Adoption & Foster Care Competency Training with Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.

Key concepts of Adoption will be discussed such as the life cycle of adoption, adoption as a life-long process, the significance of birth family members, open adoption practice, grief and loss in adoption, impact separation trauma, the role of attachment in adoption, search and reunion challenges for the adoption constellation members and clinical practice/therapeutic strategies for children, youth, and families. When: Friday, May 20th, 2022 Time: 9am- 2pm PST Where: ZOOM 5 FREE Continuing Education Training Units are provided for professionals working with children/teens/families connected by foster care & adoption, as well as parents and adoptees wanting to learn more about their experience.

Adoption & Foster Care Adoption Competency Training Agenda

I Adoption: What to Know In the 21st Century?

II  Adoption Defined, Realities, Types, Language

III  In Utero, Separation Trauma, Mothers, Attachment

IV  7 Core Issues for all Members of the Adoption Constellation