parents.
Post Permanency Resources List
Heart Galleries of Texas and local heart galleries maintain a list of resources for caregivers and professionals.
Snapshots of Hope
In this video, Erika, Michael and June share powerful stories on how being featured in a Heart Gallery led them to lasting family support.
Foundations in Foster & Adoptive Caregiving
Check out this seven-module curriculum for child-placing agencies to implement as part of their caregiver training programs.Â