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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/14/2026 at 9:30 AM (MST)
This virtual training led by Shari Simmons, LCSW, and grief educator Shalanda Juniel explores the deep, multi-layered losses experienced by youth and caregivers in foster, adoptive, and kinship care. Grounded in attachment theory and trauma-informed practice, the session helps participants recognize how grief frequently disguises itself as behavioral challenges like anger, withdrawal, or control. Caregivers will learn to identify their own secondary and ambiguous grief while gaining concrete strategies—such as co-regulation and micro-choices—to support youth autonomy and healing. Ultimately, attendees will leave with practical tools to tend to their own emotional well-being and a compassionate roadmap for navigating grief together.
This 2 hour virtual training offers a compassionate, practical exploration of the grief that lives beneath the surface for youth in foster, adoptive, and kinship care—and the grief caregivers carry as they support them, work with the system, and/or watch those children move on. Drawing from attachment theory, grief models, and trauma‑informed practice, Shari Simmons, LCSW, and grief educator Shalanda Juniel will illuminate the multi-layered losses children and caregivers experience: identity, family, community, predictability, and agency.
Participants will learn how grief often disguises itself as anger, withdrawal, regression, or control, and how to respond with co‑regulation, predictability, memory preservation, and micro‑choices that restore autonomy. The training will also highlight caregiver grief—secondary loss, ambiguous grief, and the emotional toll of working within a broken system.
Caregivers will leave with concrete strategies for supporting youth through grief, tools for tending to their own emotional wellbeing, and a deeper understanding of how healing happens when we witness pain rather than fix it. This session is both validating and empowering, offering a roadmap for walking through grief together with steadiness, compassion, and connection.
$i++ ?>Shari Simmons
MSW, LCSW
With three decades of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Shari has served as an Executive Director in multiple mental health facilities and now works as an adjunct professor, private practitioner, and the Training Specialist for the Colorado Department of Human Services. In this role, she provides statewide training on trauma‑informed practices for all residential providers.
Shari is the co‑author of Which Way?, a memoir and guide exploring epigenetic trauma and resiliency, written in collaboration with her mother. As a former foster parent, she is deeply committed to supporting foster and kinship families and offers practical, compassionate strategies for raising youth who have experienced trauma and profound loss.
$i++ ?>Shalanda Juniel
Shalanda Juniel is a passionate grief educator, coach, and veteran foster parent with nearly 19 years of experience caring for babies, medical foster children with special needs, teens, and sibling groups. A mother of two biological children and four children adopted through foster care, she has lived through the many transitions, heartbreaks, and joys of the foster care community. Shalanda is dedicated to shining a light on the multi-layered nature of grief inherent in the foster care and adoption journey, and to honoring the losses carried by children, biological families, and caregivers alike.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 11/07/2026 at 9:30 AM (MST)
Understanding Medicaid Coverage and Accessing Services Foster and kinship caregivers take on the health and well-being of children who often arrive with unfamiliar medical histories, pending paperwork, and urgent needs. Figuring out how to get care covered, and whom to call when something goes wrong, shouldn’t be one more thing to navigate alone. Join us for a panel discussion with experts and advocates who will walk through how healthcare coverage works for children in foster and kinship care
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Foster and kinship caregivers take on the health and well-being of children who often arrive with unfamiliar medical histories, pending paperwork, and urgent needs. Figuring out how to get care covered, and whom to call when something goes wrong, shouldn’t be one more thing to navigate alone.
Join us for a panel discussion with experts and advocates who will walk through how healthcare coverage works for children in foster and kinship care, including:
- How to confirm a child’s Medicaid enrollment and what to do if it lapses
- Finding providers who accept Medicaid, including dental, vision, and behavioral health
- What’s covered, what requires prior authorization, and how to appeal a denial
- Whom to contact at the county and state level when you hit a roadblock
The second half of the program is reserved for your questions.
Free breakfast, amazing children's activities provided by Cobbled Streets.
$i++ ?>Moriah Larocque LCSW (Moderator)
Clinical Director
Calm Clarity Therapy
Moriah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over a decade of experience helping clients improve executive functioning and self-care. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, isolation, or daily tasks, you’re not alone. I’m here to provide personalized strategies to navigate social situations, overcome procrastination, and build resilience.
