Common Ground: A Resiliency Group for Parents and Teens- Friendship Ups & Downs: Supporting Teens Through Social Shifts
2026-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | https://gacrs.org/courses/common-ground-a-resiliency-group-for-parents-and-teens-friendship-ups-downs-supporting-teens-through-social-shifts/
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 way to join the meeting as we will do a breakout group
This month’s topic is: “ Friendship Ups & Downs: Supporting Teens Through Social Shifts”
Discussion:
Friendships change quickly during the teen years. In this session, we’ll talk about conflict, loyalty, peer pressure, drifting friendships, and making new connections. Teens and caregivers will learn how to support each other through the messy, meaningful world of teen social life.
Facilitated by: Janae Roberts

Real Talk on Making the Most of Summer
2026-06-10 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gacrs.org/courses/real-talk-summer-strategies-making-the-most-of-your-summer-2/
Join us in a discussion about making the most out of your summer.
Presented by: Chena Blanchard

Virtual Regional Training: Managing Anger in Small Children
2026-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 | https://gacrs.org/courses/virtual-regional-training-managing-anger-in-small-children/
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
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | https://gacrs.org/courses/webinar-understanding-triggers-and-regression-in-children-from-trauma-backgrounds/
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 to do in the moment.
Presented by: Theresa Nash

Parenting Time: Emotional Regulation for Kids
2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 | https://gacrs.org/courses/parenting-time-emotional-regulation-for-kids/
Teaching coping skills
Creating sensory-friendly environments
Tools for anxiety, anger, and grief

Presented by: Janae Combs, MA, LPC

Webinar: The Invisible Disability: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:00 | https://gacrs.org/courses/webinar-the-invisible-disability-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders/
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. (an affiliate member of FASD United) will discuss the diagnostics and features of FASD, along with practical “tools for the parenting toolbox” to help foster & adoptive parents.
Presented by:
Mark Andrews
