Adoptive and Foster Parent Trainings
Events
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Preparing for Adulthood: Lunch & Learn
Virtual EventFrom the National Development & Training Curriculum (NTDC): This theme provides an overview of the common skills youth will need to effectively navigate as an adult and provide strategies on…
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Improving Executive Function in Children
Virtual EventMany children have difficulty with organizing, planning, goal setting, time management and retaining things in their memory. What looks like defiance and laziness in the child may reflect a deficiency…
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Parenting A Child Who Has Experienced Sexual Abuse
Virtual EventTwo Virtual Sessions (three hours each) June 9 and June 16. Parenting a child with a history of sexual abuse can be frightening—from responding to the child’s acting out behavior…
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Parenting A Child Who Has Experienced Sexual Abuse
Virtual EventTwo Virtual Sessions (three hours each) June 9 and June 16. Parenting a child with a history of sexual abuse can be frightening—from responding to the child’s acting out behavior…
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) June 29, July 6, and July 13. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) June 29, July 6, and July 13. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) June 29, July 6, and July 13. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…
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Foster, A Documentary
Virtual EventFilm and Discussion: Foster is a documentary that gives glimpses of the lives of those who are actively involved with the Los Angeles County child welfare system. The film is…
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) August 5, August 12, and August 19. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) August 5, August 12, and August 19. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…
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Working with Biological Parents
Virtual EventFor many resource families, the prospect of working with a child’s birth family can be intimidating. This class is designed to examine the benefits and realities of working with birth families and to provide tools and ideas to help bridge the gap. The intergenerational nature of trauma, along with special considerations in dealing with kin relationships, will be discussed. Setting boundaries in continued relationships with the birth family, both prior to and following adoption, will also be examined. To register, call 314.968.2350 ext. 7234 or email intake.dept@familyforwardmo.org.
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Caregiver Who Knows the Child Relative
Virtual EventThree Virtual Sessions (three hours each) August 5, August 12, and August 19. In Missouri, the STARS training for Caregiver Who Knows the Child is a required program for relatives…