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Discusses what feedback from participants consists of, how agencies can get it, and how they can use it to create and maintain a high-quality program, initiative, or intervention that meets the real needs of the community.

Describes the specific activities associated with ICWA/ORICWA related to the Oregon Department of Human Services Adoption and Guardianship Mediation Program.

Provides information about special considerations in Oregon’s Adoption and Guardianship Mediation Program, including those related to individuals with disabilities, sibling connections, and adolescents.

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 coutcomes. 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 professionals role, questions to ask, what to look for and activities to do with parents.

Provides adoption professionals with practical strategies and resources to empower adoptive parents raising a child of a different race or culture. The presentation covers identity development, facilitating open conversations about race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, and common challenges such as racial bias and stereotypes. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

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.