Understanding Learning Styles

Friday, October 17, 2025 

9:00 am - 11:00 am

How do people learn differently?

Recognizing your Childs preferred style

The importance of supporting all styles

Dealing with Loss and Grief and transitions

Monday - Oct 20, 2025 

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Learn about the developmental stages of grief

Reoccurring grief cycles in foster care

How to support children in their grief

 Tantrums

Monday - Oct 20.  

6 :00 Pm - 8:00 Pm

What causes Tantrums

Tantrum prevention stratagies

Setting Limits and Boundaries to help with self control and self regulation

Sensory Processing and Trauma Challenges

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025  

9:00 am - 11:00am

Sensory processing can be difficult

Understand sensory processing differences

Strategies for children with sensory processing challenges

 Avoiding Holiday Stress

Tuesday, Oct 28  

6 :00  pm- 8:00 pm 

Set Realistic Expectations – let go of perfection and focus on meaningful traditions instead of “doing it all.”

Prioritize Self-Care – manage time, rest, and healthy boundaries to reduce overwhelm.

Practical Stress-Relief Tools – learn strategies for budgeting, planning, and mindful communication to prevent conflict and overspending.

Conflicting Parenting Styles - When Parents- parent differently - 

Monday Nov 10

6 :00  pm- 8:00 pm 

The effect on the children

The effect on the relationship

Understanding the dangers of triangulation

Trauma and Hygiene - (Hygiene indifference) 

Thursday, Nov 13     

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Personal Hygiene

Building Safe and Supportive Hygiene Practices

Teaching Hygiene Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Strategies for Smooth Daily Transitions - solutions to meltdowns during transitions 

Tuesday, Nov 18    

9:00 am - 11:00 am 

1 - What are daily transitions

2 - Why kids have a difficult time with transitions

3 - Strategies to make daily transitions smoother

Supporting Clingy Children with Stranger Awareness - Navigating Attachment & Safety:

Thursday, Nov 20 - 

9:00 am - 11:30 am

Understanding Clinginess as an Attachment Signal

Clinginess decreases when children feel supported.

Shift from “Stranger Danger” to “Tricky People” and safe adult strategies.

Store wars - power hour 

Monday, Dec 1 

noon - 1:00 pm                            

How to shop without a melt down

Strategies to avoid store wars

How to include kids in the shopping 

Hyper Independence - parentificaiton

Wednesday, Dec 3 

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

When kids take on a parent role for siblings

What is parentification are common in foster care

How can hyper independence compromise relationships

Sibling Rivalry

Monday, Dec 8 

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Why do kids fight?

What is your role in their fighting 

Strategies to calm sibling Rivalry

Stop the Arguing

Tuesday, Dec 16  

6:00 Pm  - 8:00

Strategies to a stop arguing

Recognizing patterns and triggers that ignite arguments

Communication ideas reduce arguing