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The New Science of Rumination, Trauma, and Well-Being, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Drawing on contemporary neuroscience from Nakazawa’s book, Mind Drama, this webinar is designed for adoptive, foster, and kinship parents raising children who have experienced early adversity, attachment disruptions, and chronic stress.…
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Circus of the Heart 2026
North End Event Center, Minnesota State Fair Grounds Falcon Heights, United States- ActivitiesMore information coming soon!
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[Fall Forum] [Foster] Home for the Holidays: Helping Birth Kids Find Predictability in a Season of Change
The holidays often present unique challenges for foster and adoptive families. With the addition of new children to the family, family members’ expectations for the holidays may change. This presentation…
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[Fall Forum] Understanding Your Adoptee’s Adoption Story: The Seven Core Issues
Every adoption story carries layers of complex emotions that adoptees may not always have the words to express at any age. This workshop is designed to help parents understand the…
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[Fall Forum] COLORISM: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism is a social hierarchy that favors people with lighter skin tones and stigmatizes people with darker skin tones. Colorism frays the fabric of our homes and communities and jeopardizes…
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[Fall Forum] Woven Identities: Supporting LGBTQIA2S+ Children, Youth & Young Adults Across Adoption, Foster Care & Kinship Care
Two identities. One kid. Are you ready to hold both? This isn't your average refresher. We're going deep on where LGBTQIA2S+ identity and child welfare systems collide: the double disclosures,…
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[Fall Forum] Transracial Adoption Placement Assessment: A Hierarchy of Racial and Cultural Identity Needs in Adoptees
Maintaining the racial and cultural identity of adoptees of color in transracial placements is crucial to supporting their lifelong mental health, but it can be difficult to determine how those…
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[Fall Forum] How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequity in America
Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into…
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[Fall Forum] Challenging Behaviors at Every Stage of Development: Birth to Preschool Years
Meg will address the challenging behaviors that are specific to the birth through preschool years and give insights as to the message of the behavior and tools to help the…