Virtual Event
Level A-Youth with Elevated Needs CORE Teen Curriculum
Virtual EventThe content is intended to increase the knowledge and skills of those who will be parenting teens with moderate to severe emotional and behavioral needs. In an effort to keep youth with higher needs in families, resource parents must have specialized knowledge and skills. The interactive and engaging content includes lectures, videos, activities, and discussion. It…
Prioritizing Your Partnership
Virtual EventFamilies 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. …
Prioritizing Your Partnership
Virtual EventFamilies 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. …
Prioritizing Your Partnership
Virtual EventFamilies 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. …
When You Worry Too Much
Virtual EventAll 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…
Show Me Healthy Kids Presentation, Mary Mogg, MSW Presenter
Virtual EventSMHK 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…
The Role of Rhythms and Routines in Regulation
Virtual EventRoutines 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…
Self-Compassion
Virtual EventSelf-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,…
Adoption: Life Story, Love, and Loyalty
Virtual EventThis 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…
Anger Management 101
Virtual EventLearn how to recognize and alleviate stress and manage anger in healthier ways. This course will be held online and a link to the class will be sent out ahead of time.
MO C.A.R.E Preservice Training
Virtual EventPreservice training is required of any individual wishing to be licensed as a foster parent through the state of Missouri. Please contact: Khirsten.B.Miller@dss.mo.gov by email or call her on her direct line at 314-264-7688 (Direct) or Jack.C.Rosenburg@dss.mo.gov by email or call him on his direct line at 314.264-7717 to enroll in MO C.A.R.E.
Sharing Power with Kids
Virtual EventSharing power with kids helps them learn to make good decisions, builds their self-worth and assists them in managing their own behavior in positive ways. This workshop explores the use of positive power in relationships to grow healthier parent -child connections. This is a virtual Lunch and Learn, and a link to join the session…