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Did You Know?
The average age for the children in foster care was 9.7 years. Average length of stay in foster care was 27.2 months. The largest percentage of children (47 percent) were in a nonrelative foster family home. Forty-nine percent had a case goal of reunification. 123,000 were awaiting adoption, down from 132,000 in FY 2007. (Children's Bureau AFCARS report, Fiscal Year 2008)
Hague Package
This package includes 5 courses for a total of 10 credit hours of training on topics required for international adoption by the Hague Convention.
- Convenient, all in one package
- Aligned with Hague requirements
- 10 credit hours
- 17% discount vs. list price per course
This package contains the following products:
- The Journey Of Attachment
Attachment is an essential component of any healthy, happy family. Adoption, however, may present challenges to the attachment process. Designed for both first time adoptive parents and parents struggling with attachment issues with their adopted child, this course provides practical tips on how to form and sustain this important bond.
- Conspicuous Families
Adopting a child of a different race or ethnicity presents challenges families may not expect. Share in the wisdom and collective experiences of adopted persons and adoptive parents with transracial families and learn new skills for responding to insensitive comments as well as strategies for expanding the diversity in your life.
- Finding the Missing Pieces
It is natural for adopted children to grieve the life and family they never knew, no matter how old they were when adopted, how open the adoption or how happy their life with the adoptive family. This course will help adoptive parents recognize the signs of grief at different developmental stages, identify situations that may trigger grief and develop strategies to help children grieve.
- Medical Issues in International Adoption
This course provides an overview of the common medical issues, health risks and specific conditions internationally adopted children may face. Become familiar with the medical and developmental effects of orphanage or foster care as well as the role of professionals in assessing health.
- Adopting the Older Child
Adopting an older child presents a unique set of joy and challenges. From knowing what kind of information is important to have to anticipating potential stumbling blocks to a smooth transition, this course serves as a guide to anyone considering adopting a child older than an infant (whether internationally or from the US public welfare system).
Note
Once the package is purchased, each individual course will appear in your account. Courses can be taken in any order.
After successfully completing a course and its end of course evaluation, or post test, you'll be eligible
for a Certificate of Completion for that unique course.
Individual courses can't be refunded nor other courses substituted.
Recorded Webinar
Asian Child-White Parent
We bring together a panel of adults adopted from Asia and parents who adopted transracially from Asia to talk about conversations they’ve had around culture, abandonment, homeland visits and more. They discuss the prejudice and significant rise in racism towards Asians since Covid-19 as well as the loss of identity that Asian children with White parents may experience.
Free Video
Dr. Dana Johnson, renowned international adoption physician, discusses what factors contribute to nutritional deficiencies in internationally adopted children.
Free Download
An adoption and school handout to give to other parents at your child's school or to send home with classmates after an adoption presentation.
