FREE!

Target Audience: All MDT disciplines and partner agencies welcome to attend

*CE credits provided by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

Dates: September 14, October 12, November 16, December 7, 2022

*This registration applies to all 4 dates*

* Participants must attend all 4 training dates in order to receive a certificate of attendance

*Please inform us if you are unable to attend, nydia@njcainc.org or victoria@njcainc.org

FREE!

The Parenting Adolescents Series, focusing on the specific challenges and “stuck spots” for adolescents adoptees and strategies for parents to support their teens, will be held via Zoom on Wednesdays (Sept. 28th, Oct. 5th, Oct. 12th, Oct. 19th, Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd) from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST. The series will lead off with a webinar and then subsequent parent support group meetings.

This event is free thanks to funding from the Jockey Being Family Foundation!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you register for the first session you will be automatically registered for all 6 sessions. Please note this webinar will not be recorded.

We will reconvene and expand the international community of practice with an expected 3000 participants from 20 countries gathering to debate, innovate, and discuss ways to transform child welfare and to re-imagine healthy, restorative, and healing ways of working with children and families.

The three-day training defines domestic violence and abuse identifies contributing factors and provides ways to overcome the effects of abuse and much more. This program offers hope and healing to individuals caught in the cycle of abuse and violence.

Training is available virtually (Zoom) or in person. Our in-person training will take place at 525 West Southern Avenue, Suite 124, Mesa, AZ 85210.

The Latino Social Workers Organization is announcing our 2nd Social Work Conference for 2022. We invite all social work faculty, social work students, and allied human service professionals/faculty to join us for this important conference.

Answering questions about race in the census and other surveys often cause individuals who identify as Latino to pause. This is because they are often asked to choose between selecting a racial category that does not fully represent their Latino identity or not answering the race question. Most survey questions also do not reflect the complex ways that Latino ethnicity and race interact.

The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families is hosting a webinar focused on understanding and measuring Latino racial and ethnic identity.

The panelists will discuss:

1. Conceptual issues surrounding the measurement of race and ethnicity in Latino populations 2. Challenges with current approaches to measuring race and ethnicity among Latino populations 3. Proposed solutions for measuring racial and ethnic identity more accurately, including the measurement of mixed-race identity

In this webinar, experts James Elliott of Rice University, Max Besbris of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Amy Chester of Rebuild by Design, and Ivis Garcia Zambrana will describe how disasters in and around the United States and related recovery efforts can potentially worsen existing inequalities. The presenters will also discuss the development of climate-resilient housing recovery and relocation policies designed to mitigate financial and social costs of climate-related disasters.

The theme of NCC 2022 is “Emerging Forward, Together”. COVID-19 took a significant toll on the Nation becoming the most challenging times we’ve ever faced. Unpaid family caregivers were impacted by the pandemic in four categories: environmental, technological, societal, and economic. As the Nation is on the path of recovery, The Family Resource Network puts emphasis on the necessity to address the issues in conjunction with the others. The effectiveness of the recovery relies solely on how well policymakers, leaders, and professionals work together. The National Caregivers Conference is committed to creating a space to collaborate, learn and support.

The NSDTA Education Conference is an ideal setting to share our collective work on building capacity for training and organizational development in human services through a national network of members. APHSA and its members are committed to advancing racial equity. Content also addressing structural inequities in our systems and root causes of racial disparities through policy and practice are strongly encouraged.

The biennial Together for Families Conference is a unique virtual event that connects various stakeholders from across the U.S. and Canada in the Family Support and Strengthening Field to focus on best and promising practice for supporting families’ advancement.

The GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health – the premier scientific conference on LGBTQ health – features innovative healthcare breakthroughs and interventions, as well as the latest research from LGBTQ health experts from across the country. The conference is open to healthcare providers of all disciplines, researchers, academics, health administrators, policy experts, advocates, and all LGBTQ health supporters.

*Continuing education credits, including CME, nursing CE, and behavioral health CE, will be available.

Please stay tuned for more information about our 40th GLMA Annual Conference!

During this webinar, presenters from the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) will discuss:

• The importance of family preservation efforts for children who are in foster care or those who are in danger of being placed into the foster care system
• The adoption and permanency patterns of Black families
• The history of transracial adoptions in America and the importance of transracial adoptees having connections to their cultures of origin and learning how to deal with racism
• The issues and challenges of transracial adoptions from the perspective of a transracial adoptee
• The role of attorneys and the legal system in promoting permanency and family preservation

The 2022 Families Learning Conference offers a schedule of engaging sessions in family literacy, family engagement, and family leadership, as well as opportunities to connect with people from across the country who are passionate about supporting families. Sessions will cover topics like equity design, trauma-informed care, family math, early childhood education, adult education, and more.

Free!

This supportive group for first/birth parents will take place as a Zoom call.

Group members will be able to connect, listen and share their experiences of adoption, both private and through the child welfare system. Space will also be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around open adoptions, closed adoptions, recent reunions, same-race adoption, transracial adoption, termination of parental rights, and other topics as decided by the group.

Please remember that this group is for birth/first parents who are related by birth to a child placed in adoption or foster care.  This group is not for adoptive parents.

Learning to Listen: Conversations for Change returns this Fall with new conversations featuring inspiring leaders working on the frontlines of current and emerging issues for children and families. The free series kicks off on Wednesday, September 28, and continues until December with three exhilarating conversations.

Given the continued emergence of an interconnected society, an ever-evolving pandemic, calls for racial and social justice along with heightened polarization across many fronts, building organizational capacity for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders across sectors, and especially within the social sector, to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all.

During this three-part virtual workshop presented by Social Current, participants will explore their relationships with equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations.

If you serve men, women and children. We encourage you to attend our largest educational platform. Workshops will focus on the most pressing topics in Criminal Justice, Education & Prevention, Health & Human Services and Fatherhood and Motherhood. You may choose from 16 workshops that will inform, inspire, and provide a positive learning experience with issues that affect us all.

Join Family Education & Support Services for the 3rd Strengthening Families Conference

Early Bird Registration Fee: $75

The Strengthening Families Conference provides an opportunity to discover the latest research, best practices and tools for parents, kinship and foster caregivers, prevention specialists, social workers, child welfare professionals (children’s protective services, foster, adoption), juvenile justice services, physicians, nurses, mental health and other medical professionals, attorneys, law enforcement, child advocacy professionals and educators. The 2022 Virtual Conference is open to anyone who is interested in the health and well-being of children, youth and families.

Continuing Education Units, Clock hours and STARS Credit are available.

Given the continued emergence of an interconnected society, an ever-evolving pandemic, calls for racial and social justice along with heightened polarization across many fronts, building organizational capacity for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders across sectors, and especially within the social sector, to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all.

During this three-part virtual workshop presented by Social Current, participants will explore their relationships with equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations.