Training:

[Spring Summit] Ready, Set, Launch! Coaching Teens into a Future They’re Prepared For

Mar 19
Thursday, March 19, 2026 – 8:45am
8:45am - 10:15am

Audience: All Caregivers (Adoptive, Foster & Kinship Parents)

Level: Intermediate
Ages addressed: 12-18

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.

Launching a teen into adulthood requires clarity, support, and connection—especially for adopted youth who may be navigating additional layers of identity work, anxiety, or developmental gaps. This workshop equips parents and caregivers with practical tools to guide teens toward independence while honoring both their strengths and their vulnerabilities.

In this future-focused session, you’ll learn how to build routines that strengthen executive functioning, emotional resilience, and self-leadership. You’ll discover how to replace conflict with curiosity, create structure without power struggles, and set boundaries that inspire accountability and confidence.

As the world continues to shift rapidly, teens need far more than academic preparation. They need emotional grounding, identity security, and real-world readiness. This workshop empowers parents and caregivers to step into the role of supportive coach, guiding their teens toward adulthood with clarity, compassion, and confidence.

Designed with adoptive families in mind, this training integrates trauma-informed practices and identity-sensitive strategies that support both independence and connection. It is rooted in action: real tools, concrete systems, and co-created plans that help families move from uncertainty to direction.

Register Here

Location:

FosterEd Adopt Minnesota - Webinar

https://www.fosteradoptmn.org/

As trauma-certified therapists and life coaches, Torrey and Nikki Carroll have dedicated their careers to helping others navigate the complexities of the human experience. Partners in life and work, adoptive parents, and licensed psychotherapists, the Carrolls deeply believe in the redemptive power of relationships.

For over a decade, they've walked alongside individuals, couples, and families, supporting them through healing and growth. Nationally recognized speakers and trainers, the Carrolls partner with corporations, faith-based organizations, non-profits, child-welfare agencies, and school districts to design programs that positively impact organizational structures, individuals, and family systems. Their expertise includes marriage and family therapy, crisis intervention, grief, trauma, adoption-sensitive therapy, and parenting within the adoption triad, with a special focus on transracial adoption. Whether working one-on-one in their private practice or engaging with larger groups, they have helped individuals of all ages evolve, thrive, and grow.