Thursdays-Sept 5, 12, 19 & 26  6:00-9:00pm Parenting children who have experienced trauma is different than parenting typically developing children. Children who have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, and… Read More »RPC Trauma Training: Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma 

Attendance for both weeks is strongly encouraged.  (Thurs, Sept 19 & 26 from 6:00-8:30pm) Many children with a history of abuse, neglect or other trauma struggle in school.  Whether it… Read More »School Issues

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

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?  Join us the… Read More »CASA Peer Support Group – Exclusive to CASA Volunteers

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

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

This is a 4-part training taking place every Tuesday from October 1st - October 22nd from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Forming a family through adoption is different than forming… Read More »SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment to Adoption

This training provides a basic understanding of mental health disorders and conditions that commonly occur in childhood. Content is shared to illustrate that not all ‘survival’ behaviors or symptoms of… Read More »Mental Health Considerations

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… Read More »Birth and Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network

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

 2 Days: October 9 & October 16 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm Parenting teens who have experienced trauma can bring additional challenges. This training will focus on topics such as… Read More »Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors

All classes are 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: Denise.Sprick@courts.mo.gov