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The decision to adopt a child as a pathway to growing one’s family is nuanced and complicated. Professionals working with pre-adoptive and/or adoptive families are in the unique position to facilitate their ability to navigate this complex choice. But how can you best support them?
In this one-hour webinar, we will introduce you to theoretical and research-driven strategies for doing so based on our published theoretical framework and mixed-method study with prospective adoptive parents. Individuals and couples considering adoption may be at different places along their journey, and therefore, intervention should be tailored to their location. We will explore ways to encourage family communication, satisfaction, cohesion, and flexibility as underlying mechanisms supporting decision-making. In addition, we will discuss several themes that emerged from our in-depth interviews with 35 prospective adoptive parents and articulate practical guidance for applying these findings to your work.
The first 60 people to register can attend FREE of charge! Use code "FREE2ADOPT" (without the quotes) in the coupon field of the checkout page.
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Learning Objectives
Explore/understand/learn key strategies for supporting prospective adoptive parents as they consider adoption as a pathway to parenthood.
Compare and contrast the experiences of prospective adoptive parents depending upon their location along a spectrum of decision-making.
Identify how family cohesion, flexibility, communication, and/or satisfaction inform prospective adoptive parents’ decision-making related to adoptive family formation.
Explain how a prospective adoptive parent's concept of self and others shapes their views about adoption.
Describe the importance of shared meaning between partners as they make the decision to adopt conjointly.
This program as been
for Social Workers, Counselors
CFLE CEUs: This course has been approved for 1 hour of Continuing Education Credits for the Certified Family Life Educator program through the National Council on Family Relations.
OCSWMFT Board CEUs:
This online course, Approval #20-1304926, provides 1 Continuing Education hours for Social Workers, Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (Approved Provider number: RSX012201).
Not in Ohio, an Ohio Nurse, or a Foster-Adoptive Parent? The certificate and hours you receive are often accepted by many other licensing boards. Please check with your board or caseworker to verify if they will accept them.
These presenters collaborated on the research study that collected the data and findings this webinar shares.
Katie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Science at Towson University. She received her Ph.D. in family science and her masters in marriage and family therapy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Hrapczynski specializes in interventions aimed at fostering individual, family, and community resilience. Her research examines the unique experiences of adoptive families and family processes that prompt adoptee and family wellbeing. Scholarly activities primarily center on transracial adoption, but also focus on the transition to adoptive parenthood. She has published several peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Family Relations, the Journal of Family Theory & Review, Adoption Quarterly, and the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. In addition, she has written three book chapters and presented her work at several national, international, and regional professional conferences. Dr. Hrapczynski is an active member of the National Council on Families Relations and its Adoption and Foster Care Focus Group.
Bethany is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Science at Towson University has been working with and on behalf of children and families formed through foster care and adoption since 2005. She earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Science at the University of Delaware in 2013. Her research focuses on a variety of complex family transitions, including congregate, foster, and adoptive care experiences. She has extensive training in attachment-based, strength-based interventions for children and families as a parent educator, conducting in-home, one-on-one, and group educational programming. Her work has taken her to Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Central Asia, and has resulted in a number of research publications and book chapters. She the Chair-Elect of the Advancing Family Science section of the National Council on Family Relations, President of the Mid-Atlantic Council on Family Relations, and past-president of the Family Science Association.
Cheryl is Professor of Psychology at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human development and research methods. She also serves as Director and P.I. of Winthrop’s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement TRiO Program. She has received multiple awards since joining the Winthrop faculty in 1998, including the university’s highest teaching award. Her scholarship and professional stewardship focus on adoption, foster care, and children’s attachment relationships. In addition to publishing and presenting on those topics, her expertise and testimony were cited in two South Carolina Supreme Court decisions. Dr. Fortner is also heavily involved in grantsmanship and program evaluation, co/authoring 12 successful federal proposals totaling over $10 million to support students from under-resourced families (U.S. Dept. of Education and NSF) and to build State peer support recovery community infrastructure (SAMHSA). Dr. Fortner earned her PhD in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University. She is active in the National Council on Family Relations and served as co-chair of NCFR’s Adoption and Foster Care Focus Group for 11 years.
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