Events/Calendar
Kin Support Class Series (Virtual)
As a grandparent or kin caregiver taking care of a young relative, you may feel overwhelmed. NCHS’s Kin Support Class Series aims to help kinship caregivers balance the demands of caring for children with their own well-being. This no-cost series is for kinship caregivers who are raising grandchildren and other young relatives. Topics included cover:
- Nurturing self and children
- Keeping children secure and safe
- Child growth and development
- Blessings and losses
- Fostering healthy relationships
- Understanding child behavior
Goal$ and Assets: Family Conversations About Money
You already have experiences and strengths around money. This no-cost series focuses on those as a starting point for building more financial knowledge to support your family’s well-being.
During this six-week series, you’ll learn how your experiences before age 7 shaped how you think about money. You will learn new strategies for managing your finances, share your own experiences, ask questions, and talk about activities you can do at home with your child – because your child’s ideas about money are being shaped right now!
This class begins on April 2nd and runs through May 7th, meeting every Tuesday. This class is open to current NCHS families in the Omaha-area. Participants can use this class to earn Recognition through Mobility Mentoring. Graduates of the series will receive access to an ongoing support group to continue to learn and build skills.Kin Support Class Series (Virtual)
As a grandparent or kin caregiver taking care of a young relative, you may feel overwhelmed. NCHS’s Kin Support Class Series aims to help kinship caregivers balance the demands of caring for children with their own well-being. This no-cost series is for kinship caregivers who are raising grandchildren and other young relatives. Topics included cover:
- Nurturing self and children
- Keeping children secure and safe
- Child growth and development
- Blessings and losses
- Fostering healthy relationships
- Understanding child behavior
Openness in Adoption (Virtual)
In this workshop we will be presenting information that is biased towards encouraging openness withing the context of adoption. This is done by keeping the child in mind while managing the adult relationships that are present within the adoption constellation. Openness on a continuum is explored with an emphasis on communication within the adoptive family and between all members of the adoption constellation that are supportive and loving towards the adopted person(s). More specifically activities related to structural openness (personal connections between adoptive and birth family members) and communicative openness (focused more on the level of comfort with discussion and knowledge of adoption within the adoptive family). Additional discussion explores actions that can help foster and maintain an open relationship. This training will be held online via Zoom and is open to individuals statewide.
Talking About Adoption: Conversations with Your Adopted Child…
This conversational workshop will explore the opportunities and challenges in helping your adopted or foster child learn, know and claim their own story. Spanning developmental stages, the importance of eliminating secrecy and promoting a healthy understanding of the child’s whole story is explored. Strategies to use with children of different developmental ages is a central theme. Participants will also explore personal challenges around discussing difficult issues, openness in adoption, and promoting/supporting the development of identity in children. This training will be help in person at our Lincoln location.
Attachment in Adoption and Permanency (Lincoln)
This workshop helps participants understand the importance of attachment in parenting both for the children and parents who are fostering or adopting. It covers the impact of fractured attachments/lack of attachments on children’s ability to attach and identifies strategies to develop healthy attachment bonds. This also covers developing trust and developing children’s sense of connectedness and belonging. This training will be held in-person at our Lincoln office.