My goal is to empower you with tools to face life’s challenges confidently. Together, we’ll address attention issues, self-esteem, relationships, and self-care, helping you prioritize your mental health and overall well-being.
Managing ADHD and the impacts including depression and anxiety can feel daunting, but taking this step is an investment in yourself. Let’s work together to create positive change, improve your emotional and physical health, and unlock your inner resilience. You are worth it.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 10/03/2026
This training focuses on executive functioning and the possible impact of trauma on a child's developing brain. Learn effective strategies to assist your child with daily tasks at home and school.
Executive functioning (EF) plays a critical role in a child’s ability to manage emotions, organize thoughts and actions, transition between activities, solve problems, manage time, sustain attention, and respond flexibly to everyday demands. For children who have experienced trauma, disrupted caregiving, foster care, adoption, or other significant stressors, executive functioning skills may be particularly difficult to access—especially when a child feels overwhelmed, unsafe, or dysregulated.
This training provides caregivers with a practical, trauma-informed understanding of executive functioning and the ways trauma can affect the developing brain. Participants will learn how executive functioning develops, why children may struggle with skills that seem simple to adults, and how stress and trauma can interfere with a child's ability to think, plan, remember, regulate, and respond effectively.
As children transition into or back into the school year, structure and routine can become powerful tools for regulation. The workshop will explore how predictable routines, clear expectations, and consistent responses can reduce stress and help children access their executive functioning skills. Participants will leave with concrete strategies that can be incorporated into everyday family life.
Credits: 2 hrs
Feedback from this class: "I found the class incredibly engaging. It was so relatable. There were many examples discussed of things that happen very frequently in our home. I can see how I can make immediate application of what I learned today."
$i++ ?>Nicole Rouleau (Moderator)
Building Executive Function Skills at Home
Igniting Your Mind
Nicole Rouleau is the founder of Igniting Your Mind and an executive function specialist with more than 23 years of experience supporting children, teens, young adults, and families. Her work helps families understand what is happening beneath challenges with motivation, emotional regulation, frustration tolerance, organization, follow-through, and independence.
Nicole’s approach goes beyond planners, reminders, and traditional organizational strategies. She focuses on the foundational skills that drive executive functioning, including self-awareness, internal language, inhibition, working memory, emotional regulation, and self-monitoring, while helping parents understand how everyday communication, expectations, boundaries, and routines can strengthen these skills at home.
Through coaching, parent education, professional development, and speaking, Nicole helps adults shift from simply managing behavior and getting kids through the next task to intentionally building the skills children need to become more capable, confident, and independent.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits
This class will focus on guardianship in the state of Colorado by kinship caregivers often known as "community kin" in non-child welfare involved cases.
This class will provide an overview of guardianship and related legal options for kinship caregivers in the state of Colorado, with a particular focus on situations when child welfare is not involved.
Attorney Tim Eirich will discuss the legal processes and considerations involved when a kinship caregiver is seeking to provide a child with stability, permanency, and legal protection. Participants will learn about the requirements and steps involved in obtaining guardianship and/or Allocation of Parental Responsibilities (APR), including considerations that may arise when a caregiver assumes responsibility for a child outside of a formal child welfare case.
The training will also address interstate kinship placements, including special considerations when a child moves to Colorado from another state. Participants will gain an understanding of how differences between state laws and jurisdictional requirements may affect caregivers and the legal process.
Additional topics will include when and how to pursue custodial adoption, factors to consider when determining whether adoption is an appropriate permanency option, and the legal distinctions between guardianship, APR, and adoption.
