Training:

**ORPARC Training** Sustaining the Heart of the Helper. Caring for Yourself While Caring for Children & Families

Dec 10
Thursday, December 10, 2026 – 11:00am
11:00am - 12:30pm

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Let’s transform your connection into a lifelong source of strength for you, your children, your family or your clients—starting today!

Whether you are a foster, adoptive, guardianship, or kinship parent—or a professional supporting children and families—you know that caring for others is both deeply meaningful and emotionally demanding. The quality of our relationships with children begins with the quality of our relationship with ourselves.

Join Karen A. Green, MSW, LSSW for an engaging and practical workshop that explores how strengthening adult capacity creates greater opportunities for children to heal, connect, and thrive.

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Grounded in attachment science, nervous system regulation, relational health, and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), this session offers practical, research-informed strategies to reduce burnout, increase emotional resilience, and create emotionally safe, healing relationships—whether at home or in your professional role.

You'll leave with renewed perspective, practical tools you can begin using immediately, and a deeper understanding of how caring for yourself is one of the most powerful ways to care for the children and families who depend on you.


Karen A. Green, MSW, LSSW, creator of the Conscious Care Attachment Framework™ is passionate about providing simple, research-based activities designed to boost your child’s happiness and emotional well-being. Using proven strategies rooted in attachment theory, she’ll teach you how to strengthen your bond with your child and build their resilience. Together, you can pack their "protective toolbox," setting them up for a happier, more fulfilling life.



Training sponsored by Oregon Post-Adoption Resource Center, Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Adoption Resource Exchange and Karen A. Green from Conscious Care Cards


Continuing Education Credits: 1.5 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) are available for $20.00. Please request credits when registering. Cascadia Training is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. (Provider #: 6475) (recognized by NASW Oregon State Chapter)


Location:

ORPARC Online Training

Online Virtual Training
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About the Presenter

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Karen A. Green, MSW, LSSW, creator of the Conscious Care Attachment Framework™ is a renowned specialist in mental health with decades of experience as an educator and clinician for children and families. She is a tenured professor, the Director of an Associate's Program in Mental Health, and a Distinguished Teacher Award recipient. Karen leads with a deep belief in the transformative power of the caregiver-child relationship as the most impactful influence on healing.