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webinars for adoption professionals
The following webinars were created specifically for adoption professionals.
This free webinar, for professionals only provides an overview of the Illinois Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, also known as the Baby Safe Haven Law, or simply the Safe Haven Law. The Act provides guidance to all involved when an individual brings an infant to a designated area to voluntarily relinquish the baby under the Safe Haven Law. Please note: This training covers ILLINOIS law only. A certificate is available from ALP and you must earn that certificate in order to be eligible for an Illinois Social Work CEU or Illinois Nursing CE.
Recorded Webinar
Prenatal Substance Exposure
Join Child Therapist Susan Stutzman, LCPC, RPT-S, as she helps adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents understand the physical and developmental impacts of pre-natal substance exposure on children. She’ll offer practical intervention ideas and strategies that parents can use to help their children reach their maximum potential.
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This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.
