Multi-ethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions
HELP Program Overview (this link will take you to our Youtube channel to view this webinar)
The Talk – An Honest Conversation with a Therapist, a Social Worker, and a Foster Parent
Demystifying the Northstar Permanency Process with DHS Tips and Tricks (For Professionals)
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Services for Preventing and Supporting Children Experiencing Crisis
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC)… What, When, How?
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents
Permanency Services Resource Hub Overview
DHS Presentation Independent Living Skills Planning and Youth Engagement
Introduction to Minnesota’s Child Foster Care Licensing Guidelines
#20200624 From Policy to Practice – Unpacking the No
Transitioning Kids From Foster to Adoptive Homes
Common Medical Conditions for Adopted or Foster Care Children
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions
MN Adoption Information listening session with DHS
Seven Core Issues in Kinship Families
The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption
Impact of Culture & Race on Family Systems
Supporting Children in Care Through the Holidays
Demystifying the Northstar Permanency Process with DHS Tips and Tricks (For Professionals)
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
In the Best Interest of the Child
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Disruptions & Dissolutions: Bringing the Taboo to the Light
From My Arms to Yours: Compassionate Transitions for Children in Care
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
DBT: Skills to Support Adoptees Navigating High Crisis and Life Transitions
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC)… What, When, How? (free)
The Impact of Placement on the Invisible Family Members and the Whole Family
Trust: The Heart of Adoption Developmental Stages
Introduction to Parent Child Interaction Therapy
Finding Your Child’s Lost Identity
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting Reunification
Navigating the Journey: Empowering Families Through Kinship and Foster Care Adoption
WILL You Plan for a Peaceful Future? Wills & Estate Planning for Foster & Adoptive Families
Empowering the Health of Those Impacted by Adoption and Foster Care
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Preparing Your Estate: Wills, Trusts, and all that Stuff
Positive Identity Development for Transracial/Transcultural Composed Families
Collective Experiences and a Deeper Understanding of Racial Identity-Part 1
Collective Experiences and a Deeper Understanding of Racial Identity-Part 2
Strength-Based Mindset: A Guided Discussion
Impact of Culture & Race on Family Systems
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
#20200723 Reliable Paths to Regulation
I’m Caring for a Child With Attachment and Trauma Issues: Now What? (Part 1 of 2)
I’m Caring for a Child With Attachment and Trauma Issues: Now What? (Part 2 of 2)
RAD: Doing Better with What We Have Learned (For Professionals)
Attachment and Transitions for Youth in Care
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
From My Arms to Yours: Compassionate Transitions for Children in Care
Unpacking one “RAD” Youth’s Journey from Fear and Fight to a Connected Life
Relatively Speaking: Addressing Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Strategies to Deal with the Big 3
Connecting with Hard to Engage Teens
Understanding Autism in Adoption and Foster Care
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
Defiance & Disrespect: Battles with Homework & Chores
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
Addressing Sexual Behaviors with Children and Youth
Common Behavioral Challenges in Foster Children
The Trauma and Sleep Connection
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
You Just Did What? Understanding the Root of Acting Out
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
#20190130 Developmental Repair: a framework and tools to support distress children
The Impact of Trauma on Children’s Development: What to Know and What You Can Do!
Understanding Autism in Adoption and Foster Care
Doing Better with What We Have Learned (For Professionals)
Identity & Attachment: Understanding LGBTQ+ Impact on Development
Trust: The Heart of Adoption Developmental Stages
Child Development Fundamentals
Finding Hope in the Face of Adversity
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
Parenting When Trauma Derails Development
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions
MN Adoption Information listening session with DHS
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Basics for Foster and Adoptive Families
Demystifying the Northstar Permanency Process with DHS Tips and Tricks (For Professionals)
Services for Preventing and Supporting Children Experiencing Crisis
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC)… What, When, How?
