• Part 2: A Brain-First Approach to Parenting

    - Birth/First Parents

    Many children who have experienced prenatal or postnatal stressors such as trauma, alcohol, and drug exposure also have challenging behavioral symptoms, requiring support from their parents and caregivers that is often more intensive than "typical" parenting. Parents and caregivers are then required to shift their parenting from a traditional behavioral lens to one that is…

  • Launching Your Teen to College

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    Virtual Event
    - Activities

    Join Sarah Benson, Education Specialist for Families Rising Minnesota, on October 8 at 7:00 PM for Part 1 of our 3 part webinar series designed to equip you with everything you need to know to help launch your teen to college. In Part 1: Exploring and Applying to Colleges, we will discover tools to streamline…

  • Adult Adoptee Support Group

    Adult Adoptee Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States +1 more
    - Support Groups

    Adult Adoptees from all placing agencies are welcome to attend. While each story is unique, we recognize that there are many core similarities that adoption weaves into life experiences. Topics will be suggested, but each month the conversation will be open to relevant, participant-led, discussion. This is a safe, confidential space, the group is facilitated…

  • Launching Your Teen to College

    - Ongoing Learning

    Join Sarah Benson, Education Specialist for Families Rising Minnesota, on October 15 at 7:00 PM Part 2 of our 3 part webinar series designed to equip you with everything you need to know to help launch your teen to college. In Part 2: Financial Aid, you will learn about different funding options for college. REGISTER…

  • The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    Virtual Event
    - Ongoing Learning

    Join us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and tools, each session is thoughtfully delivered by subject matter experts with lived experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. Families Rising…

  • Search & Reunion Support Group

    Search & Reunion Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Birth/First Parents

    This group is for adult adoptees and birth parents who are not related to one another and who are considering, or active in, search and reunion or have searched and the other party is not open to contact. This group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff. Members are supportive of one another and willing to share…

  • Launching Your Teen to College

    - Birth/First Parents

    Join Sarah Benson, Education Specialist at Families Rising Minnesota, on October 22nd at 7:00 PM for the last part of our 3-part webinar series designed to equip you with everything you need to know to help launch your teen to college. In Part 3: Accessing Supports in the College Setting, you will learn how to navigate disability…

  • The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    Virtual Event
    - Ongoing Learning

    Join us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and tools, each session is thoughtfully delivered by subject matter experts with lived experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. Families Rising…

  • The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    Virtual Event
    - Ongoing Learning

    Join us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and tools, each session is thoughtfully delivered by subject matter experts with lived experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. Families Rising…

  • Adult Adoptee Support Group

    Adult Adoptee Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States +1 more
    - Support Groups

    Adult Adoptees from all placing agencies are welcome to attend. While each story is unique, we recognize that there are many core similarities that adoption weaves into life experiences. Topics will be suggested, but each month the conversation will be open to relevant, participant-led, discussion. This is a safe, confidential space, the group is facilitated…

  • Search & Reunion Support Group

    Search & Reunion Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Birth/First Parents

    This group is for adult adoptees and birth parents who are not related to one another and who are considering, or active in, search and reunion or have searched and the other party is not open to contact. This group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff. Members are supportive of one another and willing to share…

  • The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    Virtual Event
    - Ongoing Learning

    Join us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and tools, each session is thoughtfully delivered by subject matter experts with lived experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. Families Rising…