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Hope in the Age of Artificial Everything
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we live, learn, and lead, making human-centered leadership skills more essential than ever. Dr. Julia Garcia integrates psychological insight, cultural innovation, and lived community impact to…
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W.I.S.E. Up! Workshop
Children’s Home – St. Paul Office, 1605 Eustis Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, United States- Ongoing LearningJoin us for an encouraging evening of connection, skill-building and practice. Who: Children grades 3-6 who are in foster care or have been adopted through any program, and their parents When: Monday,…
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Always a Parent: Understanding the Impact Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief
In this webinar, attendees will: - Understand the concept of ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief for people whose children are parented by others due to a termination of parental rights,…
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Building Emotional Regulation: Co-Regulation and Self-Regulation Across Development
This presentation will explore the progression from co-regulation to self-regulation, highlighting how caregivers and other supportive adults can help children develop the skills needed to understand, manage, and respond to…
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[For Professionals] Using Icebreaker Meetings to Help Bridge the Gap
- Ongoing LearningThis interactive workshop will explore strategies for building and maintaining meaningful relationships and effective communication between birth parents and foster and adoptive parents. Participants will learn how strong family partnerships…
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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, the compounded losses, the Minnesota/North Dakota legal patchwork your families are actually navigating. Expect real talk, real data, and a hands-on tool you can use.…
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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 needs will be met by caregivers who do not share their background. Learn a framework for understanding and defining the best ways to assess prospective…
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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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Accessing the Refundable Portion of the 2025 Adoption Tax Credit
Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.orgWebinar and Q&A with Josh Kroll November 12 | 6:00-7:30 PM CST Learn how much you can expect to receive in refundable credits this fall for adoptions finalized between 2020-2025.…