The Connected Family: Understanding and Supporting Adoptive Families

When you bring a child from a hard place into your home, it affects every member of the family. In this course, the presenter shares how siblings of children from hard places are impacted by adoption and foster care, how each member of the family affects each other, and how to create a more cohesive family using TBRI strategies.

Jana Hunsley, PhD, LCSW – Founder and Executive Director, Project 1025, LLC

Course length: 60 minutes

After completing this course, professionals will be able to:
• Explain the various ways adoptive siblings 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 the entire family unit pre-and post-adoption and foster care

Course level: Beginning, Intermediate
Cost to register: $15
If you are a NCFA member, look for your discount code in the membership portal.