Tag: Foster Care
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Early Childhood Court: A Collaborative Approach to a Child’s Well-being
Join us for Early Childhood Court: A Collaborative Approach to Child Well-Being on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. CST, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. MST, and 9:00–11:00 a.m. PST). This training is ideal for professionals working in child welfare, early childhood, health, behavioral health, and legal systems. Team leaders…
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ALC of FASD Changemakers: Behind the Mask – Unravelling Grief in People with FASD: It’s Complicated
This presentation explores the lifelong and often unrecognized grief experienced by individuals with FASD, beginning in childhood and continuing into adulthood. Drawing on the lived experience and professional expertise of the ALC of FASD Changemakers, it examines how ongoing, unacknowledged losses and “don’t ask, don’t tell, never talk about it” patterns of denial impact mental…
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Formed Families Forward FASD Winter Webinar Series
Formed Families Forward is offering 4 webinars focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 7-8pm: FASD 101: Understanding Symptoms and Providing Support with Dr. Stacia Stribling and Dr. Kelly Henderson (Formed Families Forward) Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7-8pm: Diagnosing FASD with Dr. Ali Sturgill (University of Virginia Children’s Hospital) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7-8pm: The Role…
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Families Rising 50th Annual Adoption and Foster Care Conference
Join us in Orlando, Florida October 6-8, 2025 for an educational event that covers a wide variety of foster care and adoption related topics—to meet the diverse needs and experience levels of adoptive, foster, and kinship parents, child welfare professionals, and individuals with lived childhood experience in adoption or foster care. Additional info on Families Rising website.
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Prenatal Substance Exposure Training for Child Welfare Staff
Creating a Family has developed an evidence-based, specialized training aimed at increasing child welfare professionals’ knowledge of prenatal substance exposure and enhancing their confidence in supporting affected children and their foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Through Creating a Family’s Prenatal Substance Exposure Training for Child Welfare Staff, participants will be able to recognize the prevalence…
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National Foster Care Month: Another Year with Arnold Eby of the NFPA
Last year, we celebrated National Foster Care Month by interviewing the National Foster Parent Association’s (NFPA) Executive Director Arnold Eby, which you can read here. Child welfare, more specifically foster care, is a table FASD United hopes to secure a steady voice in as we intersect with other knowledgeable groups. This year, as our organizations…
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National Foster Care Month 2023: A Powerful Interview with Arnold Eby of The NFPA
Welcome to May! FASD United would like to highlight an important appreciation month that has strong ties to the community- National Foster Care Month! In celebration, an interview was conducted with NFPA Executive Director and experienced foster/adoptive parent, Arnold Eby. The National Foster Parent Association is a national-level nonprofit organization with a mission to be…