• Using Reflective Foster Parenting to Understand Non-compliance and Defiance

    Virtual Event

    Caregivers 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 exasperating for caregivers. Traumatized children often fail to understand and abide by rules at home, school and in the community. The mind of the child…

    Free
  • Foster Care and Education Classes – Online

    Foster Care and Education Classes – Online
    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Pre-Adoption Classes & Orientation

    The online track is best suited for individuals who want flexibility, have limited business hour availability, and/or those who prefer virtual learning. Couples may complete their education together or pursue it separately. Either way, each participant must attend the entirety of their chosen track. In this track, you will complete your education over a four-week…

  • Culturally Responsive Parenting Group

    Culturally Responsive Parenting Group
    Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 10715 Zenith Ave S, Bloomington
    - Ongoing Learning

    UMOJA'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…

    Free
  • Share and Support Group

    Share and Support Group
    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Support Groups

    Support Groups are an excellent tool where families are able to share experiences and encourage each other in a confidential, non-judgmental setting.  Support Groups are facilitated by North Homes case managers, with years of experience in both adoption and foster care fields.  It is an opportune time for families to network, problem solve and gather…

    Free
  • [Fall Forum] Race and Law Enforcement

    - Ongoing Learning

    Ron 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…

    Free
  • The Increasing Rates of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety 

    Virtual Event

    This 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.…

    Free
  • Adult Adoptee Support Group

    Adult Adoptee Support Group
    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States +1 more
    - Support Groups

    Adult Adoptees from all placing agencies are welcome to attend. While each story is unique, we recognize that there are many core similarities that adoption weaves into life experiences. Topics will be suggested, but each month the conversation will be open to relevant, participant-led, discussion. This is a safe, confidential space, the group is facilitated…

  • Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families Training

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

    This 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 are identified to help children develop positive and proud identities and to help children and families prepare for and handle racism in all forms. Openness…