Special Needs and Medically Fragile Children: What you need to know, what you think you know, and what others should know about caring for, fostering, or adopting. Navigating services and daily living requires a special set of skills in providing for special needs and medically fragile children. Learn about resources, services, and how to navigate […]
Join GACRS for a monthly virtual adoption support group- Café Chats. This event is for adoptive families who share one thing, the journey of adoption. And while adoption is rewarding it also has challenges. GACRS wants to provide a virtual platform for you to exchange information and learn from one another. It’s also your opportunity to share your experiences, what’s in your […]
Children grieve differently than adults. This training will help participants learn the key differences, how to recognize grief in children, and how to help children through the grief process. This training will also discuss the 5 stages of grief. Presented by: Natasha Hope-Moriarty, LMSW *All participants should RSVP separately even if you will be viewing […]
This Training will assist parents in identifying the possible causes of difficult behavior, and discuss techniques that may be effective. Please Join Us!! Presented by: Linda Watson, BA, CEO
In April, we talked about anger - how our children feel and express it, and how we do too. In July, we’ll spend time talking about another common response to stress or threat - flight! We’ll look at how temperament and life experience combine to influence how and when people feel the urge to run, […]
Parenting for the Future: You have a short time frame to prepare kids for a challenging and ever-changing future. How do you parent so kids are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world? Learn how to parent using healthy strategies without resorting to threats, nagging or exhausting power struggles. Presented by: Lynne Watts, LPC *All […]
What happens when we have to “make a family” sometimes from scratch? Learn how to use intentional activities and discussion to help new family formations bond. Understand the unique challenges of creating this family. Grief, past trauma, and prior losses can all affect the family and how it rebuilds. Come and learn the “ingredients” of […]
Join us as talk about self-care through the areas of physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional on a daily basis. Presented by: Becca Stackhouse Morson, M.S., CFLE All Participants should RSVP separately.
While all of us tell lies now and then, it can be problematic behavior in parenting kids from hard places. in this training, you will learn some reasons why kids lie as well as some practice strategies to deal with the behavior and maintain your sanity. Presented by: Christine Dalton, LCSW *All Participants should RSVP […]
We will be discussing, defining and understanding stress and sources of stress as well as strategies for managing stress. Presented by Chena Blanchard Come ready to share your experiences. *All Participants should RSVP separately using their own accounts. There is no pre test for this training.
Natural hair care class provides instructions and clinical practice in shampooing, hair maintenance routine, and overnight protective wrappings. Model will be used while performing natural hairstyling. Questions will be allowed doing interactive demonstration. Presented by: Dora Hills *All Participants should RSVP separately even if viewing together
Description: When individuals are diagnosed with autism, the individual and family are rarely given additional information outside of the initial report. This can lead to confusion and really leaves families in a position to figure things out on their own. This discussion will focus on providing education about autism spectrum disorder as well as information […]
