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 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… Read More »Attachment
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
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… Read More »MO Healthy Kids Presentation, Led by Mary Mogg, MSW
If you are working with teenagers and have questions about what happens next after foster care, come join a few experts who will help you understand DMH services/Guardianships for adults/ISL… Read More »Fostering Futures Recap
Two-week class (Wed, July 24 & 31 from 6:00-8:30pm) Lagging social skills put children at risk for bullying and exclusion. In this 5-hour, two-week class, parents will learn how to… Read More »Developing Social Skills
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 – Social Scenarios
MO C.A.R.E. pre-service training is required of any individual wishing to be licensed as a foster parent through the state of Missouri. This training will be for 10 weeks from… Read More »MO C.A.R.E.
Module 1 From the National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning Hunter College School of Social Work: Sibling Practice Curriculum Module 1 focuses on enhancing understanding of sibling-related… Read More »Sibling Practice – Module 1
Self-compassion has become a popular term these days. What does that mean? Self-compassion is an essential trait that caregivers must learn to practice to sustain themselves through the long, challenging… Read More »Self-Compassion (Virtual Lunch & Learn)
This is a two-week class, attendance at both weeks is strongly encouraged. (Tues, Aug 20 & 27 from 6:00 - 8:30pm) Parenting a child with a history of sexual abuse… Read More »Understanding the Effects of Sexual Abuse
An overview of the impact fostering or adopting can have on family dynamics including the impact on marital relationships, biological children, foster or adoptive children already living in the home,… Read More »Family Dynamics: Right Time Trainings. (Virtual Lunch & Learn)