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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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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.…
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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…
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Rethinking Challenging Behavior: Relationship, Regulation & the Brain in Mind
Most of us were taught that the way to change behaviors is through consequences and rewards. But that lens misses something essential: what is happening beneath the behavior. In this…
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Challenging Behaviors at Every Stage of Development: Elementary Years
Meg Flynn will address the challenging behaviors that are specific to the elementary years and give insights as to the message of the behavior and tools to help the adult…
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Reflecting and Unpacking Complex Behaviors
Tragically, the majority of youth cared for in foster, kinship and/or adoptive care have experienced some form of childhood trauma. These traumatic experiences significantly impact how a youth develops emotionally…
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Movement as Medicine: Somatic Tools for Caregivers & Professionals
In this interactive, research-backed webinar, attendees will experience firsthand how somatic movement can physically rewire the brain, promote trauma recovery, and serve as a powerful protective factor against substance misuse.…
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The Cost of Becoming a Boy: Trauma, Masculinity, and Better Engaging Boys in our Work
Boys in foster care experience disproportionately high rates of trauma, loss, and adversity, yet many struggle to express these experiences in ways that helping professionals recognize. Too often, their pain…
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[For Professionals] DCYF Permanency Coffee Talk: International Adoption for Children in Foster Care
- Ongoing LearningThis Coffee Talk presentation is designed to guide social workers through the distinct complexities of locating, engaging and working towards adoptive placements in foreign countries through international adoption for children…
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Understanding ACEs: How Early Experiences Shape Children, Families, and Relationships
This presentation will provide an overview of ACEs and explore how early experiences can influence a child’s development, behavior, attachment, family relationships, and ability to trust and feel safe. Participants…