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Connecting with Hard to Engage Teens
PLEASE NOTE: Effective June 1, 2024, live webinar attendees who need a certificate of attendance must register individually and watch on their own device for proper tracking. Let’s be honest, teenagers can be intimidating! Whether you are new to working with adolescents or looking to refine your skills, this workshop aims to provide parents and professionals…
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Part 1: A Brain-First Approach to Parenting
Neuroscience research underscores the influence of environmental factors, teratogens, and prenatal or postnatal stressors such as trauma, alcohol, and drug exposure on brain development. Many children impacted by these factors also face behavioral struggles. Why do traditional parenting techniques often fall short for such children and what alternative strategies can parents use to effectively support…
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Preparing Your Estate: Wills, Trusts, and all that Stuff
Discussion of important estate planning topics including probate administration, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, taxes. Amanda R. Hespen, Attorney, JD practices in the fields of estates and trusts, probate and trust Administration, small business formation and succession planning and guardianship/conservatorship. While she attended William Mitchell College of Law, she volunteered for the…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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…
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Part 2: A Brain-First Approach to Parenting
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…
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Reduce Screentime and Improve Sleep
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesDescription: Research indicates children are getting fewer hours of sleep than they need, primarily due to their intense engagement in screen time. We will walk through a step-by-step guide to help reduce children’s screen time children without the battles you might anticipate. You will learn: Why good sleep habits are important. Steps to monitor and…
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Launching Your Teen to College
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesVirtual Event- ActivitiesJoin 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…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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…
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Launching Your Teen to College
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…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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…