Events &
Trainings

June Thrive: Knowledge and Networking Session
Holiday Inn Downtown Duluth

Join us in person for an extended session including lunch, networking, and sharing about our work with the group.

When: Thursday, June 12, 2025 | Noon – 3:00 PM

Where: Holiday Inn Duluth Downtown – Great Lakes Ballroom, 200 W. First Street, 55802

Who: Thrive participants and others who work with families with young children such as mental health providers, family support (parenting education, outreach workers, foster care support, etc.), healthcare providers (pediatricians, nurses, doulas) and early care and education professionals

Event Description: Thrive Participants please come prepared to share information about your organization. You will have 3 to 5 minutes to introduce yourself (team) and share information about your organization and resources.  Please bring flyers, brochures, business cards, and news of any upcoming events.  We will have tables that can display all your resources. At registration we will ask you to list your name and organization, and this will guide our session order.

We will also take some time in this session to gather program feedback from you.  This feedback will guide our work moving forward.

Lunch will be served at noon.

Register by June 5: Please RSVP to sandy@northlandfdn.org by June 5, 2025

Funding support provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, Essentia Health, and The Sheltering Arms Foundation

May 19-22: In-Person, in Duluth
Circle of Security COSP™ Facilitator Training

View a detailed flyer. This training is eligible for 2.4 IACET continuing education units.

When: May 19-22, 2025 | 9:030 AM – 4:30 PM

Where: Holiday Inn Duluth Downtown – Great Lakes Ballroom, 200 W. First Street, 55802

Who: Professionals who work with families with young children – Mental Health Providers (Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapists, etc.), Family Support Workers (Parenting Education, Outreach Workers, Foster Care Support, etc.), Healthcare Providers (Pediatricians, Nurses, Doulas) and Early Care and Education Professionals

Event Description: The Northland Foundation is pleased to co-host the Circle of Security Parenting (COSP™) Facilitator Training. This four-day seminar being held in-person in Duluth leads to endorsement and is designed to help professionals:

• Understand both the theory and research underlying the Circle of Security video-based parenting reflection program, and
• Effectively develop the Circle of Security Parenting™ (COSP) program.

COSP™ is a manualized, attachment-based program used internationally with parents and other caregivers of children under six. COSP™ is based on decades of attachment research and offers an accessible step-by-step intervention process designed for group intervention but also in home visitation and for individual or couples counseling.

Fee:

• $1,000 (early bird price through April 18)
• $1,200 (after April 18)

Register: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/learn-more/?901

Snacks and refreshments are included. Lunch is on your own May 19-21. On May 22, the Northland Foundation will host lunch for training participants.