A seemingly harmless school project can often stir up emotions - and questions - in an adopted child.
This FREE article helps parents work with their adopted child to help them tackle these tricky assignments.
did you know?
If your adoption is not yet final, you are in the best position to request and receive information about your adopted child from the birth parents, orphanage, or agency that you are working with. (Becoming Your Child's Best Advocate: Help for Adoptive Parents)
Becoming Your Child's Best Advocate Help for Adoptive Parents CEU Course
Advocacy begins even before a child joins his or her adoptive family and continues throughout 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 may live.
This course helps adoption professionals:
Understand why parents are the best advocate for their adopted child.
Identify the information needed to develop a complete file of a child's history.
Determine a family's current need for services and project possible future needs.
Recognize resources available for adopted children and determine eligibility requirements.
Match a family's needs with available resources.
Credit hours: 2.0 Course fee: Certificates of completion are available for a fee.