Understanding Adoption in the Healthcare Environment

This recorded webinar focuses on understanding adoption in the healthcare environment and includes a general overview of the landscape of adoption and recent trends. The course provides information about the practice of adoption medicine, including what medical providers need to know about working with adoptees. Speakers also provide information about accessing resources.

Ryan Hanlon, PhD – President, National Council For Adoption
Judith K. Eckerle, MD FAAP – Professor and Director of the Adoption Medicine Clinic, University of Minnesota
Kimara Gustafson, MD – Assistant Professor and Adoption Medicine Specialist, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Course length: 90 minutes

After attending this course, participants will be able to…
• Recall information about recent trends in adoption.
• Recognize the importance of adoption-sensitive language.
• Recall recommendations for medical providers during the first pediatric visit with an adoptee or child in foster care.
• Recognize the importance of the role of seeking out adoption and foster trained medical care.
• Give examples of strategies for supporting adoptees at different ages and developmental stages.

Audience: Medical professionals and adoption professionals
Course level: Beginning
Cost to register: FREE
Sponsored by: The OPT Institute

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