Training:

Understanding Complex Grief and Loss in Foster Care

May 20
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 – 10:00am
10:00am - 11:30am

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

Level: Intermediate
Ages addressed: 6-18

May is National Foster Care Month and this training was planned with foster youth and foster families in mind! Grief and loss are deeply imbedded in the foster care process. When youth are removed from their family, they often grieve. Similarly, when foster families care for youth that eventually leave their home, they often grieve. This webinar will discuss the emotional processes of grief and loss as they apply to both foster youth and foster families. Case examples will be included that illustrate how grief and loss dynamics present themselves and how understanding foster care grief and loss can help in responding in a supportive and healing manner.

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Location:

FosterEd Adopt Minnesota - Webinar

https://www.fosteradoptmn.org/

Rick Delaney, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist who has collaborated with foster parents, caseworkers, schools, and other helping professionals to help foster, kinship and adopted children. He has presented trainings across the U.S. and Canada for decades. Dr. Delaney is a co-developer and faculty at FosterParentCollege.com.

Charley Joyce has worked as a social worker for approximately 45 years. He began his career as a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) social worker and has worked as the clinical director of a psychiatric facility, as an outpatient therapist, supervisor of outpatient therapists, as a foster care caseworker, clinical director of foster care services and as the owner of his private practice. His Master of Social Work degree is from the University of Iowa, and he has completed a three-year, postgraduate program in family therapy funded by the Bush Foundation.