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This workshop combines two NTDC Right Time training themes. The first theme provides an overview of some of the common thoughts and feelings experienced by children and adolescents who have been adopted. Discussion includes strategies that parents can use to support their children and to help them address and make sense of the thoughts and…

Spaulding/Adoption training is a twelve-hour course that provides families with the tools and information they need to understand the Missouri adoption process.    The training is facilitated by an experienced adoptive parent and a child welfare professional. All sessions MUST be completed as a requirement for licensure to adopt. More than one absence will require the…

Self-compassion has become a popular term these days, but what exactly does it mean? Self-compassion is a quality that caregivers need to practice to sustain themselves through the long, challenging job of parenting. Understand that showing kindness to yourself Is not selfish but rather a gift to yourself. This is a virtual Lunch and Learn,…

Spaulding/Adoption training is a twelve-hour course that provides families with the tools and information they need to understand the Missouri adoption process.    The training is facilitated by an experienced adoptive parent and a child welfare professional. All sessions MUST be completed as a requirement for licensure to adopt. More than one absence will require the…

Spaulding/Adoption training is a twelve-hour course that provides families with the tools and information they need to understand the Missouri adoption process.    The training is facilitated by an experienced adoptive parent and a child welfare professional. All sessions MUST be completed as a requirement for licensure to adopt. More than one absence will require the…

Routines are a part of all our lives whether we recognize it or not. Often our routines are patterns that we fall into and other times we have planned them out. This 1.5-hour lunch and learn explores the role that intentional, nurturing routines play in building security and attachment. This class will be held online…

SMHK offers several benefits that you may not know about, such as earning money for well care doctor visits, transportation services for birth parents to visit their children, and free sensory kits for some children. Get help as you navigate the healthcare system so members can get the treatments and benefits they need. This class will…

All of us experience worry sometimes, but for a few of us, and especially for the children that we are fostering or adopting, worry can become debilitating. This 1.5-hour lunch and learn features material from parent coach, author, and speaker Dawn Huebner, PhD, about how to help your kids (and yourself) with persistent worries. This…

Families can only be as strong as the parents’ relationship. In this 3-week course couples will learn evidence-based principles and techniques designed to help strengthen their connection to one another.  Course content includes a brief examination of historical changes within marriage/partnership and the importance of realistic expectations.  Systems theory and the critical role of prioritizing…

Families can only be as strong as the parents’ relationship. In this 3-week course couples will learn evidence-based principles and techniques designed to help strengthen their connection to one another.  Course content includes a brief examination of historical changes within marriage/partnership and the importance of realistic expectations.  Systems theory and the critical role of prioritizing…