Join us for an enlightening conversation on how to talk to your friends and family about adoption! We’ll provide valuable insights to help adoptive families navigate common questions from friends and family, address potential misconceptions, manage intrusive inquiries, and turn challenging moments into opportunities for education. This session is designed to empower those considering or currently navigating the adoption journey, with a particular focus on understanding, addressing, and involving friends and family in the conversation. We’ll also offer some tailored guidance for those adopting after experiencing infertility, offering practical advice on how to share the news with friends and family that you are embarking on a new path to parenthood.

While this course is geared primarily towards adoptive parents, it will offer important principles and helpful practical applications that will be relevant for adoption professionals as well.

Claire Davis, LICSW-S, Program Director of Domestic Adoption, Lifeline Children’s Services
Traci Newell, LBSW-S, Senior Director of Church-Based Programs, Lifeline Children’s Services
Anna Pawley, LMSW, LCPAA, Post Adoption Manager, Lifeline Children’s Services

Webinar length: 60 minutes

After attending this recorded webinar, professionals will be able to:
• Describe strategies to effectively navigate common questions from friends and family related to adoption.
• Summarize skills to address potential misconceptions surrounding the adoption journey and manage intrusive inquiries.
• Give examples of methods to transform challenging moments into opportunities for education and mutual understanding.

Course level: Beginning

Cost to register: $15
If you are a NCFA member, look for your discount code in the membership portal.

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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. For additional information on the instructors please visit bit.ly/NCFADavis, bit.ly/NCFANewell, and bit.ly/NCFAPawley.

Recorded on 5/16/24.