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Explores how the Oregon Department of Human Services has implemented its Adoption and Guardianship Mediation Program , which enables birth parents and adoptive parents to work together to develop a communications or contact plan after an adoption.

Helps adoption professionals prevent blocked care when working with adoptive parents. Attendees will learn to identify signs of blocked care in parents and develop a plan to help parents overcome this defensive posture. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

Helps states, territories, and tribes that are offering or supporting groups for resource families prepare effective leaders through a 12-hour training curriculum. Covers becoming a leader, planning and getting started, facilitating groups (beginning and advanced), and sustaining the group.

Provides five protective and promotive factors that when taken together increase the probability of positive, adaptive, and healthy outcomes. This article discusses: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need and the social-emotional competence of children. Each factor has a corresponding action sheet that defines the professional’s role, questions to ask, what to look for and activities to do with parents.

Explores practical strategies for meeting children’s needs through neurodevelopmentally-informed parenting and interventions. The speaker provides an introduction to Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, offering insights into neurodevelopment and the impact of childhood trauma on the brain. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

Provides information about the impact of adoption on preschoolers’ development and provides practical strategies to build a warm and loving relationship based on honesty and trust. Although written for parents, provides useful information for workers who are supporting adoptive/guardianship families.

Offers information about how adoption affects school-age children’s developmental needs. Provides simple, practical strategies to foster healthy development, including approaches for building attachment; addressing trauma, grief, and loss; talking honestly about adoption; acknowledging adoption history; using effective discipline; and enhancing the child’s school experience. Although written for parents, provides useful information for workers who are supporting adoptive/guardianship families.

Provides information about the impact of adoption on teens and offers practical strategies to foster healthy development. Covers approaches that acknowledge potential trauma and loss, support effective communication, promote independence, and address possible behavioral and mental health concerns. Although written for parents, provides useful information for workers who are supporting adoptive/guardianship families.

Highlights how to incorporate those with lived experience into support programs, including by prioritizing peer support and peer leadership. Discusses the importance of readying your agency so that those with lived experience can thrive in your organization as their authentic selves.

Highlights the key role that peer-led support can play in helping resource families in tribal communities to thrive. Presenters discuss the many forms peer support can take and offer concrete strategies for incorporating it.