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Community Training: The Importance of Sibling Bonds Training

Virtual

Join the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition for this virtual training about the importance of sibling bonds. Sibling relationships are emotionally powerful and critically important not only in childhood, but over the course of a lifetime. The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships anyone will have, preparing individuals for peer relationships, teaching social… Read More »Community Training: The Importance of Sibling Bonds Training

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Community Training: Know Your Rights, Know Your Role Training

Virtual

Join the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition for this virtual training to gain further insight about foster parent rights and roles. Understanding the foster care system can be challenging and overwhelming while you’re also providing care to children who’ve experienced trauma. Often parents are given incorrect or contradictory information, leaving them feeling unsupported and frustrated.… Read More »Community Training: Know Your Rights, Know Your Role Training

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Community Training: Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns

Virtual

Join the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition for this virtual training. Parenting children who have experienced trauma is different than parenting typically developing children. Youth who have experienced trauma often have behaviors that can be frustrating and challenging to manage. In general, traditional parenting techniques are not effective, leaving care providers baffled and overwhelmed. This… Read More »Community Training: Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns

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Community Training: Maintaining Connections for Older Youth Training

Virtual

Join the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition for this virtual training to learn about the importance of building connections for older youth in care. The child welfare team traditionally focuses on the immediate needs of youth and not the lifelong connections that are so important throughout life. This training will assist resource parents in understanding the… Read More »Community Training: Maintaining Connections for Older Youth Training

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National CASA Webinar: Creating a Gender-Inclusive Environment in Child Welfare Systems

Zoom

Presented by Human Rights Campaign Foundation. There are between 1.5 to 2 times as many LGBTQ youth living in foster care as LGBTQ youth living outside of foster care. LGBTQ youth have a higher average number of foster care placements and are more likely to be living in a group home. Understanding the prevalence of… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Creating a Gender-Inclusive Environment in Child Welfare Systems

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Fostering Futures Recap

Franklin County CASA Office 80A North Oak Street, Union, MO, United States

Join Angie as she hosts the quarterly Fostering Futures Recap on 10/11/23 at 6PM. Cara Piers is the guest speaker. Cara has teamed up with the Juvenile Office to offer older youth different life skills classes. Please RSVP to angie@casamideastmo.org.

Free

NCSC Webinar: Emerging Adults Online Training Series Virtual Kickoff

Zoom

Are you ready to empower and support the next generation? Join us for the launch of our training modules designed to equip attorneys and court professionals with the tools they need to better assist emerging adults (ages 18-25) in the justice system. The goal of the series is to provide dynamic and interactive content that… Read More »NCSC Webinar: Emerging Adults Online Training Series Virtual Kickoff

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October In-Service: Family Treatment Court

Franklin County CASA Office 80A North Oak Street, Union, MO, United States

Join Children's Division Worker, Jamie Bush, as she shares about Family Treatment Court cases and how they are different from traditional cases. How can CASA best help in these types of cases? RSVP to ashley@casamideastmo.org by 10/17/2023.

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COMMUNITY TRAINING: YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (BLENDED)

Prevent+Ed Olivette Location 9355 Olive Blvd., Olivette, MO, United States

Prevent+Ed is hosting a blended Youth Mental Health First Aid training. YMHFA is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth… Read More »COMMUNITY TRAINING: YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (BLENDED)

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Community Training: Safer Together Missouri

Virtual

Missouri Alliance for Animals is hosting a free virtual training on 10/20/2023. You might wonder why this training applies to child welfare? Perhaps you've noticed through your professional or volunteer experiences that there is a frequent connection between the abuse of animals, children, elders, and vulnerable adults. But what can you do to help those… Read More »Community Training: Safer Together Missouri

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National CASA Webinar: Understanding Relationships and their Importance to Early Childhood Development

Zoom

Presented by Zero to Three. Webinar participants will understand how relationships play a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of a child’s development. From the earliest moments of life, the interactions children have with caregivers and their surrounding environment form the foundation for their cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. This webinar, tailored for CASA/GAL staff… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Understanding Relationships and their Importance to Early Childhood Development

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