Join pastor's and other church leaders from across Sonoma County as we continue this collaborative effort to raise awareness around foster care, grow compassion for the ministry and increase engagement in this space amongst the faith community in our county. You can expect to leave fed, informed and encouraged!
Our group offers a community for supporting, feeling heard, and getting encouragement with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents who get it. We will meet monthly on the third Friday from 6:00pm-8:00pm. The group will begin each month with enjoying a potluck style dinner together and childcare will be provided at no cost. Childcare is...
Our group offers a community for supporting, feeling heard, and getting encouragement with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents who get it. We will meet monthly on the third Friday from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Dinner and childcare will be provided at no cost. Childcare is available by RSVP only. Please complete the form below by 5pm the...
Description: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) This condition affects roughly half of adoptees but goes largely unrecognized outside Canada and a few states. It looks like a variable combination of ADHD, Autism symptoms, Attachment Disorder, PTSD and willful misbehavior--along with poor parenting. It baffles and exhausts parents, professionals, and the people who have it, child...
Our group offers a community for supporting, feeling heard, and getting encouragement with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents who get it. We will meet monthly on the second Saturday from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Dinner will be provided at no cost. Please complete the form below by 5pm the Thursday prior to meeting.
Description: When a family is in crisis, it’s often all they can think about, as they move into survival mode. They are focused on the child’s behaviors and frustrations rather than on growth and healing. But the key to successfully handling crisis in our homes begins long before we are in a crisis. In this workshop, Erin Bouchard, owner...
