• [Part 3] Legacy Planning & Advanced Financial Strategies

    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 Your financial legacy is more than just wealth—it’s the lasting impact you leave for your loved ones. Whether you’re an adoptive or foster parent, part of…

    Free
  • Keeping Their Spirit Strong: Understanding Trauma in Indigenous Children in Foster Care

    Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org

    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 session is designed for foster parents caring for Indigenous children involved in state foster care systems. It offers a grounding in how trauma, especially…

    Free
  • Affirming a Youth’s Whole Identity Training

    Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth
    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Ongoing Learning

    This 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…

  • Rewiring the Mind: Healing Trauma Through Transformative Practices

    Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org

    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 Donna Jackson Nakazawa will guide participants through a series of neuroscience-based guided writing experiences, from her new book, The Adverse Childhood Experiences Guided Journal. Studies…

    Free
  • Helping Kids Cope: Tips for Supporting Good Family Mental Health

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

    Wednesday, July 16 Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom This one-hour webinar covers the developmental responses youth may have to stress. We will also discuss mental health tips for families and available community resources. Presenter:  Beth Lovre, Family Peer Educator with NAMI Minnesota

  • The Impact of Technology and Social Media on Children and Adolescents

    Zoom Link

    Summertime means more time for social media!  This presentation will provide an overview of the increasing rates of technology and social media among youth. It will discuss the impact of technology and social media usage that it has on children and teens socially, emotionally and cognitively. The presentation will provide practical tips to help children…

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  • EVOLVE Kinship Support Group

    Wilder Foundation 451 Lexington Pkwy N, Saint Paul
    - Ongoing Learning

    The Kinship Support Group is a monthly meeting for Kinship Caregivers. The sessions will be at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation located at 451 Lexington Parkway N. St. Paul, MN 55104. During the in-person…

    Free
  • Adoption’s Special Challenges in the Classroom

    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…

    Free
  • Back-to-School Anxiety

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

    Wednesday, August 6 Noon – 1 p.m. on Zoom Learn to identify signs that your child might be feeling anxious about going back to school.  We’ll also discuss what parents and…

  • Family Triple A: Achieving Appreciative Atmospheres

    Virtual Event

    Embracing a multifaceted, appreciative approach is vital when developing belonging and empowerment in foster care and adoption. Accordingly, this webinar will provide both what the appreciative family looks like and…

    Free