Training Schedule & Special Events
Meetings will take place at Faith Church
1305 7th St * Rock Valley, IA 51247
6:30pm-8:30 pm
September 19, 2024: Behavior makes sense. We will pick apart some of those challenging behaviors to assess what brings out the behavior and how we can best serve our child during those times.
**approved for 2 training hours
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October 17, 2024: First Aid/CPR re-certification. Please watch our facebook page for registration.
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November 21, 2024: A deeper look into sensory processing. How we can help regulate our child and see the early signs of dysregulation.
**approved for 2 training hours​
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December 8, 2024: Operation Santa event! Watch our Facebook page to sign up your child/children. Come enjoy a fun day out
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January 16, 2025: From surviving to thriving. Understanding the stress response cycle and the impact that can have on both us as caregivers but also our children.
**approved for 2 training hours​
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February 20, 2025: Attachment in foster parenting. We will take a look at best practice for providing secure attachments for our foster children, a look at how "getting too attached" may not be a bad thing and how we can help with child thrive in attachment.
**approved for 2 training hours
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March 20, 2025: Cultivate Connection. We will look into the concept of connecting with children who have experienced trauma.
**approved for 2 training hours
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April 17, 2025: The Right Time: family dynamics. An overview of the impact fostering and/or adopting can have on a family. We will invite past foster siblings to also come speak to our group to share their first hand experiences and how being a foster sibling has changed their lives.
**approved for 2 training hours
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