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MONTHLY MEETINGS/TRAININGS

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All meetings/Trainings are held online via Zoom  for the convenience of all of our families.  Trainings are open to all to foster/adoptive/relative /non-relative caregivers and agency workers in Manatee, Sarasota & DeSoto Counties

When: 

1st Thursday of the month

7:00om-8:30pm (online)

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Foster/Adoptive Family Memberships: $20/Year

Supporting Memberships: $10/Year

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Interested in serving as a Member of the Manatee County FAPA Board? We'd love to have your help!

Email us at Info@ManateeCountyFAPA.com

2023 Meetings and Trainings

Thursday, January 5- Meeting & Training on Managing Behaviors Presented by Dr. Kate Gibson of Parent and Child Psychological Services.

Thursday, February 2- Meeting & Training on Parents for Parents (P4P) a new Bio parent peer support initiative.

Thursday, March 2-  Meeting & Training from Family Initiative Staff Joe Watson and Caroline Northup on Why Children Lie.

Thursday, April 6- Meeting & Training from Children's Therapy Solutions on Making Sense of Sensory Processing:  Understanding Sensory Processing

Thursday, May 4- Training from local Hairstylists on Ethnic Haircare.

Thursday, June 1- No Meeting this Month

Thursday, July 6- Meeting & Training on Executive Functioning by Cheryl Albright of Soul to Soul Yoga

Thursday, August 3- Meeting & Training Topic TBD

Thursday, September 7- Meeting & Trainng Topic TBD

Thursday, October 5- Meeting & Training Topic TBD

Thursday, November 2- Meeting & Training Topic TBD

Thursday, December 7- Meeting & Training Topic TBD

2022 Meetings and Trainings

 

Thursday, January 6- Training from Suncoast Campaign for Grade Level Reading

Thursday, February 3- Training on Multi-Disciplinary Team Staffings by CLS and SCC Operations

Thursday, March 4-  Training on Grief & Loss in Foster Care and Adoption presented by Tabatha Perhealth, MS, LMHC, MCC, QS with Karma Behavioral Consulting, LLC

 

Thursday, April 4-  Training on Children's Mental Health Services in Circuit 12: A Panel Discussion

Thursday, May 5- Training on Feeding and Eating Skills Development presented by Children's Therapy Solutions

 

Thursday, June 2- Understanding Your Child's Educational Rights presented by Family Network on Disabilities

Thursday, July 7- The Benefits of Music Therapy presented by Bloom Creative Arts

Thursday, August 4- Intro to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder presented by The Florida Center

Thursday, September 8- Managing Behaviors presented by Dr. Kate Gibson, ownder of Parent and Child Psychological Services

Thursday, October 6-Training on 2022 Legislative Updates presented by David Silverstein, Managing Attorney, Children's Legal Services, Circuit 12

Thursday, November 3-Training on Child Protective Investigations of Foster Homes

Thursday, December 1- Training on Adoption Supports

If you have any difficulty registering for one of our Online Trainings, please email us at manateecountyfapa@yahoo.com

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