Training credits: 1.5 hrs
$i++ ?>Timothy Eirich (Moderator)
Attorney
Grob & Eirich, LLC
Timothy J. Eirich is an honors graduate of the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. At Loyola, Tim was as a Philip H. Corboy Fellow (member of the National Trial Team), a Curt N. Rodin Fellow in advocacy, and a Civitas Childlaw Fellow. Tim was also an associate editor for the Children's Legal Rights Journal. Tim received his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University where he majored in English and was a captain of the NCAA Division 1 Crew Team. Tim focuses his practice on adoption, child welfare, and guardianship cases. Tim represents prospective adoptive parents, foster parents, relatives, birth parents, and juveniles charged with delinquent acts. Tim is an experienced litigator who has tried over twenty-five jury trials, litigated dozens of contested hearings, and has argued in the front of both the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Tim litigated the ground-breaking case, both at the trial level and before the Colorado Supreme Court, that addressed the rights of foster parents and other caregivers in dependency and neglect cases. Tim has also received a number of awards recognizing his work. In 2012, Tim received the Excellence in Practice Award for a Juvenile Law Attorney at the Colorado Summit for Childen Youth and Families. In 2014, the Colorado State Foster Parent Association honored Tim with the Champion Award for work and efforts on behalf of Colorado’s foster parents. Also, in 2014, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute awarded Tim the prestigious Angels in Adoption Award for his work in adoption and positive child welfare practices. Tim has handled dozens of private, public, and contested adoptions and has been recognized as a Fellow with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Tim has lectured frequently on the rights of foster parents and the child welfare system and is a regular presenter for the Colorado State Foster Parent Association. In addition to training foster parents and relative caregivers, Tim teaches trial skills to fellow attorneys as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Prior to joining the Grob & Eirich, LLC, Tim was the Deputy Director of the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center where he litigated some of the center's highest profile cases; represented foster parents, prospective adoptive parents, relative caregivers and juveniles; and supervised a multi-disciplinary staff of attorneys and social workers who served as guardians ad litem for abused and neglected children in Denver Juvenile Court. Prior to his time with the Children's Law Center, Tim was a trial attorney with the Office of the Colorado Public Defender where he represented adults and juveniles charged with felony offenses.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 08/29/2026
Learn about the life of a Dependency and Neglect case with through a legal lens.
Attorney Tim Eirich will provide an in-depth overview of the life of a dependency and neglect (D&N) case, following the legal process from the initial filing through resolution. Viewed through a practical legal lens, the class will examine key stages of a D&N proceeding, including the roles of the court, county department, attorneys, parents, children, and other involved parties. Particular emphasis will be placed on the rights and responsibilities of caregivers, including expectations throughout the case, participation in court proceedings, communication with the professionals involved, and advocating for the child’s safety and well-being. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of what to expect at each stage of a D&N case and how caregivers can effectively navigate the process.
Training credits: 2 hrs
Feedback from this class: "I always enjoy hearing Tim speak! He does a great job balancing the realities of a foster parent as well as the system/judges/caseworkers, while recognizing all that foster/kin parents do!"
$i++ ?>Timothy Eirich (Moderator)
Attorney
Grob & Eirich, LLC
Timothy J. Eirich is an honors graduate of the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. At Loyola, Tim was as a Philip H. Corboy Fellow (member of the National Trial Team), a Curt N. Rodin Fellow in advocacy, and a Civitas Childlaw Fellow. Tim was also an associate editor for the Children's Legal Rights Journal. Tim received his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University where he majored in English and was a captain of the NCAA Division 1 Crew Team. Tim focuses his practice on adoption, child welfare, and guardianship cases. Tim represents prospective adoptive parents, foster parents, relatives, birth parents, and juveniles charged with delinquent acts. Tim is an experienced litigator who has tried over twenty-five jury trials, litigated dozens of contested hearings, and has argued in the front of both the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Tim litigated the ground-breaking case, both at the trial level and before the Colorado Supreme Court, that addressed the rights of foster parents and other caregivers in dependency and neglect cases. Tim has also received a number of awards recognizing his work. In 2012, Tim received the Excellence in Practice Award for a Juvenile Law Attorney at the Colorado Summit for Childen Youth and Families. In 2014, the Colorado State Foster Parent Association honored Tim with the Champion Award for work and efforts on behalf of Colorado’s foster parents. Also, in 2014, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute awarded Tim the prestigious Angels in Adoption Award for his work in adoption and positive child welfare practices. Tim has handled dozens of private, public, and contested adoptions and has been recognized as a Fellow with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Tim has lectured frequently on the rights of foster parents and the child welfare system and is a regular presenter for the Colorado State Foster Parent Association. In addition to training foster parents and relative caregivers, Tim teaches trial skills to fellow attorneys as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Prior to joining the Grob & Eirich, LLC, Tim was the Deputy Director of the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center where he litigated some of the center's highest profile cases; represented foster parents, prospective adoptive parents, relative caregivers and juveniles; and supervised a multi-disciplinary staff of attorneys and social workers who served as guardians ad litem for abused and neglected children in Denver Juvenile Court. Prior to his time with the Children's Law Center, Tim was a trial attorney with the Office of the Colorado Public Defender where he represented adults and juveniles charged with felony offenses.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Learn effective strategies to regulate your own nervous system in order to help children feel safe in their environment and their bodies.
