Webinars

Adoption Professionals

Membership Webinars Training Member Resource Organizations

Is It Just ADHD?

Understanding the Adopted Child's Behavior

The Trail of Trauma

Recognizing Trauma in a Healing Family System

Making Sense of Your Senses

Sensory Processing Theory and Solutions

Understanding Grief and Loss

Bethany Christian Services’ retired Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations, Kris Faasse, discusses the basics of the grieving process.

Search and Reunion

The media often presents the dramatic and heartwarming aspects of search and reunion, but the reality is much more complex.

Honestly and Transparently Advocating for Children from Hard Places: Ethically Recruiting Families for Children

This presentation touches on the ethical considerations of recruiting families for children who come from hard places.

The Baggage We Carry

This presentation discusses the importance of recognizing that we all have “stuff” in our history that we bring to relationships.

Preparing In-Home Children

As a foster/adopt agency, it is just as important to adequately prepare children for the arrival of foster/adopt siblings as it is to prepare resource parents.

Ethical Guidelines for Supporting Families at Risk of Disruption or Dissolution

A 3-part series for Adoption Professionals on Preparing, Educating, and Supporting Adoptive Families

"The Talk": How to Speak with Children About Race and Adoption

Race and adoption are challenging subjects individually. Many professionals (and parents) feel challenged by discussions of both of these sensitive subjects

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.

Conference Six Pack

Virtual National Adoption Conference Six Pack

Empowering the Healthcare Community to Serve the Adoption Community

What happens in an infant adoption when we ensure that healthcare professionals are educated on the complexities and the challenges for the families involved.

The Essentials of Adoption Medicine

An exploration of several adoption-related medical concerns including medical problems facing adopted children, what to expect when the child is brought home, and how to deal with long term medical issues of an adopted children.