Events
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Support Group: Sunday Night Owl Group
Weekly late-night virtual support for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Nitara Frost Senior Parent Support Specialist
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Metro Area Permanency Task Force
Children’s Home – St. Paul Office, 1605 Eustis Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, United StatesAgenda 12:00-1:00 - Lunch and networking 1:00-1:05 - Welcome and announcements 1:05-2:00 - Matching time 15 minutes of highlighted youth and families 40 minutes of general matching 2:00-2:45 - Discussion time - Topic: pre-match meeting questions 20 minutes small group discussion (CSRs and family workers separated) 20 minutes large group discussion 2:45-3 - Dessert and…
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FAM Spring Summit – SAVE THE DATE!
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningDetails to come!
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[Spring Summit] Caring for Others Without Losing Yourself
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesSelf-compassion involves treating ourselves kindly, like we would a close friend we cared about. Rather than continually judging and evaluating ourselves, self-compassion involves generating kindness toward ourselves as imperfect humans, and learning to be present with the inevitable struggles of life with greater ease. This talk will present theory and research on self-compassion, which a…
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Support Group: General Parenting Support
Virtual weekly support for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Julie Peterson Parent Support Specialist
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[Spring Summit] [Part 1] Gender-Based Violence: Its Lasting Impact on Children
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesPart 1 will explore intimate partner and gender-based violence and the lasting impact it may have on children who are witnesses or victims of this violence. We will also examine…
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[Spring Summit] New Horizons in Father Engagement
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesWhat to Do with Dad After You Have His Attention. Now that paternal involvement in the lives of children has been flagged as important to both child and family well-being,…
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[Spring Summit] How Caregivers Build Confidence and Positive Momentum in Kids
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesLeveraging his work with millions of students since 1999, Mawi Asgedom will share specific actionable tools caregivers can use to connect with their kids and help kids thrive. Mawi will…
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Navigating FASD: Empowering Foster Providers
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesDescription: This one-hour training session is designed for foster parents to meet their yearly FASD training requirement for license renewal. In this training, we’ll discuss the impact of FASD on…
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Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Support GroupsOpen 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,…
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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…
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Support Group: Metro Lunch Bunch
Metro Lunch Bunch Use the link to pre-register.Join us for a monthly meetup to connect with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents to talk over lunch for emotional and parent resource support. We will meet monthly at…