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  • The Nightmare of Sleep Problems

    Sleep and bedtime challenges can be exhausting for both youth and parents. This webinar will provide an overview of the different types of youth sleep and bedtime challenges with significant attention placed on how child neglect and trauma can impact sleep and bedtime behaviors. Several case studies will be presented along with considerations on how…

  • Webinar: Understanding and Supporting Adoptees, Fosterees and their Heritage

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

    Join Us for a Webinar: Understanding and Supporting Adoptees, Fosterees and their Heritage Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 12-1:30 pm (CT) via Zoom This webinar covers the fundamentals for being a great parent to a child with heritage different from your own. Isaac Etter will cover his personal adoption experience, heritage and its relation to adoptees.  …

  • The Power of Your Story

    Every story holds the power to heal, connect, and inspire change. In this workshop, Madilyne Harmston, a licensed independent clinical social worker, former foster youth, and adoptee, shares her own journey to demonstrate how personal storytelling can become a powerful tool for resilience and transformation. Madilyne Harmston is a therapist, speaker, and advocate who believes in…

  • Kinship Parenting and Building Resilience

    Kinship Parenting and Building Resilience
    Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org
    - Ongoing Learning

    This training acknowledges the complexities associated with Relative/Kinship caregiving through fostering and adoption. Topics will include divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, the…

  • Support Group: Transracial Families Support

    Support Group: Transracial Families Support
    Eagan Community Center 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan

    Join 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 and under. Pre-registration is required. Click on the Support Group Link to register. Facilitated by Nitara Frost, Senior Parent Support Specialist and Carissa Franklin, Youth…

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  • Healing for Survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry: How to Not Make Things Worse

    Recent documentaries, books, and podcasts share some horrific accounts from survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI). Noting their implicit coercion and historic abuses, some have called for these types of youth residential programs to be abolished, citing the significant trauma carried by survivors. This workshop provides a trauma-informed path forward in supporting and engaging…

  • Embracing the Gifts of Each Developmental Stage

    Embracing the Gifts of Each Developmental Stage is a heartfelt exploration of the transformative power of parenthood. At the heart of the presentation is the belief that every stage of a child's life is a precious gift, and that as parents, caregivers or those who work with children, we have the power to create the…

  • Equine Therapy for Children

    Horses are highly sensitive to human emotions and body language, which makes them uniquely suited for therapy.  This workshop will provide information about what equine therapy is, the science behind…

  • [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 people develop healthy routines, behaviors, and relationships that they can carry into their adult lives. During this workshop, participants will review adolescent health data trends,…

  • Building Felt Safety Around Bedtime for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma (From a Previously Exhausted Foster/Adoptive Mom)

    Bedtime can be one of the hardest parts of the day for children who have experienced trauma, and for the caregivers who love them. In this workshop, Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and foster/adoptive parent Allison Ezell will share insights from her family’s journey through foster care and adoption and offer practical, trauma-informed strategies to help…