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“This course was OUTSTANDING...one of the best I've ever taken on an adoption issue. The specific, practical steps that parents can take to help their children are especially empowering. Thank you for this course!"
- Laura Reighley, MSW, Director of Social Services, God's Families International Adoption Services
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"We have been raising an adopted child for the past five years that has an attachment disorder, so we are living out everything we learned in the training. We were very encouraged reviewing the information that the journey to attachment could take years; we are making progress!" - satisfied learner, parent
Becoming Your Child's Best Advocate Help for Adoptive Parents
Advocacy begins even before a child joins her adoptive family and continues throughout her childhood. Though course content focuses specifically on the needs of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents in Illinois, many of the tips and techniques presented here are useful to all parents, biological and adoptive, no matter where they live.
This course helps adoptive parents:
Understand why they are the best advocate for their adopted child.
Identify the information needed to develop a complete file of their child's history.
Determine their family's current need for services and project possible future needs.
Recognize resources available to their child and determine eligibility requirements.
Match their child's and family's needs with available resources.
Credit hours: 2.0 Course fee: Certificates of Completion are available for a fee of $35