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  • Webinar: Navigating Pre-Teen/Teen Emotions

    Virtual Event

    Have you ever found yourself genuinely wondering what is going through your teenagers mind? Or trying to understand why they think the way they do or rather, why they aren’t […]

  • Common Ground: A Resiliency Group for Parents and Teens- Digital Resilience: Navigating Social Media, Mood & Well-Being

    Virtual Event

    This is a space where teens and caregivers come together to listen, learn, and grow. Here, every voice matters. We believe in sharing without judgment, respecting different perspectives, and finding connection through conversation. Let’s make this a place of empathy, honesty, and mutual support. Please Note: Both parent and Teen will need to have a […]

  • Common Ground: A Resiliency Group for Parents and Teens- Friendship Ups & Downs: Supporting Teens Through Social Shifts

    Virtual Event

    This is a space where teens and caregivers come together to listen, learn, and grow. Here, every voice matters. We believe in sharing without judgment, respecting different perspectives, and finding connection through conversation. Let’s make this a place of empathy, honesty, and mutual support. Please Note: Both parent and Teen will need to have a […]

  • Cafe Chats: A Virtual Parent to Parent Support Group: June 2026

    Virtual Event

    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 […]

  • Virtual Regional Training: Managing Anger in Small Children 

    Virtual Event

    This training helps foster and adoptive parents understand anger in children through a trauma informed lens. Participants will learn practical tools to support emotional regulation, strengthen connection, respond calmly during difficult behaviors, and help children develop healthy coping skills in a safe and supportive environment Presented by: Natasha Hope-Moriarty, LMSW  

  • Webinar: Understanding Triggers and Regression in Children from Trauma Backgrounds

    Virtual Event

    Understanding Triggers and Regression in Children from Trauma Backgrounds is a practical, 1-hour workshop designed to help foster parents make sense of challenging behaviors and respond with confidence. Children who have experienced trauma may react strongly to everyday situations or temporarily return to earlier developmental behaviors when stressed; this session explains why that happens and what […]

  • Webinar: The Invisible Disability:  Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

    Virtual Event

    Recent and reliable studies indicate that one in twenty children in the school classroom have been exposed to alcohol in-utero.  Even more concerning is that between 70 and 80 percent of children entering foster care have been exposed.  Parenting a child with FASD requires a unique set of skills.  In this training, Dr. Mark Andrews of Adoptive Family Resources,Inc.  […]