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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 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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Kinship Parenting and Building Resilience
Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org- Ongoing LearningThis 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 range of emotions caregivers can feel and how children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. Strategies for how…
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An Introduction to Therapeutic Life Story Work – Part 2
Virtual EventIn the second session of this two-part training, attendees will continue exploring tools and techniques for engaging children, youth, and families in the life story work process. Building on concepts…
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Understanding NEAR: Building Self-Healing Communities
Virtual EventThis presentation will help attendees understand NEAR, which stands for Neurobiology, Epigenetics, ACEs, and Resilience. It will cover how our early experiences impact our brain and behavior, research findings from…
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SCOPE: Burnout and How to Avoid It
Lyon County Law Enforcement Center Basement Meeting Room 611 W. Main Street, Marshall- Ongoing LearningSCOPE is a somatic experience acronym used to help support the nervous system during times of disruption. It stands for Slow Down, Connect to Body, Orient, Pendulate, and Engage. SCOPE also offers insight into how to notice and address these disruptions before they become stored in the body as trauma memories. This practice is especially…
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Webinar: The Impact of Environment on Academic Success
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesJoin the SENSE-ational Spaces team to learn the importance of environment on a child’s participation and success within the academic setting. Attendees will learn how to increase their ability to recognize and implement a variety of sensory strategies tailored to children’s specific needs within the academic setting to promote attention, regulation of arousal, and engagement.…
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Using Reflective Foster Parenting to Understand Non-compliance and Defiance
Virtual EventCaregivers and professionals consistently report that defiance and non-compliance are two of the most difficult challenges youth in care display. These challenges, along with disobedience and disrespectful behavior, are often…
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Culturally Responsive Parenting Group
Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 10715 Zenith Ave S, Bloomington- Ongoing LearningUMOJA's Culturally Responsive Parenting Group provides a safe space for caregivers to ask questions and gain more understanding of their own biases and how to confront and reduce personal bias to better serve their children. This group also focuses on positive discipline, being a Black child in the world today, and trauma surrounding foster care…
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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…
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[Fall Forum] Race and Law Enforcement
- Ongoing LearningRon Stallworth was the first Black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department. He overcame many obstacles, including prejudice from members of his own force and the difficulty of impersonating a KKK member. Stallworth offers insights on the intersections of race and law enforcement: how they have changed in some ways and…
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The Increasing Rates of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety
Virtual EventThis presentation will provide education on childhood/adolescent anxiety symptoms and disorders. It will focus on education around how these disorders present and reasons why anxiety is increasing among our youth. The presentation will provide clinical examples and case studies. Interventions will be provided to help treat childhood and adolescent anxiety.
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Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families Training
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningThis training helps participants understand the impact of parenting children from different racial/ethnic/cultural backgrounds and to know how to honor and incorporate child’s race/ethnicity/culture into their existing family system. Strategies…
