FREE! This support group is designed to support adoptive parents who face the complexities of supporting children with both attachment and developmental issues. The support group will provide education, intervention ideas, space for members to share creative successes, and opportunities to work … [Read more...]

FREE! Having the opportunity to be surrounded by those who understand your family's journey is a vital experience. There is sometimes a lack of understanding for the intersecting experiences LGBTQ+ families face. Such families require environments that honor those experiences, as well as spaces … [Read more...]

Join Families Rising board members as they share their lived expertise as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. The panel will explore ideas and strategies that caregivers and professionals can use to better support youth as they navigate developing all aspects of their … [Read more...]

Fee: $110.00 Emotional cutoff, a Bowen family systems theory concept, describes how unresolved emotional issues with parents, siblings, and other family members are managed by reducing or totally cutting off emotional contact with them - moving away and rarely going home or by staying in physical … [Read more...]

Fee: $110.00 The Bowen family systems theory concept Nuclear Family Emotional Process describes the basic patterns of emotional functioning among and between members of two successive generations of a family - most often between partners and between the partners and their offspring. These basic … [Read more...]

Fee: $110.00 A child's degree of relationship dependence is a product of forces that promote and undermine that child's emotional separation from the family. According to Bowen family systems theory, when parent and child functioning promotes emotional separation, the emotional maturity level is … [Read more...]

Fee: $60.00 This webinar sets the stage for the Clinical Certificate Program in Adoption. The focus will be on contemporary trends in adoption and the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption. Other topics that addressed will include stress and coping models in adoption, family … [Read more...]

Fee: $60.00 This webinar will explore issues commonly faced by children adopted in infancy. Topics include core issues of adoption at various ages and stages, differences between families formed by birth and by adoption, and dimensions of loss for an adopted child. Special emphasis will be given … [Read more...]

Want to learn more about Foster Care or Adoption in New Jersey? Thought about it but not sure what steps to take? Come learn more about the process. RSVP needed. … [Read more...]

FREE! Building upon the invaluable insights shared in our previous webinar, we are excited to present Part 2, delving deeper into the complexities of identifying and maintaining stable placements for children and youth with challenging behaviors. In this session, we will explore advanced … [Read more...]