Adoptive and Foster Parent Trainings
Events
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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 in their executive skills. Parents will learn how to help their child function better in the home setting utilizing common practices used by classroom teachers.…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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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 told from the point of view of parents who have had children removed, children who have been removed, children involved with the juvenile justice system,…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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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 and kinship providers to be licensed. The training typically consists of 9 hours of instruction and covers essential topics such as child development, parenting skills,…
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Importance of Sibling Placement: Module 1
Virtual EventModule 1 From the National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning Hunter College School of Social Work: Sibling Practice Curriculum Module 1 focuses on enhancing understanding of sibling-related…