TBRI Caregiver Training: Introduction & Overview
Pioneer Grill 4403 Pioneer Rd SE, AlexandriaPresenter: Ben Nesbitt, TBRI Practitioner Date: November 16th, 2024 Time: 9 AM – 4 PM Location: Pioneer Grill by Knute Nelson, 4403 Pioneer Road SE, Alexandria, MN 56308 Lunch will be provided. Training Description: Trust-based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI…
FALL FORUM: Girls on the Brink: Raising Emotionally Healthy Girls
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesIn this lecture for parents and professionals, science journalist and author Donna Jackson Nakazawa will explore the causes of the mental health epidemic facing girls today and revelatory new strategies…
FALL FORUM: Attachment and Recovery
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis workshop will introduce tools that support families to have important conversations with their children and young people. Richard will introduce approaches for understanding and communicating attachment schemas. He will…
FALL FORUM: Ambiguity, Loss, & Grief: Supporting Children, Teens, & Young Adults in Foster Care
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States“My parents didn’t die, but it felt like that.” When children and teens are separated from their families, they search for belonging while navigating the new contexts and people surrounding…
FALL FORUM: Empowered Healing: A Strengths-Based Approach to Trauma and Well-Being
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesDiscover how cutting-edge neurobiology redefines the trauma response—not as a sign of weakness or disorder, but as the body’s natural, functional response to threat. In this transformative training, you’ll learn…
Debunking Myths and Engaging Community About Foster Care & Adoption
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThere are more than 6,000 children at any given time in Minnesota in foster care, over 500 of whom are waiting to be adopted. A panel of adoptive and foster…
Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesOpen to pre-adoptive, adoptive, foster, relative and/or kinship caregivers living in Greater Minnesota (outside the Twin Cities Metro Area). This online group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff and offers connection, positive parenting strategies, support, and more! After registration, you will receive a link to join the next Zoom session. This service is provided by funding made…
Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis group is for adult adoptees and birth parents who are not related to one another and who are considering, or active in, search and reunion or have searched and…
The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesJoin us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and…
Caregiver Roundtable
Ampersand Families Office 1751 County Rd B West Suite 300, RosevilleFor all Ampersand-affiliated adoptive, pre-adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Caregivers are invited to share their experiences and get support from other caregivers while youth participate in an activity supervised by Ampersand Families staff. Dinner is provided for all. Invites go out approximately 2 weeks before the event. Hybrid option available. Please RSVP to mina@ampersandfamilies.org.
Children’s Home and LSS Foster Care & Adoption Orientation
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesChildren’s Home and LSS welcome you to attend this free meeting to learn about fostering and adopting children from within the Minnesota foster care system. This orientation will provide an overview of the process and address details such as children served, timelines, fees (spoiler: there are practically none!), licensing requirements, and more. Additional Information: Along…
Connect2Connect: LGBTQ+ Community Gathering
Color Me Mine 12155 Elm Creek Blvd N, Maple Grove, United StatesColor Me Mine Saturday, November 23, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Join us for an artsy day at Color Me Mine in Maple Grove, Minnesota! We will be painting ceramic art pieces and have a light lunch together. Additional details will be emailed closer to the date. Please note: You will receive an email…
