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… Read More »Know your Rights, Know Your Role

This class is open to any youth (13-19) in the Franklin County, Missouri area who is interested in gaining some life skills.  Classes are provided by the Juvenile Office. RSVP… Read More »Life Skills Class – Gratitude

This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme… Read More »Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience

Our next Network Training Webinar will be on Tuesday, June 18th from 11:00 am -12:00 pm. We will hear from Carrie Ragsdale, Transition Coordinator with MPACT about the work they… Read More »Webinar: What is MPACT?

This class is open to any youth (13-19) in the Franklin County, Missouri area who is interested in gaining some life skills.  Classes are provided by the Juvenile Office. RSVP… Read More »Life Skills Class – Wise Spending

Join Leeann Pennington, a Licensed Professional Counselor and fellow CASA, as she facilitates discussions regarding mental health, life stress, CASA work, and how to manage the difficulties of balancing them… Read More »CASA Peer Support Group

Class is open to any youth (13-19) in the Franklin County, Missouri area who is interested in gaining some life skills. RSVP to Denise.Sprick@courts.mo.gov

This is a four-part training occurring every Tuesday from July 9th - July 30th. Each session is from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Forming a family through adoption is different… Read More »SPAULDING Adoption Training: Cohort 7: July 2024

This is a two-part training that takes place on Thursday, July 11th and Thursday, July 18th from 6 PM to 8 PM. Youth who have experienced trauma often have behaviors… Read More »Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns

This is a 2-week course (Thurs July 11 & 18 from 6:00-8:30pm).  Training for any foster parent interested in providing care for teens and based on the curriculum of the… Read More »Ready, Set, Fly

This training helps participants understand the impact of separation and ambiguous loss and the different ways children grieve. Life-long grieving and the importance of providing opportunities for grieving are explored.… Read More »Separation, Loss and Grief

Class is open to any youth (13-19) in the Franklin County, Missouri area who is interested in gaining some life skills. Classes are provided by the Juvenile Office. RSVP to… Read More »Life Skills Class – Sewing Pillows