DHS Presentation Independent Living Skills Planning and Youth Engagement
Introduction to Minnesota’s Child Foster Care Licensing Guidelines
Transitioning Kids From Foster to Adoptive Homes
Common Medical Conditions for Adopted or Foster Care Children
Visitation and Transitions/Grief and Loss in Foster Care for Child Welfare Professionals
Grief and Loss in Foster Care: It’s Complicated
Seven Core Issues in Kinship Families
How Providing Foster Care Can Impact Relationships within Families and the Community
Building a Strong Racial Identity in African American Children Through Hair Care
The Talk – An Honest Conversation with a Therapist, a Social Worker, and a Foster Parent
Strength-Based Mindset: A Guided Discussion
The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption
Attachment and Transitions for Youth in Care
Supporting Children in Care Through the Holidays
Addressing Secondary Trauma & Compassion Fatigue
The Talk: Addressing Common Concerns and FAQs in Foster Care and Adoption
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
In the Best Interest of the Child
From My Arms to Yours: Compassionate Transitions for Children in Care
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC)… What, When, How? (free)
The Impact of Placement on the Invisible Family Members and the Whole Family
Introduction to Parent Child Interaction Therapy
Finding Your Child’s Lost Identity
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents (free)
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting Reunification
Navigating the Journey: Empowering Families Through Kinship and Foster Care Adoption
WILL You Plan for a Peaceful Future? Wills & Estate Planning for Foster & Adoptive Families
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
Preparing Your Estate: Wills, Trusts, and all that Stuff
Grief and Loss in Foster Care: It’s Complicated
Visitation and Transitions/Grief and Loss in Foster Care for Child Welfare Professionals
Helping Ourselves, Children, and Teens Grieve
Reconciling the Grief of Unmet Expectations
Supporting Children in Care Through the Holidays
The Aftermath of Suicide: Survivors Living Through the Pain
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
Fostering Grief Support: Helping and Healing
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
Addressing Grief & Loss for All Members of Adoptive Families
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
The Impact of Trauma on Children’s Development: What to Know and What You Can Do!
Caregiving Through a Trauma Lens: Core Skills for Parents and Providers
Covid: It’s Still Here: Supporting Families and Ourselves Through Unprecedented Times
Moving Beyond Inclusiveness: Using Anti-Bias Education Theory to Create the Conditions of Belonging
Complex Trauma: What the Heck is Going on with Students These Days?
ACEs in Real Life: Caring for and Parenting Children Who Have Experienced ACEs
Understanding and Managing Your Anxiety
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
DBT: Skills to Support Adoptees Navigating High Crisis and Life Transitions
Simple Practices to Help Children and Families Heal from Trauma
The Trauma and Sleep Connection
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
Parenting When Trauma Derails Development
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Relatively Speaking: Addressing Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Reconciling the Grief of Unmet Expectations
Seven Core Issues in Kinship Families
How Providing Foster Care Can Impact Relationships within Families and the Community
Building a Strong Racial Identity in African American Children Through Hair Care
The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption
Supporting Children in Care Through the Holidays
The Talk: Addressing Common Concerns and FAQs in Foster Care and Adoption
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
In the Best Interest of the Child
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
Navigating the Journey: Empowering Families Through Kinship and Foster Care Adoption
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
Creating Inclusive Homes and Services for LGBTQ+ Youth
Moving Beyond Inclusiveness: Using Anti-Bias Education Theory to Create the Conditions of Belonging
Identity & Attachment: Understanding LGBTQ+ Impact on Development
Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Youth: Tapping into Community Resilience
Using LGBTQ History to Support LGBTQ Kids
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
Beyond Bubble Baths and Yoga: Self-Care for Parents
Understanding and Managing Your Anxiety
The Impact of COVID on Children’s Mental Health
Self-Care While in the Trenches
Addressing Secondary Trauma & Compassion Fatigue
The Aftermath of Suicide: Survivors Living Through the Pain
Using Sustainable Wellness to Move Beyond Pandemic Woes
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Relatively Speaking: Addressing Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Understanding Autism in Adoption and Foster Care
Closing the Gap: Anxiety in Foster and Adopted Children & Adolescents
RAD: Doing Better with What We Have Learned (For Professionals)
Understanding and Managing Your Anxiety
The Impact of COVID on Children’s Mental Health
Identity & Attachment: Understanding LGBTQ+ Impact on Development
Using Sustainable Wellness to Move Beyond Pandemic Woes
Integrating Resiliency Through a Holistic Trauma-Informed Approach
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
Finding Hope in the Face of Adversity
Empowering the Health of Those Impacted by Adoption and Foster Care
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Connecting with Hard to Engage Teens
Part 1: A Brain-First Approach to Parenting
Caregiving Through a Trauma Lens: Core Skills for Parents and Providers
The Impact of Trauma on Children’s Development: What to Know and What You Can Do!
