


Educational and Peer Support Group
Adoption-related, family-focused training and support for prospective and current adoptive parents utilizing local professionals with expertise and resources in adoption and childhood trauma. The information reviewed and discussed is retrieved from evidence-based research and therapeutic modalities such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCB-T).
Location: 11975 Seaway Rd. Suite B300 Gulfport, MS 39503
(In person only)
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Class Dates/Topics:
8/20 - Parenting and Back to School Stressors
9/24 - Children and Electronic Media
10/29 - Parenting a Traumatized Child
11/26 - How to Help an Angry Child
12/19 - Positive Parenting
Register online or email felicia@southernchristianservices.org.
Location: 4735 Old Canton Road, Suite 111, Jackson, MS 39211
(In person and Zoom option)
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Meeting ID: 879 7162 7485
Passcode: 960714
Time: 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM (In person)
Class Dates/Topic:
August 12, 2024 - Self-Care for Parents
September 9, 2024 - Life Books for Foster and Adopted Youth Prior to and after adoption, children and youth often have lingering questions about their past, their culture, where they come from, and what makes them unique. To better answer some of these questions, many adoptive families utilize life books.
October 21, 2024 - Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention
What is Child Abuse? Signs of abuse? What is a “MANDATED REPORTER” Addressing risk and protective factors at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels with foster and adoptive youth.
November 18, 2024 - Risk and Protective Factors in Adoption
Risk and protective factors that help make placement decisions. Assessing what happens when a child returns to care or has a placement disruption. Determining the supports that is necessary for a successful placement
December 16, 2024 - TBRI: What is Trauma? How does it affect foster and/or adopted youth? What can you do to decrease additional trauma.
January 13, 2025 - Building Adoption Competency- Understanding the perspective of the adoptee and birth parents and acknowledging that adoption is a lifelong journey with a need for ongoing training and support.
Register online or email teresa@southernchristianservices.org.
Location: 2610 Traceland Dr. Suite B, Tupelo, MS 38801
(In person only)
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Class Dates/Topics:
8/10 - Parenting and Back to School Stressors
9/21 - Parenting a Traumatized Child
10/19 - Children's exposure to violence
11/16 - 12 pm - 6:00 pm Children & electronic media
12/21 - 12 pm - 6:00 pm Child Development and understanding a child's behavior
Register online or email marlon@southernchristianservices.org.