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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)
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Adoption and Classroom Success: Beyond The Basics
A discussion with Heather T. Forbes, LCSW on how to help your child succeed at school. She presents tips and strategies on how to help your child be more successful at school, therefore easing some of the stress at home.
For adopted children, their circumstances prior to adoption often cause them to experience school in a different framework than other kids. Orphanage care, foster care or prenatal exposure are all events tha can affect behavior as a child grows.
Strategies on:
- How to smooth school related transitions
- Helping teachers understand what is driving a child's negative behaviors
- How to increase your child's motivation to succeed at school
PLEASE NOTE: Your certificate will be available upon successful completion of a post test. The audio for the recorded webinar can be heard through your computer speakers. We recommend external speakers or headphones. There are no refunds or exchanges for the webinar once you have purchased it.
Heather Forbes, LCSW
Heather Forbes is the founder of the Beyond Consequences Institute. She is an internationally published author on the topics of raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, understanding the parent’s reactivity when challenged in the home, and self-development.
Forbes lectures, consults, and coaches parents throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia, with families in crisis working to create peaceful, loving families. She is passionate about supporting families by bridging the gap between academic research and "when the rubber hits the road" parenting. Much of her experience and insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, developmental delays, and adoption-related issues comes from her direct mothering experience of her two internationally adopted children.
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Download Heather T. Forbes' presentation on how to help your adopted child succeed at school.
