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3 CEs
The focus of most pre- and post-adoption support programs is on the adopted child and, more specifically, the potential realities of complex developmental trauma.
At their best, services offer strategies for improving behavior by building a secure parent–child relationship and healing from early stressful environments. But are these services really meeting the needs of adoptive families? What about parents’ stress or hopelessness? Siblings’ invisibility or parentification? Or the chaotic family environment the whole family is experiencing?
This presentation offers a more realistic depiction of families’ needs and a more effective solution to successfully supporting adoptive families.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Explain the various ways caregivers and children can be affected by foster care and adoption in their families.
Identify factors in a family that influence families’ stress levels.
Solve problems in foster and adoptive families by incorporating strategies aimed at communication and connection.
Apply strategies to meet the needs of adoptive siblings pre- and post-adoption and post-foster care.
Target Audience: Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists
Anyone interested in the topic is welcome.
Sponsored By: University of Maryland School of Social Work
Cost: $70.00-$90.00
For questions, email cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu