Navigating Identity: Insights from Lived Experts in Adoption, Foster, and Kinship Care
November 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm CST
Presented by JaeRan Kim, PhD, MSW, Jarel Skinner-Melendez, MBA, Nathan Ross, MSW, and David Simmons, MSW
November 21, 2024
12:00-1:30 pm central time zone
Join Families Rising board members as they share their lived expertise as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. The panel will explore ideas and strategies that caregivers and professionals can use to better support youth as they navigate developing all aspects of their identities including their cultural and racial identities. Panelists—Dr. JaeRan Kim, Jarel Skinner-Melendez, Nathan Ross, and David Simmons—will share personal insights into the strategies that were helpful for them, as well as those they wish had been used during their own journeys. This session is essential for anyone dedicated to understanding and supporting the complex identity development of youth who are adopted or in foster or kinship care.
This is the second session of the Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series:
October 16, November 6, 12, and 21, 2024.
Join us for The Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series—a unique, four-part virtual training designed to provide valuable insights into the complexities of adoption and foster care. This series is an essential resource for professionals and caregivers, offering knowledge and tools delivered by those who have firsthand experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care.
Scholarships are available for Minnesota caregivers and professionals!
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