Support Groups & Training

Check out the suggest reading, support groups and trainings below designed to help caregivers feel informed, encouraged, and connected. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or find community with others who understand, we’re here for you!

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Support Groups & Training

Suggest Reading

Support Groups

Support groups are a great way to build relationships with other foster parents. We could all use a little extra support going down this road. There are several in-person and virtual options available.
You can find these events listed below.

Upcoming:
Mid-Michigan Foster Adoptive Kinship Support Groups

Wednesday Nights
8:00-9:30p on Zoom
MEETING ID: 820 6897 7832
PASSCODE: SUPPORT

Training

Come and learn with us! These may count toward your yearly educational credits.

NCTSN Learning Center

Click on images below to register for trainings.

Suggested Reading

Here are some books that we recommend reading on your Foster Care Journey.

Parenting By The Book

Trauma and Recovery

Foster the Family

John Rosemond

With a down-to-earth, warm, and humorous style, one of America’s top family psychologists sets forth a virtually...

Judith Herman, M.D.

Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans...

Jamie C. Finn

There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can...

The Body Keeps Score

Disconnected Kids

Reframing Foster Care

Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

In The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes...

Dr. Robert Melillo

The proven, drug-free program to treat the cause-not just the symptoms-of autism spectrum disorders and related...

Jason Johnson

ReFraming Foster Care
is a collection of reflections on the foster parenting journey designed to help you do just...