Foster Adopt Minnesota
Events from this organizer
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The Sound of Welcome: Using Music to Ease a Child’s First Days in Foster Care
A child’s first days in foster care can feel unfamiliar, overwhelming, and unpredictable. This presentation explores how foster parents can use trauma-sensitive music experiences to create comfort, consistency, and connection…
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Reactive Attachment Disorder and Responding with Connection, Structure, and Regulation
Beyond the Behavior: Understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder and Responding with Connection, Structure, and Regulation WHEN Tuesday, Oct 6th 2026 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Central Time) COST Free Reactive Attachment…
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Indigenous Historical Trauma & Resilience
Dr. DeCoteau examines the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma on Indigenous communities while highlighting cultural strengths, resilience, and pathways to healing. Join Dr. Tami DeCoteau for a powerful and insightful discussion that is essential for caregivers, professionals, community members, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of trauma, resilience, and healing in Indigenous communities.
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Hope in the Age of Artificial Everything
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we live, learn, and lead, making human-centered leadership skills more essential than ever. Dr. Julia Garcia integrates psychological insight, cultural innovation, and lived community impact to help leaders strengthen the human capacities technology cannot replicate. Drawing from experience supporting over a million people through cultural and mental health challenges, partnering with…
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Building Emotional Regulation: Co-Regulation and Self-Regulation Across Development
This presentation will explore the progression from co-regulation to self-regulation, highlighting how caregivers and other supportive adults can help children develop the skills needed to understand, manage, and respond to their emotions effectively. Participants will examine emotional regulation across developmental stages, learn how co-regulation supports the gradual development of self-regulation, and explore practical strategies for…
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[For Professionals] Using Icebreaker Meetings to Help Bridge the Gap
- Ongoing LearningThis interactive workshop will explore strategies for building and maintaining meaningful relationships and effective communication between birth parents and foster and adoptive parents. Participants will learn how strong family partnerships can support children and youth, strengthen family connections, and promote permanency. The workshop will highlight the Icebreaker Meeting practice as a tool for social workers…
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The New Science of Rumination, Trauma, and Well-Being, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Drawing on contemporary neuroscience from Nakazawa’s book, Mind Drama, this webinar is designed for adoptive, foster, and kinship parents raising children who have experienced early adversity, attachment disruptions, and chronic stress. It explores how children’s brains and nervous systems can become caught in patterns of looping thoughts, self-criticism, worry, or dissociation, how these responses originate in…
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Circus of the Heart 2026
North End Event Center, Minnesota State Fair Grounds Falcon Heights, United States- ActivitiesMore information coming soon!
