Kinship adoption comes with its own unique set of challenges and joys. This course provides the essential tools needed for professionals to work effectively with parents to increase their understanding of kinship adoption and deepen their attachment to their children. The curriculum explores kinship adoption from a practical, emotional and informative lens. Topics covered include talking about kinship adoption, openness in family relationships, the effects of trauma and importance of attachment, identifying family supports, and ways to create a new family identity.
Mark Lacava, LCSW-R – Executive Vice President of Pre and Post Adoption Services, Spence-Chapin
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, participants will be able to…
- Recall common issues for kinship families.
- Describe attachment when permanency is within the family system.
- Describe trauma in kinship children and families.
- Identify specific strategies kinship caregivers can apply to manage their own expectations and provide effective discipline.
Updated 10/25/2024
National 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 continuing education credit.
This webinar does not offer credit for NJ or NY social workers. For more information on receiving CE credit, please visit the FAQ tab.
