This adoption education will be required by LDSFS for ALL new adoptive applicants applying after October 1st regardless of if this is a second adoption.
You are welcome to REGISTER NOW:
Total Approximate Total Cost Per Individual = $129
(Which is approximately $258 per couple).
Let’s
Talk Adoption 2 credit hours
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Understand why talking about adoption is important to you, your
child and family.
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Identify your personal barriers to discussing adoption.
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Recognize how your child’s understanding of adoption changes as
he grow.
Open
Adoption 101 2 credit
hours
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Understand the different degrees of openness.
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Become familiar with the process of creating an open adoption.
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Make openness work for your family.
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Learn to maintain connections with birth families.
The Journey of Attachment 2 credit hours
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Learn to see
attachment as a lifelong process.
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Identify factors that
affect attachment.
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Recognize signs of
attachment.
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Apply strategies to
encourage attachment.
Finding the Missing Pieces: Grief and Loss
2 credit hours
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Recognize the signs of
grief in adopted children at different developmental stages.
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Identify situations
that may trigger grief responses.
·
Develop strategies for
helping children grieve.
Elective Courses – One (1) elective course is required by LDSFS. You can choose from the classes listed below or may attend a Webinar. (Please select one where a certificate is available).
Conspicuous Families (1.5 hours)
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Tough Starts: Brain Development Matters (1 hour)
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Discipline and the Adopted Child (2 hours)
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Tough Starts: Treatment Matters (1 hour)
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Creating an Adoption Profile (2 hours)
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Tough Starts: Parenting Matters (2 hours)
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Adopting
the Older Child (2 hours)
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Tough Starts: Family Matters (1 hour)
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