Our Caregiver Connections Conference, held on May 9th at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont, is meant to connect, inspire, and celebrate Vermont’s kin, foster, and adoptive caregivers, along with those who work with them.
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Join us on Monday, November 3rd for the powerful documentary Love Chaos Kin: A Look at Transracial Adoption by award-winning film maker Chithra Jeyaram. This is a free event at the Main Street Landing Film House in Burlington, Vermont. Registration is required.
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The Vermont Family Network is offering a free virtual training Aufust 14th 1-2pm that might be of use to you. If you’ve taken classes through the Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership, you know that it’s always helpful to add more emotional self-regulation tools to your toolbox.
Adoption brings with it many joys. But for adoptees, as well as others involved in the experience of adoption, the process of adoption results in facing some lifelong issues, also known as seven core issues, that may show up in a variety of ways. These issues affect adoptees and their families to different degrees over time. Their impact will be different for everyone.
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At 18 and aging out of a group home, Victoria Jones is like many youth who have experienced the foster care system and failed adoptions. The jumble of care and trauma that has marked her path has left Victoria remote, on edge, and uncertain of how to trust herself or others. For years, she has believed that her challenges mean she is not worth a vibrant life.
Looking for support and community? The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is offering two virtual, drop-in support groups: LGBTQ+ Families Support Group and Adoptive Parents Supporting Children with Autism & Developmental Differences.
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If you are caring for a child with a complex trauma history, you know that awareness about the impact of trauma and healing is always evolving. On The Vermont Trauma Lens Facebook group, you can access cutting-edge ideas and strategies for helping survivors of trauma to heal.
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