Being safe and feeling safe are not the same thing — and that distinction is everything. Kids with baffling behaviors are often stuck in a nervous system state that reads the world as dangerous, even when it isn't. This training explores the three places children unconsciously scan for safety cues, and why we can't simply tell kids to feel safe. Caregivers will leave with practical, doable strategies for adjusting their own nervous system, their environment, and their interactions — so their kids' nervous systems finally get the message that it's safe to settle down.
Training hours: 1.5 hour
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 07/15/2026
Teach children how to self-regulate by first providing an understanding of how their brain and nervous system works.
Kids can't use tools they don't know they have. This training guides parents in teaching their children about their own brain and nervous system — using play, metaphor, and compassionate curiosity that kids can actually connect with. When children begin to understand what's happening inside them, they develop the self-awareness that makes self-regulation possible. Caregivers will leave with concrete, kid-friendly ways to build this foundation at home, turning confusing meltdowns into opportunities for connection and growth.
Training hours: 90 minutes
$i++ ?>Robyn Gobbel (Moderator)
LMFT
Baffling Behavior Training Institute
Robyn Gobbel, MSW, has 20 years of practice as a family and child therapist, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption. While she is no longer practicing as a therapist, Robyn’s diverse clinical practice and training creates the foundation of her work and includes EMDR (including EMDR adapted for children with attachment trauma), Somatic Experiencing, Theraplay, Trust Based Relational Intervention®, The Alert Program® and Yogapeutics Aerial Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training. Robyn has expertise in the field of relational neuroscience, including interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory and polyvagal theory. Robyn consults, teaches, and trains extensively throughout the US. She previously served as an instructor for the Foundations of Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program at Portland Community College as well as with the Adoptive & Foster Family Therapy Post-Graduate Certificate Program. Robyn has served on the working board of the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS). Robyn is the host of The Baffling Behavior Show podcast and the author of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 07/15/2026
Learn practical and effective body-based sensory strategies to help your child stay regulated.
Beneath every challenging behavior is a nervous system trying to cope. This training shows parents how to go straight to the source — regulation — using body-based and sensory strategies that are effective, accessible, and actually kind of fun. Caregivers will learn why sensory experiences have such a powerful impact on behavior, and walk away with a toolkit of practical strategies they can use at home and school to help their child shift out of dysregulation before behaviors escalate. Less reacting, more responding.
Training hours: 90 minutes
$i++ ?>Robyn Gobbel (Moderator)
LMFT
Baffling Behavior Training Institute
Robyn Gobbel, MSW, has 20 years of practice as a family and child therapist, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption. While she is no longer practicing as a therapist, Robyn’s diverse clinical practice and training creates the foundation of her work and includes EMDR (including EMDR adapted for children with attachment trauma), Somatic Experiencing, Theraplay, Trust Based Relational Intervention®, The Alert Program® and Yogapeutics Aerial Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training. Robyn has expertise in the field of relational neuroscience, including interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory and polyvagal theory. Robyn consults, teaches, and trains extensively throughout the US. She previously served as an instructor for the Foundations of Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program at Portland Community College as well as with the Adoptive & Foster Family Therapy Post-Graduate Certificate Program. Robyn has served on the working board of the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS). Robyn is the host of The Baffling Behavior Show podcast and the author of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 07/15/2026
Caregivers will learn about the latest research in relational neuroscience — including polyvagal theory, regulation theory, and the neurosequential model of development, and how to incorporate this into their daily lives.
