Fostering Success Coaching

Fostering Success Coaching is designed for professionals who are working with students and youth who have experienced foster care or adverse childhood experiences. The Fostering Success Coach Model was developed within the Seita Scholars Program, a campus support program for students from foster care at Western Michigan University. The model was developed in 2008 and evolved over time with input from students who shared their experiences of attending college after foster care involvement. In 2013, the “FS Coach Training,” which teaches professionals the Fostering Success Coaching Model, was piloted with over 50 professionals in Michigan; since then, over 1,000 professionals across the country have been trained as Fostering Success Coaches.