(NY) From Reflections to Readiness: Integrating Self-Assessment into Adoptive Parent Preparation

This page is a description for a free live webinar scheduled July 30, 2025 from 1-2:30pm Eastern Time. If you’d like to register for the live webinar, you can do so here: https://adoptioncouncil.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zqjSaRSpSFOeUHR9A_2cOg.

This session will explore how adoption professionals can use self-assessment tools to support meaningful self-reflection among pre-adoptive and adoptive parents. Participants will learn how to utilize tools that promote caregiver engagement, insight, and self-discovery. The session will offer strategies for helping parents assess their strengths and identify opportunities for growth across key adoptive parent competencies. This practical guidance will not only strengthen pre-adoption assessment and approval processes, but will also provide foundations for long-term adoptive parent growth and learning.

Stephanie Hodge Wolfe, MSW, LSW, LSFW
Founder and Principal, The Academy for Child Welfare Practice, LLC

Webinar length: 90 minutes

After attending this recorded webinar, professionals will be able to:
• Describe how self-reflection can enhance caregiver insight, readiness, and long-term capacity to parent.
• Give examples of key adoptive parent competencies.
• Explain strategies for tailoring training and support to address pre-adoptive families’ identified areas for growth.
• Identify ways to strengthen pre-adoptive parent training processes to promote long-term caregiver development and placement stability.

Course level: Beginning, Intermediate
Cost to register: FREE