When we understand why kids do what they do, everything changes. This training translates the latest research in relational neuroscience — including polyvagal theory, regulation theory, and the neurosequential model of development — into something parents can actually use. When caregivers learn to see behavior through the lens of the stress response system, they stop fighting behavior and start understanding it. The result? More connection, more effective support, and a fundamental shift in how parents see their kids. This is the foundation everything else is built on — and it changes everything.
Training hours: 1 hour
$i++ ?>Robyn Gobbel (Moderator)
LMFT
Baffling Behavior Training Institute
Robyn Gobbel, MSW, has 20 years of practice as a family and child therapist, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption. While she is no longer practicing as a therapist, Robyn’s diverse clinical practice and training creates the foundation of her work and includes EMDR (including EMDR adapted for children with attachment trauma), Somatic Experiencing, Theraplay, Trust Based Relational Intervention®, The Alert Program® and Yogapeutics Aerial Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training. Robyn has expertise in the field of relational neuroscience, including interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory and polyvagal theory. Robyn consults, teaches, and trains extensively throughout the US. She previously served as an instructor for the Foundations of Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program at Portland Community College as well as with the Adoptive & Foster Family Therapy Post-Graduate Certificate Program. Robyn has served on the working board of the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS). Robyn is the host of The Baffling Behavior Show podcast and the author of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Other - Free!
- Service Provider - Therapist etc. - Free!
- Prospective Foster Parent - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/25/2026
Hard conversations are part of every family’s journey—especially when multiple people are supporting the same child. Whether you’re a foster parent, kinship caregiver, or biological parent, communication can quickly become overwhelming when stress, trauma, and different perspectives are involved. This training offers practical, trauma-informed tools to help you navigate those moments with more confidence and less conflict. You’ll learn how to understand what’s underneath behaviors and reactions, communicate in ways that reduce defensiveness, and move conversations toward repair instead of escalation. We’ll share simple frameworks and real-life scripts you can use with children, co-parents, and professionals—so you’re not left guessing what to say when it matters most. Designed for families navigating foster, kinship, or reunification, this session supports stronger relationships and greater stability for the children you care about.
Let’s be honest—some of the hardest moments in this journey come down to conversations that don’t go the way we hoped.
Whether it’s with a child, a biological parent, a caseworker, or even someone on your own support team, it can feel overwhelming to know what to say—or how to say it.
This session will give you practical, trauma-informed tools to:
- Navigate conflict without escalating it
- Communicate in ways that reduce defensiveness
- Understand what’s underneath behaviors and reactions
- Repair relationships when things don’t go as planned
You’ll walk away with simple frameworks and real-life scripts you can actually use—right when it matters most.
This training is for anyone supporting the same child from different roles and wanting to do that with less conflict and more connection.
Feedback from this class: What is one change in perspective you are taking away from this training?
- I don't have to agree with someone to validate their feelings.
- Not to take things so personally and try to identify others' needs instead of assuming it's about me.
- The owl brain. The importance of my own owl brain functioning well while interacting with the child. Really like the visual concept of recognizing that your own owl brain has flown away. The importance of recognizing the childs need to feel safe to grow their owl brain and to grow connections.
$i++ ?>Jennifer Dexter
Dexter Mediation
Jennifer is an accomplished mediator with 20 years experience. After graduating from Law School, Jennifer began her mediation career mediating workplace conflict, negotiating contracts, family conflicts, and other community disputes. Over the years, Jennifer began to concentrate on the family dynamic and the inherent conflict therein.
In her capacity as a certified mediator, Jennifer utilizes restorative mediation (restorative justice and mediation) to address conflict in an innovative way. Her approach is a specialized avenue to conflict resolution that integrates therapeutic principles and restorative principals into the mediation process. Unlike traditional mediation, which might focus solely on negotiating practical settlements, Jennifer guides people to delve deeper. It acknowledges and addresses the underlying emotional dynamics, communication patterns, past hurts, and individual needs that often fuel and sustain conflict.
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Project 1.27 Referral - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Guest - Equine Program - Free!
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - Free!
- New Mexico Misc. - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - Free!
- Speaker - Free!
- Teacher - Free!
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - Free!
- County/CPA Worker - Free!
- CASA - Free!
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