|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 events,
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 service to others, and particularly for our children. This can be... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
-
Join us for our Express Parenting Strategies course for quick information you can put to use in your personal or professional life! 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... Read more »
Free – $10.00
|
2 events,
-
The impact of adoption lasts a lifetime for all members of the adoption triad. Awareness of these issues and their impacts on each individual is critical to addressing challenges and strengthening relationships. Take a closer look at these issues and how you can respond to them. This training will be held in-person at our Omaha... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
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 »
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
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 »
Free – $25.00
|
|||
2 events,
-
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 service to others, and particularly for our children. This can be... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
3 events,
-
The impact of adoption lasts a lifetime for all members of the adoption triad. Awareness of these issues and their impacts on each individual is critical to addressing challenges and strengthening relationships. Take a closer look at these issues and how you can respond to them. This training will be held virtually via Zoom and... Read more »
Free – $25.00
-
Lifebooks are a record of a child's adoption story. Created over time, and with the child's input, they are more than a baby book. Lifebooks are a place where adoptive parents can record details (pictures, graphics, artwork, memorabilia, etc.) related to your child’s life story. These details honor the child's life and should include the good, the uncomfortable,... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
Adolescence explores how adolescence develop physically, emotionally, and socially, and how these changes shape their identity. The course examines key influences on kids’ lives, common challenges they face today, and the unique experiences of adopted adolescents. Participants gain insight into adolescent behavior and learn effective ways to support youth—especially adopted youth—with empathy, communication, and stability. This training will... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
W.I.S.E Up! creates a safe space for children to express their feelings about adoption and prepares them for questions and remarks from classmates, neighbors, and school assignments. When it comes to handling questions about adoption, foster, and kinship care, kids need to be empowered to choose their responses. W.I.S.E. Up! helps children and teens decide... Read more »
Free
|
|||
2 events,
-
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... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
3 events,
-
This interactive workshop highlights the importance of secure attachment and helps parents establish attachment and connection with their adoptive, foster or guardianship child. Learn strategies and activities that can be implemented in the home to strengthen bonds and build family connections with children of all ages. This training will be held virtually via Zoom and... Read more »
Free – $25.00
-
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 service to others, and particularly for our children. This can be... Read more »
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
Join us for our Express Parenting Strategies course for quick information you can put to use in your personal or professional life! 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... Read more »
Free – $10.00
|
||||
3 events,
-
Adolescence explores how adolescence develop physically, emotionally, and socially, and how these changes shape their identity. The course examines key influences on kids’ lives, common challenges they face today, and the unique experiences of adopted adolescents. Participants gain insight into adolescent behavior and learn effective ways to support youth—especially adopted youth—with empathy, communication, and stability. This training will... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
-
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 »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
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 virtually via... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
|
3 events,
-
Join us for our Express Lifebooks course for quick information you can put to use in your personal or professional life! Lifebooks are a record of a child's adoption story. Created over time, and with the child's input, they are more than a baby book. Lifebooks are a place where adoptive parents can record details (pictures, graphics, artwork,... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $10.00
-
Adolescence explores how adolescence develop physically, emotionally, and socially, and how these changes shape their identity. The course examines key influences on kids’ lives, common challenges they face today, and the unique experiences of adopted adolescents. Participants gain insight into adolescent behavior and learn effective ways to support youth—especially adopted youth—with empathy, communication, and stability. This training will... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
Join us for our Express Seven Core Issues course for quick information you can put to use in your personal or professional life! The impact of adoption lasts a lifetime for all members of the adoption triad. Awareness of these issues and their impacts on each individual is critical to addressing challenges and strengthening relationships.... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $10.00
|
|||
3 events,
-
Kinship adoption training covers topics specific to family dynamics. This covers the impact of trauma, grief and loss, navigating family dynamics, The 7 Core Issues & Maintaining Connections. This training will be held virtually via Zoom and is open to individuals statewide.
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
-
Join the Families Forever team for a conversation series for adoptive and guardianship families. This month, we will continue our conversation about the book Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge. Written by a woman who was adopted herself, this book gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free
|
2 events,
-
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 service to others, and particularly for our children. This can be... Read more »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
|
2 events,
-
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 »
Get Tickets
Free – $25.00
|