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
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
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
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
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)
Parents gain an understanding of why a child bullies, signs of a child being a victim of a bully, and intervention approaches within the community and school setting. Content is… Read More »Stop Bullying Now!
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