Humor is a handy tool in life’s toolbox. When you are parenting children with unique challenges, it’s especially important not to take yourself too seriously. This class will explore the nature of humor and how to incorporate it into your parenting repertoire. To register, call 314.968.2350 ext. 7234 or email intake.dept@familyforwardmo.org.

Open to any youth (13-19) in the Franklin County area who are interested in gaining some life skills.  Classes are provided by the Juvenile Office. RSVP to Denise.Sprick@courts.mo.gov

Show Me Healthy Kids 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 navigating the healthcare system so members can get the treatments and benefits they need. To register,… Read More »Show Me Healthy Kids: MO Healthy Kids Presentation, Mary Mogg, MSW

AL-ANON: A fellowship group for persons who's loved one(s) are affected by alcoholism PALS: Parents of Addicted Loved Ones Lunch Provided: Beef Vegetable Soup & Rolls RSVP to alecia@casamideastmo.org or 636-583-4422  

This training addresses the complex impact of secondary traumatic stress. It describes risk factors for and signs of secondary traumatic stress as well as prevention and self-care.  This course is intended for anyone who works directly with the child welfare populations such as resource parents and child welfare workers. https://foster-adopt.my.site.com/exchange/ArdiraSurvey/SurveyResponse.app?su=KXlas9  

Wish you knew more CASA volunteers? Are you feeling isolated and/or stressed? Want to find new ways to balance the demands of volunteering and other life responsibilities? This session will take place at the CASA office in Union.  Enjoy a Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board!

The holidays often bring much excitement and celebration for families. But for children who have experienced the disruption in their lives of being separated from their families, the holidays can be a time of great emotional upheaval. The stress level can become intolerable. This class will help parents see the holidays through their child’s eyes… Read More »Holiday Stress

Join us for a training on bridging the gap between birth and foster parents. For years in child welfare a major gap has existed between birth and foster parents. Fueled by fear, mistrust, defensiveness and trauma, this gap in partnership causes children in the foster care system to suffer. Research shows that children thrive under… Read More »Birth & Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network

This training 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 theme also covers developing trust and developing children's sense of… Read More »Attachment

You can attend with your CASA or offer to work a game.

Join us every 2nd Friday of the month from 8am-9am for CASA Coffee!

This training helps participants understand the impact of separation and ambiguous loss, and the differnet ways children grieve.  Life-long grieving and the importance of providing opportunities for grieving is explored. Strategies to help children deal with grief and loss are identified. Participants will understand loss and fractured attachments with birth family members and previous placements;… Read More »Separation, Loss and Grief