Kinship Family Forum: Ready, Set, School!
- Length
- 1 hour
- Language
- English
- Event Format
- Virtual | Live
About The Live Webinar
Help children start the school year with confidence by exploring practical strategies that support a smooth transition to the classroom. This forum will highlight ways caregivers can establish healthy routines, organize learning spaces, and encourage open conversations that ease anxiety and build excitement for the year ahead. Designed for kinship caregivers—including grandparents, extended family members, and other trusted adults raising children—this session emphasizes how supporting both academic readiness and emotional well-being can help children feel secure, prepared, and ready to learn.
Kinship care refers to grandparents, other extended family members, or adults raising children with whom they have a close family-like relationship—such as godparents and close family friends—because the biological parents are unable to do so for any reason.
This event is being offered at no charge to participants.
Registration is required to receive the link to access the webinar.
A link to the recorded webinar will be emailed to registrants within ten business days after the live event. The recording will be accessible for six months from the event date.
- Relatives or other adults raising children because their biological parents are unable to do so, including:Â
- GrandparentsÂ
- GodparentsÂ
- Extended family membersÂ
- Close family friendsÂ
- TeachersÂ
- Organizations that support kinship, foster, or adoptive familiesÂ
- Individuals interested in supporting kinship, foster, or adoptive families
- How to establish effective back-to-school routinesÂ
- Ways to prepare children for the school year socially and emotionallyÂ
- Strategies to encourage organization, independence, and positive learning habits
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