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Changing Change: Supporting Children and Teens Through Transitions
Change is a constant in life and frequently within the foster care and adoption systems. Unfortunately, we often feel poorly prepared or trained on how to best support children and…
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[Part 1] Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health
Adolescence is a time of major transition physically, emotionally, and socially. Healthy sexuality is an important part of adolescent development, and caring adults play a key role in helping young…
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Webinar: Neuroception: Understanding the Parenting Super-Power You Didn’t Know You Had!
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningJoin Us for a Webinar: Neuroception: Understanding the Parenting Super-Power You Didn’t Know You Had! Tuesday, Jan. 27 from 12-1:00 pm (CT) via Zoom “Neuroception,” coined by Dr. Stephen Porges,…
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[Part 2] Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health
Adolescence is a time of major transition physically, emotionally, and socially. Healthy sexuality is an important part of adolescent development, and caring adults play a key role in helping young…
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DCYF Permanency Coffee Talk: Strategies for Addressing a Caregiver’s Wish to Decline of Northstar Kinship Assistance
- Ongoing LearningThis coffee talk is designed for county and tribal social workers, supervisors, and other child welfare professionals working with relative caregivers as a permanency option for Transfer of Permanent Legal…
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From Blow-Up to Bonding: Finding the Balance of Attachment-Focused Discipline in Adoption
How can you turn moments of struggle into moments of connection? Discover how brain development, implicit memories, and the “6 F’s” (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Friend, Fidget, Flop) can influence your adoptive or foster child’s reactions to traditional methods of discipline, and develop compassionate, creative, and effective strategies for limit-setting and consequences that simultaneously enhance healthy…
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From Blow-Up to Bonding: Finding the Balance of Attachment-Focused Discipline in Adoption
How can you turn moments of struggle into moments of connection? Discover how brain development, implicit memories, and the “6 F’s” (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Friend, Fidget, Flop) can influence your adoptive or foster child’s reactions to traditional methods of discipline, and develop compassionate, creative, and effective strategies for limit-setting and consequences that simultaneously enhance healthy…
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The Increasing Rates of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: How to Help and Support Children and Adolescents Through Anxiety
This presentation will provide an overview of anxiety among children and adolescents. It will discuss common symptoms and diagnoses. Dr. Siek will specifically focus on reasons why anxiety is on the rise among this population along with practical solutions on how caregivers and professionals can help support this population experiencing anxiety.
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Webinar: Neuroception: Using Your Parenting Super-Power!
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningJoin Us for a Webinar: Neuroception: Using Your Parenting Super-Power! Tuesday, Feb. 03 from 12-1:00 pm (CT) via Zoom Exploring more polyvagal theory, we will dig further into how our brains and bodies react when we perceive threat and danger, factoring in caregiver behaviors. When stressed and stretched thin, our unplanned reactions to challenges can…
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[Professionals In-Person] Attachment: Security and Connection
Great River Regional Library 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. CloudPLEASE NOTE: This is an in-person professionals only training located at the Great River Regional Library with St. Cloud Task Force. Mississippi Room 106 - 1300 W Germain St. Cloud, MN 56301. This workshop explores how secure attachment and responsive caregiving support healthy brain development, emotional regulation, and behavior in young children - we will frame…
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Writing History, Uncovering Truths
As a bestselling and award-winning author and educator, Rhodes has dedicated her life’s work to uncovering suppressed stories. In this talk, she shares her personal experience researching and publishing the first novel to depict the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and delves into the reasons why it’s taken our society so long for these important narratives…
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Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Collaboration Between Caregivers and Families of Origin
This interactive workshop highlights the exciting work in child welfare related to building and maintaining relationships and communication between birth parents and foster/adoptive parents. The goal of this training is…
