New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Course Price: $350

In this 3-session, 6-hour interactive course, participants will explore how the typical developmental tasks of the teen years are intensified and complicated by adoption, particularly if teens are being raised by parents of a different race or culture.

Participants will gain an understanding on assessment of how adoption influences the developmental process of identity formation, separation from parents, and interpersonal relationships, including birth family connections.

Based on the book, Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens, by author and C.A.S.E. CEO Debbie Riley, LCMFT, this training highlights “the six spots where teens get stuck” as key vulnerabilities around the adoption experience in adolescence. Assessment considerations and clinical strategies will be explored for application in clinical practice.