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Support Group: General Parenting Support
- Foster ParentsVirtual 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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Foster Care and Education Classes – Online
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Pre-Adoption Classes & OrientationThe 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…
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Virtual Kinship Support & Education Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Support Groups1st & 3rd Fridays of the Month 9:30-10:45 am on Zoom Facilitator: Janet Salo, Kinship Navigator Providing education, information and mutual support for kinship caregivers-those caring for a relative's or friend's child. Thoughtful topics that help you in your role as a kinship caregiver such as child development, relationships with adult children, understanding trauma, mental…
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Support Group: Sunday Night Owl Group
- Foster ParentsWeekly 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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Support Group: Parenting Teens & Young Adults
- Foster ParentsVirtual monthly parenting support for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers of youth and young adults. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Nitara Frost Senior Parent Support…
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Foster Care and Education Classes – Online
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Pre-Adoption Classes & OrientationThe 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…
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Understanding the Mind of the Child with Lying and Stealing Problems
- Foster ParentsLying and stealing can be fairly typical behaviors in children from traumatic backgrounds. They have often served to help the child survive in a world perceived as dangerous and ungiving.…
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Webinar: Curly Hair Loving Care
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningTuesday, Oct. 7 from 12-1:30 pm (CT) via Zoom This course introduces parents to the connection children have with their hair as well as the needs of textured hair and…
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Support Group: General Parenting Support
- Foster ParentsVirtual 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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Support Group: Transracial Families Support (virtual)
- Foster ParentsVirtual monthly support group for adoptive, foster, and kinship transracial families. *Caregivers only* Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Nitara Frost, Senior Parent Support Specialist and…
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Support Group: Kinship Caregivers Support
Zoom Link- Foster ParentsJoin us for a monthly virtual support group for kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Katie Neuman Parent Support Specialist
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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…