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Foster Care and Adoption Education Classes – In-Person

Children’s Home – St. Paul Office, 1605 Eustis Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, United States

The in-person track is best suited for individuals who need or desire to complete their education quickly, prefer in-person learning and/or those who have previously completed education and want a refresher course. This track will primarily take place during two live consecutive days (Friday/Saturday) with minimal use of the online learning management system which includes…

Virtual Kinship Support & Education Group

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

1st & 3rd Fridays of the Month 9:30-10:45 am on Zoom Facilitator:  Janet Salo, Kinship Navigator Providing education, information and mutual support for kinship caregivers-those caring for a relative's or friend's child. Thoughtful topics that help you in your role as a kinship caregiver such as child development, relationships with adult children, understanding trauma, mental…

TBRI Caregiver Training: Introduction & Overview

Pioneer Grill 4403 Pioneer Rd SE, Alexandria

Presenter: Ben Nesbitt, TBRI Practitioner Date: November 16th, 2024 Time: 9 AM – 4 PM Location: Pioneer Grill by Knute Nelson, 4403 Pioneer Road SE, Alexandria, MN 56308 Lunch will be provided.   Training Description: Trust-based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI…

FALL FORUM: Girls on the Brink: Raising Emotionally Healthy Girls

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

In this lecture for parents and professionals,  science journalist and author Donna Jackson Nakazawa will explore the causes of the mental health epidemic facing girls today and revelatory new strategies to help girls thrive. Donna will deftly braid together the latest findings from the annals of neuroscience to show why so many girls today are…

FALL FORUM: Attachment and Recovery

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

This workshop will introduce tools that support families to have important conversations with their children and young people. Richard will introduce approaches for understanding and communicating attachment schemas. He will present six tools that will help us see through the wall of challenges in caring for complex children and young people so that we can…

FALL FORUM: Ambiguity, Loss, & Grief: Supporting Children, Teens, & Young Adults in Foster Care

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

“My parents didn’t die, but it felt like that.” When children and teens are separated from their families, they search for belonging while navigating the new contexts and people surrounding them. In this dynamic session, Dr. Monique B. Mitchell reveals the questions children have as they cope with ambiguity and loss in foster care: Why?…

FALL FORUM: Empowered Healing: A Strengths-Based Approach to Trauma and Well-Being

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

Discover how cutting-edge neurobiology redefines the trauma response—not as a sign of weakness or disorder, but as the body’s natural, functional response to threat. In this transformative training, you’ll learn how to reframe trauma from an empowered, strengths-based perspective, and learn how to harness inherent resilience. This training provides practical tools you can immediately integrate…

Debunking Myths and Engaging Community About Foster Care & Adoption

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

There are more than 6,000 children at any given time in Minnesota in foster care, over 500 of whom are waiting to be adopted. A panel of adoptive and foster parents, along with foster care and adoption professionals from Big Stone County will share their stories and answer your questions about foster care and adoption…

Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group

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

Open to pre-adoptive, adoptive, foster, relative and/or kinship caregivers living in Greater Minnesota (outside the Twin Cities Metro Area). This online group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff and offers connection, positive parenting strategies, support, and more! After registration, you will receive a link to join the next Zoom session. This service is provided by funding made…

Event Series Search & Reunion Support Group

Search & Reunion Support Group

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

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

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

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…

Event Series Caregiver Roundtable

Caregiver Roundtable

Ampersand Families Office 1751 County Rd B West Suite 300, Roseville

For all Ampersand-affiliated adoptive, pre-adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Caregivers are invited to share their experiences and get support from other caregivers while youth participate in an activity supervised by Ampersand Families staff. Dinner is provided for all. Invites go out approximately 2 weeks before the event. Hybrid option available. Please RSVP to mina@ampersandfamilies.org.

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