Training
June | Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience
About Course Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience June 17, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme also covers the behaviors that foster a protective environment for parents [...]
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June | Know your Rights, Know Your Role
About Course Know your Rights, Know Your Role June 15, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit Understanding the foster care system can be challenging and overwhelming while you’re also providing care to children who’ve experienced trauma. Often, parents are given incorrect or contradictory information, leaving them feeling unsupported and frustrated. This training will address common questions [...]
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June | Kinship Parenting: It’s Complicated!
About Course Kinship Parenting: It's Complicated! June 4, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training acknowledges the complexities associated with caring for children who are related including: divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, and the range of emotions including anger, resentment, guilt and/or embarrassment that caregivers can feel. [...]
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May | FACC VIRTUAL Open House
About Course FACC VIRTUAL Open House May 28, 2024 2 Hours Training Credit You’ve probably heard about holiday Little Wishes, but did you know the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition offers many other services to foster and adoptive families and children? The Coalition prides itself on filling community gaps by offering educational advocacy, family finding, [...]
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May | The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families
About Course The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families May 29, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training will help participants recognize the benefits for children being aware of their adoption/guardianship story and maintaining connection with their birth families; aware of strategies for maintaining and promoting connections; understand the continuum that exists [...]
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June | What’s New with Your Child’s Insurance: An Evening…
About Course What’s New with Your Child’s Insurance: An Evening with Show Me Healthy Kids June 6, 2024 2 Hours Training Credit Did you know: Your child can earn money for well care doctor visits? Birthparents can utilize transportation to visit their children? Some children qualify for a free sensory kit? Youth can receive free [...]
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May | Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
About Course Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors May 11 & May 18 6 Hours Training Credit Parenting teens who have experienced trauma can bring additional challenges. This training will focus on topics such as rejection, aggression, social media, sex and self-harming. Learn techniques and build skills to navigate difficult situations and create safety plans for your [...]
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June | The Importance of Sibling Bonds
About Course June 1 & 8 7 Hours Training Credit Sibling relationships are emotionally powerful and critically important not only in childhood but over the course of a lifetime. The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships anyone will have, preparing individuals for peer relationships, teaching social skills, conflict resolution, and navigating relationship issues. [...]
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May | Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing …
About Course Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns May 14, 2024 | May 21, 2024 4 Hours Training Credit Youth who have experienced trauma often have behaviors that can be frustrating and challenging to manage. In general, traditional parenting techniques are not effective, leaving care providers baffled and overwhelmed. This training will [...]
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