Attachment Based Parenting Approaches in Adoption
ID: 5954WEBIn this interactive and clinical webinar, participants will explore how missing and disrupted attachments impact adopted children’s behaviors. Participants will identify symptoms of impaired attachment and discuss the emotional demands this has on adoptive parents and families. Through case examples and experiential activities, participants will learn strategies to assist parents to strengthen the parent-child relationship and implement parenting techniques that focus on attachment and building trust rather than ‘traditional’ parenting approaches. Mental health professionals will add to their clinical ‘tool box’ as they learn new techniques that will be effective for foster and adoptive families.[Required for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Rebecca Gallese, LCSW
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| Date: | Friday, March 7, 2025 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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Conceptualizing Crisis Intervention When Working with Adoptive Families
ID: 5978WEBThis webinar clearly presents the therapeutic nuances that must be comprehended when helping adoptive families work through crisis. Roberts' Seven-Stage Model of Crisis Intervention is used as the framework for presenting adoption specific information. Participants will come away with a strong grasp of crisis intervention, adoption and trauma. In addition, the webinar emphasizes preliminary understanding and skill building of attachment specific therapy techniques.[Required for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Pat Carter-sage, MEd, LPC
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| Date: | Monday, February 24, 2025 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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Life Cycle Experience and Issues in the Adoption of Older Children
ID: 5953WEBThis webinar will explore issues commonly faced by children adopted in infancy. Topics include core issues of adoption at various ages and stages, differences between families formed by birth and by adoption, and dimensions of loss for an adopted child. Special emphasis will be given to managing sibling relationships within the family and using normative crisis to support families and children. The workshop will include experiential exercises and activities. [Required for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Kristen Brady, MSW, LCSW
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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Living as a Multicultural Family: An Adoptive Family Perspective
ID: 5979WEBWhen people choose to build a multicultural family through adoption, they incur the responsibility of redesigning their entire family's cultural identity. To succeed, parents must explore what it means to be subject to heightened social scrutiny as a "conspicuous family", develop the vocabulary to craft age-appropriate lessons about race and culture, and build the self-confidence and clarity of motives to engage others about what it means to be a true multicultural family. This webinar is designed to develop the practitioner's skill in broaching this subject with clients of all backgrounds and guiding them on their journey beyond their existing social perceptions, and often their own comfort zone. [Elective for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Stefani Moon, MA, LPC, IMHE
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| Date: | Thursday, February 13, 2025 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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Strategies for Managing Behaviors in Adoptive Families
ID: 5957WEBThe primary focus of work with traumatized children is to teach and support them to learn new ways of effectively managing their emotions and behaviors. In this interactive/skill based webinar, clinicians will explore strategies to: Increase a child's sense of safety assist adoptive parents to anticipate, prepare and trouble-shoot transitions and change to avoid or minimize acting out behaviors, support children to identify and regulate their feelings, teach adoptive parents to respond rather than react to children's behaviors using predictable and safe responses to minimize power struggles. This webinar will build the clinician's toolkit to assist adoptive parents to tackle behaviors before they intensify while calming themselves before calming the child. [Required for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Rebecca Gallese, LCSW
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| Date: | Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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The Language of Adoption
ID: 5987WEBLearning to speak a new language is a skill that takes time and practice. When working with families formed by adoption, the words we use make a difference. Utilizing the principles of Object Relations Theory, this webinar is designed to provide effective strategies for practitioners who work with anyone touched by adoption. Participants will gain an understanding of adoption centered language and will demonstrate through small group activity and role play their enhanced ability to effectively connect with those involved in the adoption constellation. Additional topics covered will include the use of accurate terms, assisting adoptive families with navigating relationships with birth families and techniques on how to craft developmentally appropriate discussions with children about adoption and birth stories. [Elective for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Stefani Moon, MA, LPC, IMHE
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 8, 2024 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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The Psychology of Adoption
ID: 5951WEBThis webinar sets the stage for the Clinical Certificate Program in Adoption. The focus will be on contemporary trends in adoption and the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption. Other topics that addressed will include stress and coping models in adoption, family life cycle tasks in adoption and the implications for post-adoption service. Through use of case study, multimedia, PowerPoint and lecture participants will gain a greater understanding the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption, the common correlates in adoption disruption and dissolution and the clinical indicators of adopted children and adoption related loss. [Required for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Pat Carter-Sage, MEd, LPC
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| Date: | Monday, October 28, 2024 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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Understanding and Meeting the Unique Needs of Kinship Families
ID: 5982WEBFormerly titled: Kinship Adoption. This webinar will explore the unique issues and life style changes that kinship caregivers experience as a temporary stay of a child turns in to a permanent placement. Participants will identify the specific family dynamics and challenges when working with kinship families and how this differs from traditional foster care. Participants will gain awareness of how their own assumptions and biases impact practice and expand cultural competencies to engage and intervene more effectively with kinship families. Through use of group activities, videos and case examples, participants will explore clinical issues such as loss, loyalty and boundaries and build on interventions and techniques that will be useful when working with kinship families. [Elective for Adoption Certificate Program]
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical
| | Instructor: | Rebecca Gallese, LCSW
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| Date: | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
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| Time: | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET |
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| Location: | Live Interactive Online Webinar
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