GACRS is offering a Monthly Virtual Adoption Support Group featuring a New Topic each month presented by a trained adoption clinician. Join Chena Blanchard in conversation about Traditions. What are your traditions? What Traditions did your child have before they came to you? How Can we create New traditions? Let’s open up with each other […]
All Participants should RSVP separately. Please complete the Pre Test Prior to the Training 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 […]
*All Participants Must RSVP Separately Learn more about the challenges that come when a child has not been able to securely bond with a caregiver. Join us to hear Ms. Houze speak from her own experience and provide some education on supports for these families struggling to connect and build a healthy bond. Presented by: […]
*All Participants should RSVP separately Whether you are a foster or adoptive family, the children in your care face grief. Grief is a natural reaction to loss. Children and teens’ grief looks different from that of adults and as adults you may not recognize grief reactions in your children. You may feel at a loss […]
Training will discuss the follow topics: *Understanding trauma and the impact on development *Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences *Identifying triggers *Learning strategies to counteract the effects through utilizing resiliency factors Presented by: LaTanya Keaton, LPC Mental Health Therapist
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 […]
*All Participants should RSVP Separately and complete the Pre Test Prior to attending the training. This virtual training is designed to provide participants information on Post Traumatic Disorder (PTSD). This training will provide participants information on what PTSD is, how to recognize it in children, and treatment options.
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 L. Kathryn Smith, LCSW, RPT […]
*All Participants should RSVP separately Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an attachment-based trauma-informed intervention that offers practical tools for parents to see the “whole child” and create a safe family environment. Participants will gain understanding of TBRI three principles and two strategies with possible implementation examples. Presented by: Dr Laklieshia Izzard EdD,LPC,ACS,NCC *There is no […]
How to support a child with a mental illness is a question that many have asked. This training will give parents a better understanding and tools on how to support a child that is dealing with mental health issues. Did you know that dealing with mental illness is more common than many would like to accept […]
Ms. Houze has spent 25 years of her career in administrative management and 15 of those as a small business owner helping others improve their lives. After reaching out to RAD Advocates for help in getting proper treatment for her own children, she joined the RAD Advocates Volunteer Team. With her passion for helping others, […]
In this presentation, we will learn a variety of ways to use mindfulness to practice better self-care and build resiliency. In the process, we will discover how this effort can increase our capacity to be more fully present - with ourselves, with our children, and with others in our lives. Through a combination of instructional […]
