The impact of adoption lasts a lifetime for all members of the adoption triad. Awareness of these issues and their impacts on each individual is critical to addressing challenges and… Read more »
Self-Care and mindfulness are critical to successful parenting. While parenting can be challenging and rewarding, parenting children through adoption, kinship, foster or guardianship has some additional wrinkles that are also… Read more »
This workshop opens the door to conversation about Transracial and Transcultural adoption. Participants will explore beliefs, attitudes and knowledge of how race, culture and ethnicity interact. It is critical that… Read more »
This workshop is eligible for CEU’s. This training will be held online via Zoom and is open to individuals statewide.
This workshop is eligible for CEU’s. This training will be held online via Zoom and is open to individuals statewide.
This conversational workshop will explore the opportunities and challenges in helping your adopted or foster child learn, know and claim their own story. Spanning developmental stages, the importance of eliminating… Read more »
Separation, Grief and Loss are elements of every adoption story. In this workshop, you will explore how these topics are interconnected, how children may view their own adoption at different… Read more »
This interactive workshop builds on knowledge from the Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency workshop offered by Families Forever. The framework of the Seven Core Issues will be used… Read more »
In this workshop we will be presenting information that is biased towards encouraging openness withing the context of adoption. This is done by keeping the child in mind while managing the adult… Read more »
Lifebooks are a record of a child’s adoption story. Created over time, and with the child’s input, they are more than a baby book. Lifebooks are a place where adoptive parents can record… Read more »