This fall, brush up on new relational skills and grow healthier connections with your children and loved ones with one of our series of
classes and support groups designed just for you! Whether you are an adoptive
or foster parent, a relative caregiver, or just someone looking to learn skills
to work with children who come from hard places, there’s a place for you to learn in
this community:
Caring for Children
Impacted by Trauma and Grief
Are you a parent, teacher, childcare worker, mentor, or just
have a passion for helping children? Join us for this cutting edge 7 week/14
hour workshop on how to recognize the signs of grief and trauma in children and
how to intervene to get them back on the path of healing and connection.
Wednesday nights from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Class dates:
Sept. 24, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Nov.
19
Register here: http://saddleback.com/event/13169657801/Caring-for-Children-Impacted-by-Trauma
Trauma Informed
Parenting Classes
This 7 week training, perfect for relative caregivers as
well as foster and adoptive families, will help you and your family understand
the effects of trauma on your child. Learn to understand your child’s experience
with attachment and acquire practical techniques for promoting trust and
creating a safe environment for your child. Join a community of families as we
come together to be equipped with skills to create a tighter bond with your
child and a healthier relationship.
Wednesday nights from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Class dates: Sept. 24, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29,
Nov. 12, Nov. 19
Portable room 301/303 Saddleback Church Lake Forest Campus
Register here: http://saddleback.com/event/13192012665/Trauma-Informed-Parenting-Classes
Adoption & Foster
Care Support Group
Join other adoptive and foster parents for 13 weeks of
support and encouragement as we learn how to better relate to our children.
The Connection: Where Hearts Meet is an interactive small
group study designed to help you and your child build lasting, loving
connection. You will be encouraged and equipped with practical help based on
Biblical truths and research-based interventions specifically developed for
adoptive or foster care families.
The support group meets Tuesdays from 11am to 1pm.
Support Group will meet on the following Tuesdays: Sept. 30,
Oct. 14, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 2, Dec. 16, Jan. 6,
Jan. 13, Jan. 27, Feb. 3
Location: Upstairs classroom of the Refinery building on the
Lake Forest campus of Saddleback Church.
Register: http://saddleback.com/event/13173240517/Adoption-Foster-Care-Support-Group
Questions? Email us at orphans@saddleback.com or call the
Orphan Care Initiative at 949-609-8555.