Training:

[FosterEd] Positive Identity Development for Transracial/Transcultural Composed Families

Oct 15
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – 8:00am
8:00am - 9:30am

Audience: Caregivers & Professionals

Level: Intermediate
Ages addressed: 0-18

PLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking

This workshop will provide an overview of racial and cultural identity development from birth through early grade school. It will also address how adult caregivers/providers can intentionally support and encourage healthy and positive identity development for children who may differ in terms of perceived race or culture from their caregivers/parents/family.

Closed Captioning will be available once the webinar begins.

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Training sponsored and hosted by Foster Adopt Minnesota (https://www.fosteradoptmn.org/)

Location:

Online Training

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Kimara Gustafson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics. Her professional areas of interest include special health care needs of adoptive children and children who have experience in the foster care system, socio-emotional trauma impact on development, racial and cultural social identity development for trans-racially adoptive or foster care children, and racial discrimination among historically marginalized youth in the United States. Additional interests include mentorship, coaching and providing support to parents and caregivers, specifically those in families that intersect with adoption and foster care systems.