This program fosters connections to available training opportunities, wellness activities, and support groups.  

 

Connection Groups 
* Conversations About Adoption: Quarterly
   Listening to adoptees share their stories, learning through conversations

* Caring for Caregivers Support Group: Thursdays at OVC 12:00 pm-1:30 pm 

Peer to Peer (open to Foster, Adoptive, Relative, and Guardian Caregivers) 

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* Adopted Youth Lounge - For adopted youth ages 10-15

This is a peer support circle (facilitated by an adult adoptee, Christine Dechert)

to foster resilience and belonging in a safe, confidential space. 

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* Forget Me Not Farm - ages 5-12: Tuesdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Forget Me Not Farm offers animal-assisted and horicultural therapeutic activities

that provide a haven for children, animals, and plants to interact.

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* Positive Discipline Workshops

Taught by a Certified Positive Discipline Educator & Trainer

Aimed at developing mutually respectful relationships.  Positive Discipline teaches adults

to employ kindness and firmness at the same time, and is neither punitive nor permissive.

Coming in April and May 2026.

 

* Maker Workshops: Late Spring 2026
    Connecting & healing through art and creativity in a small group

 

*Trainings: Schedule to be TBD