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FACC Training: FACC Virtual Open House

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 2-hour training on Tuesday, 1/30/24 from 6-8:00PM. You’ve probably heard about holiday Little Wishes, but did you know the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition offers many other services to foster and adoptive families and children? The Coalition prides itself… Read More »FACC Training: FACC Virtual Open House

Free

2024 Justice is Served Breakfast

Jesuit Hall, SFB Church 310 West Main Street, Washington, Missouri

Join us for CASA's biggest fundraiser of the year! The Justice is Served Fundraising Breakfast is the signature event of Franklin County CASA and brings together the community to support CASA's most vulnerable children. This fundraising event will celebrate, honor, and reflect on our years in Franklin and Gasconade counties. Event highlights will include coffee… Read More »2024 Justice is Served Breakfast

$50.00

FACC Training: The Impact of Prenatal Substance Use

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 2-hour training on Saturday, 2/3/24  9-11:00AM. This training will discuss characteristics for caregivers, understanding potential developmental impacts of prenatal exposure, understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their impact on development, common challenges faced by caregivers and how to reframe… Read More »FACC Training: The Impact of Prenatal Substance Use

Free

FACC Training: The Importance of Sibling Bonds

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 6-hour training divided among two Tuesdays, 2/6/24 & 2/13/24  6-9:00PM. Sibling relationships are emotionally powerful and critically important not only in childhood, but over the course of a lifetime. The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships anyone… Read More »FACC Training: The Importance of Sibling Bonds

Free

FACC Training: Separation, Loss and Grief

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 2-hour training on Saturday, 2/10/24 9-11:00AM. 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 is explored. Strategies to help… Read More »FACC Training: Separation, Loss and Grief

Free

CASA Book Club: Misplaced Childhood

Franklin County CASA Office 80A North Oak Street, Union, MO, United States

This is a CASA Book Club that you do not want to miss! Joan Ulsher is a CASA Volunteer in Texas. Ready about her tragic past and how she used her lived experiences to inspire others through her work as a CASA Volunteer. Also, net profits earned from the purchase of this book directly benefit… Read More »CASA Book Club: Misplaced Childhood

Free

FACC Training: Mental Health Considerations

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 1.5-hour training on Saturday, 2/17/24 9-10:30AM. 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 grief are connected… Read More »FACC Training: Mental Health Considerations

Free

MISSOURI CASA ASSOCIATION WEBINAR: Office of the Child Advocate

Zoom

Join the us for this Missouri CASA Association Webinar to learn about the Office of Child Advocate (OCA) on 2/21/2024 at 10AM. Becky Ruth, Executive Director of OCA, will talk about how OCA works to improve the child welfare system in Missouri, in addition to providing other services to help families and children. Training will… Read More »MISSOURI CASA ASSOCIATION WEBINAR: Office of the Child Advocate

Free

FACC Training: Attachment

Virtual

This is a virtual training offered by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. It is a 2-hour training on Saturday, 2/24/24 9-11:00AM. 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… Read More »FACC Training: Attachment

Free

FACC Training: Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns

Virtual

This is a free virtual training offered by the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition. This training is divided into two sessions, one on 3/2 from 9-11AM and one on 3/9 from 9-11AM. Youth who have experienced trauma often have behaviors that can be frustrating and challenging to manage. In general, traditional parenting techniques are not… Read More »FACC Training: Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns

Free

FACC Training: Secondary Traumatic Stress

Virtual

This is a free virtual training offered by the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition on 3/5/24 from 6-9PM. 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… Read More »FACC Training: Secondary Traumatic Stress

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