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.
Katja Rowell, M.D., aka the Feeding Doctor, will help you understand why eating and mealtimes can be so difficult, and share relationship-building strategies to help children do their best with eating.
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.