*All Participants should RSVP Separately. Improving the lives of Family, children and adolescents experiencing mental health conditions can be accomplished through advocacy at all government levels and assisted by community involvement. Legislators are often unaware of children’s mental health issues and what families really experience. Learning how to share you and your child’s lived experience […]
Agenda: 9 am- 9:15 am- Introduction GACRS 9:15 am -10:15 am- Presenter 1: Christine Dalton “Strategies to Deal with Lying” 10:15 am – 10:30 am Break 10: 30 am – 11:45 am Presenter 2: Dr. Izzard “One Family Voice” 11:45 am – 12:00 pm Break- get lunch 12 pm- 12:45 pm Resource Hour ATEAM Amerigroup Easy As Pi Tutoring RAD Advocates Camp to […]
Positivity is a CHOICE! Being positive can save a person’s life while being negative and pessimistic can jeopardize a person’s life. Positive thinking and choosing to be positive opens up the brain and create a space for safety and creativity. There are several studies that show personality traits such as optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of our brain, […]
GACRS is offering a Monthly Virtual Adoption Support Group featuring a New Topic each month presented by a trained adoption clinician. Real Talk is a non-therapeutic conversational experience about issues relevant to adoptive families. It is not presented as a time of therapy; it is for informational purposes only. Join Chena Blanchard in discussion about […]
Join GACRS for a monthly virtual adoption support group, Café Chats. This group 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 […]
ECPAT-USA Presents: CSAM Prevention Program Parent Workshops A Free, Virtual, and Interactive 3-Part Series Covering: You and Online Safety Managing Difficult Conversations Utilizing the Community as a Resources Upon Completing all 3 workshops, participants receive a $25 gift card! Provide by ECPAT. You must attend all 3 workshops to receive the gift card. Workshops are […]
Parenting Well is a mental health and wellness educational and supportive space for foster, adoptive and kinship parents. Parenting Well focuses on the well-being of caregivers including their mental, emotional, and psychological health. It is not therapy but will provide psychoeducational information and strategies to help improve mental wellness. As the country moves with hope and […]
Topics include: An Overview of EPAC ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act Student Support Services Documenting Our Work Education Advocacy Presented by: Makeba Dunson, M. ED Region Educator Monitor *All Participants should RSVP separately even if you will be participating on the same device.
Grief is a natural response to loss. As foster parents, you may experience grief when a child leaves your home. You may expect this loss, but may not be prepared for the feelings of grief. You may have anticipated a foster child staying with you and even becoming a permanent part of your family, but […]
This presentation will focus on how to assess the level of self-esteem in the children in your care while also providing effective interventions caregivers can implement to help build a child’s self-worth and self-confidence. The goal is to provide information that can help children blossom into positive, self-assured children. All Participants should RSVP even if […]
This virtual training is designed to provide participants information on the dangers that social media poses to teens and young children. Part two of this training will focus on sexting and cyberbullying. Presented by: Leslie Anderson, Adoption Resource Advisor
Training will discuss the follow topics: Physical punishment and how it relates to conflicts with others Effective discipline helps the child learn self-control Benefits of consequences as it relates to teaching responsibility Effective discipline methods Presented by: Essie Sims BA Edu, M.S Edu Specialist, Early Childhood EDU
