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Parent Cooperative Community Events

At Parent Cooperative Community, we believe adoptive families deserve more than just resources — you deserve support, connection, and tools that empower lasting growth. Our events are thoughtfully designed to do just that. Whether you're new to adoption or years into the journey, you'll find practical, trauma-informed strategies, expert guidance, and a welcoming space to learn and connect with others.

From workshops to webinars, events are designed to help strengthen relationships, foster healing, and parent confidently.

Join us — and let’s grow together.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Webinar: 10 Powerful Ways to Foster Attachment with Children from Hard Places
Jul
7

Webinar: 10 Powerful Ways to Foster Attachment with Children from Hard Places

Summer offers a unique opportunity to deepen connection with our children — more time, fewer schedules, and the chance to reset relationships. But for children with histories of trauma or disrupted attachment, building strong bonds may look very different from what we’ve experienced or expected.

This 1-hour webinar explores 10 practical, trauma-informed strategies to nurture trust, promote connection, and support healthy attachment — even when children seem unreachable. We’ll focus on real-life tools that go beyond traditional parenting methods and speak to the heart of what these children truly need. Whether you're a parent, caregiver, educator, or mental health professional, this session will offer insights that help you connect in meaningful, healing ways.

Join us for this powerful conversation — because relationships are the foundation of healing.

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Webinar: Understanding Emotional Expression: How Suppressed Moments Become Lasting Trauma
Aug
4

Webinar: Understanding Emotional Expression: How Suppressed Moments Become Lasting Trauma

Emotions are meant to move — but what happens when they don’t? In this powerful 1-hour session, we’ll explore the three core pathways of emotional expression and what occurs when those pathways are blocked.

You’ll gain insights into how seemingly brief moments can evolve into long-term trauma when they remain unexpressed, unprocessed, or misunderstood — especially in children and individuals with a history of adversity.

This webinar is ideal for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals who want to better understand the emotional world of those they support — and learn how to help them move from survival to healing.

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Webinar: Breaking the Shame Cycle: Understanding Behavior & Unlocking Healing in Traumatized Children
Sep
8

Webinar: Breaking the Shame Cycle: Understanding Behavior & Unlocking Healing in Traumatized Children

When children with trauma histories act out, what we see on the surface is often just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the behavior, shame can quietly take root — keeping them stuck in cycles of self-blame, isolation, and disconnection.

In this eye-opening 1-hour webinar, we’ll explore how trauma can trap children in cycles of shame, making it harder for them to access the deeper emotions that lead to healing. We’ll discuss how to recognize these patterns, and most importantly, how to respond in ways that break the cycle and create space for safety, connection, and growth.

This session is ideal for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals who want to shift from managing behavior to understanding and healing the hurt beneath it.

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Webinar: Understanding Lying & Defiance in Adopted Children: What’s Beneath the Behavior?
Oct
6

Webinar: Understanding Lying & Defiance in Adopted Children: What’s Beneath the Behavior?

Lying. Defiance. Power struggles.

For many adoptive parents and caregivers, these behaviors can feel confusing, frustrating — even personal. But for adopted children, these responses are often rooted in something much deeper than disobedience.

Join us for this insightful 1-hour webinar where we’ll explore:

  • Why adopted children may struggle with lying and defiance

  • How early trauma, loss, and attachment disruptions shape these behaviors

  • What adults can do to respond with empathy while still holding boundaries

This session is designed for adoptive and foster parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals who want to move beyond surface behavior and support healing at the root.

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Webinar: 6 Parenting Techniques That Produce Unwanted Results
Nov
10

Webinar: 6 Parenting Techniques That Produce Unwanted Results

Many of the parenting strategies we use today are inherited from past generations—well-intentioned, but often counterproductive. When we rely on fear-based methods, children may respond by lying, hiding the truth, and avoiding responsibility.

This lecture series explores six common techniques that undermine the very outcomes we hope to achieve. You'll learn alternative approaches that not only promote accountability and growth but also preserve the strong, trusting relationship essential for guiding your child’s decisions and values.

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Webinar: How to Manage 3 Difficult Behaviors in Adopted Kids
Jun
9

Webinar: How to Manage 3 Difficult Behaviors in Adopted Kids

Have you ever heard a child say, "If you don’t do this for me, then I’ll do this to you"?

Or faced extreme defiance that left you stunned?

Perhaps you’ve felt manipulated or controlled by your child’s demands and behaviors.

These challenging moments are common among adoptive families and can leave parents feeling helpless, fearful, and overwhelmed. In this session, we’ll explore the three most difficult behaviors often seen in adopted children—manipulation, defiance, and control—and unpack why they occur. More importantly, we’ll discuss practical, compassionate interventions you can use to restore connection, build trust, and regain your sense of authority and confidence as a parent.

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