Caregiver Connection is a peer support group designed to reduce isolation and build community among caregivers. Participants are invited to share, listen, and connect while navigating the challenges and complexities of caregiving. … [Read more...]

Cost: $20.00 Effectively support youth who arrive in the United States without caregivers and strengthen practice at the individual and system levels. This workshop provides practitioners with a foundational understanding of the federal child welfare system that serves unaccompanied immigrant … [Read more...]

Program Description This course led by Dr. Jessica Smedley will offer an overview of advocacy, the various ways that we can serve as advocates as mental health professionals and applications for practice. Learning Objectives By the end of this training, participants will be able to: List at least … [Read more...]

Under federal law, residents of long-term care facilities have broad rights to make decisions regarding their lives. This webinar will include information on law and advocacy strategies that enable residents to participate in care planning, control the health care and medication that they receive, … [Read more...]

Cost: $60.00 As a society, we are finally beginning to understand that “structural racism” does not represent a single point of impact. We now know that it forms a web of barriers and obstacles for Black and Brown people the impact of which is adversely synergistic and compounding. As a result, … [Read more...]

Cost: $60.00 A growing body of evidence suggests that youth with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) are at significantly higher risk of developing mental illness than other peers. Diagnosing and treating children and teens with IDD can be more difficult than diagnosing adults and/or … [Read more...]

Cost: $60.00 This webinar will examine the ethics and values involved with violence against women work for professionals in a variety of fields. Participants will leave this webinar with an understanding of the importance of empowerment, self-determination, informed consent and feminist ethics … [Read more...]

Cost: $60.00 This webinar will provide an overview of important legal issues affecting older adults. You will learn about the laws affecting decision-making capacity including financial durable powers of attorney, advanced directives, health care proxies, and guardianship.  Using interactive case … [Read more...]

In this free support call first/birth parents 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 … [Read more...]

Free monthly virtual support calls provide a safe space for adoptive parents of color to connect and share their experiences. This is a group intended to meet the needs of people of color who have built their families through domestic adoption, kinship adoption, international adoption, foster care, … [Read more...]