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Webinar: Tantrums, Meltdowns, Blow-ups, Oh My!
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesTuesday May 6th, 2025, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (CT) You likely do your best to try and prevent these from happening, yet they still do. Participants in this session will walk away with practical de-escalation strategies to use with kids of all ages, as well as helping kids (and yourself!) through them with calm confidence. Recognizing that…
[Part 1] Foundations of Financial Success for Nontraditional Families
PLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking Financial Planning for Nontraditional Families, A Three-Part Series This webinar will explore financial planning for nontraditional families - blended, single-parent, or guardianship households. We'll tackle unique…
Virtual Book Club
Join us for bi-weekly virtual sessions focusing on trauma-informed books that focus on parenting, adoption, foster and kinship families. The first book we will be reading is called Raising Kids with BIG, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work by: Robyn Gobbel. Pre-registration is required. Click on Book Club Link to pre-register. Facilitated by, Jeanne Walsh Parent Support Specialist
Trauma in the Lives of Children and Families
This workshop is designed for caregivers of children impacted by developmental trauma. It aims to deepen understanding of trauma's effects on development, behavior, and well-being. Participants will explore the physiological, emotional, and cognitive responses to trauma and emphasize the importance of addressing trauma to foster healing and resilience in affected children and families. Dr. Amy…
Affirming a Youth’s Whole Identity Training
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis is a new training that Ampersand Families is offering to our families. It will focus on how to support and affirm a youth who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or another identity in the LGBTQ+ community in an adoptive, pre-adoptive, or relative/kinship home. This training will also include strategies to implement…
Reflective Foster Parenting 101: Understanding the Mind of the Child with Challenging Behaviors
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesPLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking Reflective Foster Parenting (RFP) provides an overarching approach to understanding and helping traumatized children. RFP underscores the importance of the mental states (thoughts, feelings, and intentions)…
Live Webinar | Applying for County Benefits
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesMinnesota benefits are important for parenting families. Learn how to apply online for Food Assistance (SNAP), Emergency Assistance), MFIP/Cash programs, Housing Support and Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) with one online…
Support Group: Transracial Families Support
Eagan Community Center 1501 Central Parkway, EaganJoin us for our in-person support for caregivers & youth in transracial families. Youth will engage in a separate activity while caregivers meet. Refreshments provided. Childcare provided for youth 8…
Virtual Book Club
Join us for bi-weekly virtual sessions focusing on trauma-informed books that focus on parenting, adoption, foster and kinship families. The first book we will be reading is called Raising Kids with BIG, Baffling Behaviors:…
Webinar: Beyond Picky Eating: Supporting Felt Safety, Connection, Nutrition, and Health
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesJoin Us for a Webinar: Beyond Picky Eating: Supporting Felt Safety, Connection, Nutrition, and Health Tuesday May 20th, 2025, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (CT) This isn’t another lecture about vegetables, or…
Building Stronger Bonds: Enhancing Parent-Child Attunement
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis workshop is designed to help caregivers foster a deeper emotional connection with their children through attunement. Attunement—the ability to understand, respond to, and connect with a child’s emotional needs—is…
Building Stronger Bonds: Enhancing Parent-Child Attunement
PLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking This…