Navigating the Teen Years as an Adoptive Parent
Moving Beyond Inclusiveness: Using Anti-Bias Education Theory to Create the Conditions of Belonging
FASD: Strategies to Deal with the Big 3
Reconciling the Grief of Unmet Expectations
Building a Strong Racial Identity in African American Children Through Hair Care
Strength-Based Mindset: A Guided Discussion
The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption
Understanding Autism in Adoption and Foster Care
Supporting Children in Care Through the Holidays
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
Defiance & Disrespect: Battles with Homework & Chores
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Vaping: Strategies to Slow the Runaway Train
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
DBT: Skills to Support Adoptees Navigating High Crisis and Life Transitions
The Impact of Placement on the Invisible Family Members and the Whole Family
Introduction to Parent Child Interaction Therapy
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents (free)
The Trauma and Sleep Connection
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting Reunification
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
WILL You Plan for a Peaceful Future? Wills & Estate Planning for Foster & Adoptive Families
Blocked Care: Recognizing and Meeting the Caregiver’s Needs
Treating Childhood Anxiety: The Important Role Parents Play
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Handle With Care: Navigating Children’s Birth Family Connections
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting Reunification
DHS Presentation Independent Living Skills Planning and Youth Engagement
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
From Policy to Practice – Unpacking the No
Finding Forever Families for Trafficked or Exploited Youth
Visitation and Transitions/Grief and Loss in Foster Care for Child Welfare Professionals
Transitioning Kids From Foster to Adoptive Homes
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions
Being a Permanency Competent Professional: What Does That Mean and How Do I Do It?
The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption
RAD: Doing Better with What We Have Learned (For Professionals)
Attachment and Transitions for Youth in Care
Identity & Attachment: Understanding LGBTQ+ Impact on Development
Demystifying the Northstar Permanency Process with DHS Tips and Tricks (For Professionals)
Supporting Relative and Kinship Families
Living in the Deep End: Interventions for Children and Families with Trauma
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
In the Best Interest of the Child
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Disruptions & Dissolutions: Bringing the Taboo to the Light
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
Unpacking one “RAD” Youth’s Journey from Fear and Fight to a Connected Life
Anxiety and Sensory Processing
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents (free)
Simple Practices to Help Children and Families Heal from Trauma
The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children and The Family System
Addressing Grief & Loss for All Members of Adoptive Families
Treating Childhood Anxiety: The Important Role Parents Play
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Strategies to Support Positive Racial Identity in Transracial Adoption
Moving Beyond Inclusiveness: Using Anti-Bias Education Theory to Create the Conditions of Belonging
Parenting Children of Color: A Call to Introspection, Awareness, and Action!
Building a Strong Racial Identity in African American Children Through Hair Care
Collective Experiences and a Deeper Understanding of Racial Identity – Part 1 of 2
Collective Experiences and a Deeper Understanding of Racial Identity – Part 1 of 2
Impact of Culture & Race on Family Systems
Understanding the Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracially Parented Youth
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
Positive Identity Development for Transracial/Transcultural Composed Families
HELP Program Overview (free to view on our Youtube channel)
Covid: It’s Still Here: Supporting Families and Ourselves Through Unprecedented Times
Self-Care While in the Trenches
Addressing Secondary Trauma & Compassion Fatigue
The Aftermath of Suicide: Survivors Living Through the Pain
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Services for Preventing and Supporting Children Experiencing Crisis
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC)… What, When, How? (free)
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents (free)
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting Reunification
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
WILL You Plan for a Peaceful Future? Wills & Estate Planning for Foster & Adoptive Families
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
Introduction to Minnesota’s Child Foster Care Licensing Guidelines
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
Connecting with Hard to Engage Teens
Preparing Your Estate: Wills, Trusts, and all that Stuff
Finding Forever Families for Trafficked or Exploited Youth
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Basics for Foster and Adoptive Families
Preventing, Recognizing, and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse
How to Talk to Your Child About Sex
Addressing Sexual Behaviors with Children and Youth
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
Attachment and Transitions for Youth in Care
Visitation and Transitions/Grief and Loss in Foster Care for Child Welfare Professionals
From My Arms to Yours: Compassionate Transitions for Children in Care
The Talk – An Honest Conversation with a Therapist, a Social Worker, and a Foster Parent
The Foster Provider’s Role in Supporting
The Power of Words – What to Say to Your Adopted Teen and Why
From Policy to Practice – Unpacking the No
Navigating the Teen Years as an Adoptive Parent
Strategies for Parenting Your Testing Teen
When in Crisis: Help for Families Formed Through Adoption & Kinship
Vaping: Strategies to Slow the Runaway Train
The Democratic Youth Engagement (DYE) Model
DBT: Skills to Support Adoptees Navigating High Crisis and Life Transitions
Addressing Sexual Behaviors with Children and Youth
Building Positive Partnerships with Foster Parents (free)
The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
Next and Best Practices for Serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA Youth
Treating Childhood Anxiety: The Important Role Parents Play
[Part 1] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 0 to 9
[Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18
Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth
Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families
Enhancing Your Skills as a Foster Parent: Session One
How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories with Adopted Children
Connecting with Hard to Engage Teens
Preparing Your Estate: Wills, Trusts, and all that Stuff