Grow your knowledge and enhance your skills with this educational series featuring four popular trainings. One sign-up grants you access to four weeks of classes designed to help you understand the unique needs of adopted children and your role as a parent or guardian. Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency- October 8th from 6:00-7:00... Read more »
Discover the Impact of Adoption Join the Families Forever team as we embark on an immersive exploration into the profound effects of adoption on all involved. Through our comprehensive training program, explore the intricate dynamics of adoption. Moreover, gain invaluable insights into the seven core issues shaping relationships within the adoption triad. Understanding Lifelong Implications... Read more »
In this interactive workshop, the framework of the Seven Core Issues will be used to explore specific actions, activities, and strategies to help strengthen families and promote attachment and communication. All should leave the workshop with practical skills/ideas that can be implemented as desired in the family home. This training will be held in-person in... Read more »
Grow your knowledge and enhance your skills with this educational series featuring four popular trainings. One sign-up grants you access to four weeks of classes designed to help you understand the unique needs of adopted children and your role as a parent or guardian. Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency- November 4th from 6:00-7:00... Read more »
This training is cancelled. Please see our calendar for other upcoming Families Forever trainings. Self-care and mindfulness are critical to successful parenting. While parenting can be challenging and rewarding, parenting children through adoption, kinship, foster or guardianship has some additional wrinkles that are also part of the process. Sometimes it is tempting to self-sacrifice or minimize self-care in... Read more »
Social and informal support networks provide parents and families the opportunity to learn from one another and maintain resiliency when experiencing a crisis. We believe adoptive and guardianship families can learn so much from each other and that there is no one better to receive support from, than those that “get it” or have walked... Read more »
In this workshop we will be presenting information that is biased towards encouraging openness withing the context of adoption. This is done by keeping the child in mind while managing the adult relationships that are present within the adoption constellation. Openness on a continuum is explored with an emphasis on communication within the adoptive family and between all... Read more »
Social and informal support networks provide parents and families the opportunity to learn from one another and maintain resiliency when experiencing a crisis. We believe adoptive and guardianship families can learn so much from each other and that there is no one better to receive support from, than those that “get it” or have walked... Read more »
Separation, Grief and Loss are elements of every adoption story. In this workshop, you will explore how these topics are interconnected, how children may view their own adoption at different levels of sophistication as they age, and how parents can help them navigate through. An emphasis is placed on recognizing that adoption isn’t a one-day... Read more »
Trauma is an emotional response to an intense event or events that threaten or causes harm. Traumatic experiences that happen during pregnancy or early in life can have a lasting impact on a child. Traumatic experiences that occur later in life may also have a lasting impact. Understanding the effects of trauma is particularly important for parents working to provide a... Read more »
This workshop helps participants understand the importance of attachment in parenting both for the children and parents who are fostering or adopting. It covers the impact of fractured attachments/lack of attachments on children’s ability to attach and identifies strategies to develop healthy attachment bonds. This also covers developing trust and developing children’s sense of connectedness... Read more »
This month's Lincoln support group is cancelled. Please consider joining us for our virtual support group. Social and informal support networks provide parents and families the opportunity to learn from one another and maintain resiliency when experiencing a crisis. We believe adoptive and guardianship families can learn so much from each other and that there... Read more »
This conversational workshop will explore the opportunities and challenges in helping your adopted or foster child learn, know and claim their own story. Spanning developmental stages, the importance of eliminating secrecy and promoting a healthy understanding of the child’s whole story is explored. Strategies to use with children of different developmental ages is a central... Read more »
Social and informal support networks provide parents and families the opportunity to learn from one another and maintain resiliency when experiencing a crisis. We believe adoptive and guardianship families can learn so much from each other and that there is no one better to receive support from, than those that “get it” or have walked... Read more »