Trainings and ProgramsCalendar

From 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…

Two in-person Sessions (Session 1 and Session 10) May 13 and July 15. Eight virtual Sessions (Sessions 2 through Session 9) May 20, May 27, June 3, June 10, June…

Many 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…

Two 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…

Three 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…

Film 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…

Three 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…

Spaulding 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…

For 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.