Navigating Anti-Asian Racism: Tools for the Adoption Community (for Professionals)

In this roundtable discussion, four adult Asian adoptees share from their lived experiences to address how anti-Asian racism has and continues to impact the adoption community, and specifically Asian American adoptees. Adopted individuals are supported in their own experiences of racism and provided with strategies for self-care. The panel also discusses how adoptive parents can best support their children and help them in processing the racism they experience. Finally, panelists share advice and expertise for the adoption professionals working with these individuals and their families.

Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC – Founder, Therapy Redeemed
Glenn Morey, Documentary Filmmaker
Janine Osterink – Chief Compliance Officer, Advisory Alpha
Sarah Bernstein – Student, University of Pennsylvania

Course length: 60 minutes

After completing this course, participants will be able to:
• Recognize from lived experiences, how anti-Asian racism has and continues to impact the adoption community, and specifically Asian American adoptees.
• Describe how adopted individuals can best cope with and respond to experiences of racism, including how to engage in self-care.
• Give examples of how adoptive parents can best support their children and assist them in processing the racism they experience.
• Explain how adoption professionals can best prepare and support Asian American adoptees and their families, both pre- and post-adoption.

Course level: Beginning
Credit type: Cultural Competency CE

Cost to register: FREE