This course walks through one family's journey from infertility to adoption and provides prospective adoptive families with tools for selecting an adoption agency and identifying needs and barriers. This course also provides in depth information on how adoption professionals can best support families after infertility by accurately assessing adoption readiness, dispelling common adoption myths, and developing comprehensive aftercare plans with families.
Anna Koehle, HS-BCP, CCTP – Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Xona Consulting
Course length: 60 minutes
Course level: Beginning, Intermediate
Certificate type: This course offers a Social Work CE certificate
Credit type: General CE
After attending this course, professionals will be able to:
- Recognize the need for post-infertility readiness assessments as part of the adoption process.
- Give examples of common adoption myths that may influence the decision to adopt after infertility and provide possible solutions to support families with the decision to adopt.
- Demonstrate how prospective adoptive families can benefit from comprehensive post-infertility care and post-adoption plans.
Updated 01/27/2023National Council For Adoption, #1804, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 04/13/2023 – 04/13/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
This course does not offer credit for NJ or NY social workers. More information on receiving continuing education credits is available here.
