Call-In Instructions Will Be Emailed After Registration Open adoption was created as an alternative to the challenges of closed adoption. But many adoptive parents find new challenges inherent to an open relationship with birth family. Here from triad members living and navigating the complexity … [Read more...]

Free! This supportive group for first/birth parents will take place as a Zoom call. Group members will be able to connect, listen and share their experiences of adoption, both private and through the child welfare system. Space will also be provided for participants to explore and share … [Read more...]

Free! REGISTRATION CLOSES at 11:59 pm the night prior to the call. PT Monthly virtual support calls will provide a safe space for adoptive parents of color to connect and share their experiences. This is a group intended to meet the needs of people of color who have built their families … [Read more...]

Space will be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around international adoption, foster care, transracial/interracial adoption, search and reunion, birth/first family and other topics of interest to the group. Space is limited. This is a free event open to adults of color … [Read more...]

Call-In Instructions Will Be Emailed After Registration This webinar will explore the history, traditions and themes of adoption in communities of color and particular to adoptive families headed by people of color. Topics covered will include talking about adoption when families “match,” … [Read more...]

Call-In Instructions Will Be Emailed After Registration The opposite of being a racist is to be an antiracist. By very young ages, children are thinking a lot about fairness. This makes them natural social justice advocates, which is something you can model and nurture. No matter what your … [Read more...]

Call-In Instructions Will Be Emailed After Registration Growing up with both adopted and non-adopted siblings. Siblings that are adopted with different levels of birth family contact. Siblings by birth growing up in different families through birth and/or adoption. Found siblings, siblings placed … [Read more...]

Price: $35 Group discussion focuses on “Chapter 4: Perspective Letters” – Consider how it would feel to write to and receive letters from various first family members, exploring a wide range of perspectives, hopes and fears.   … [Read more...]

Traveling internationally is a big decision, especially if you are going back to a place that was once your home. When adoptees choose to return to their birth country, it can be for a variety of reasons such as exploring, sightseeing, searching, or moving. Preparing for a trip to one's birth … [Read more...]

We will reconvene and expand the international community of practice with an expected 3000 participants from 20 countries gathering to debate, innovate, and discuss ways to transform child welfare and to re-imagine healthy, restorative, and healing ways of working with children and families. … [Read more...]