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700-799 Adoptive Parent

ABI & NTDC Domestic Training Course


Description
ABI, in collaboration with the National Training Development Curriculum, is pleased to offer a training series for families adopting domestically. NTDC was created through a grant by the US Children's Bureau. ABI has made modifications to the course materials to best meet the unique needs of our adopting families. The next cohort begins on Thursday May 4 from 6 - 8 PM CST and continues Friday May 5, wrapping up on May 6th from 9 am to 6 pm each day. ABI Domestic Program clients and anyone else who desires to become informed, insightful, empathic adoptive parents will deeply benefit from this program's content and presenters' lived experience as adoptees, adoptive parents and adoption professionals with a combined 25 years experience.

Course Credit: 21

Content
  • Session 1 Introduction and Child Development
  • Session 1 Broad Developmental Themes
  • Session 1 Child Development Tip Sheets 0-18 Years Old
  • Session 1 Bruce Perry Podcast Notes
  • Session 1 Domains of Impairment in Children with Complex Trauma
  • Session 2 Attachment
  • Session 2 Attachment Styles and Close Relationships
  • Session 2 Attachment 4 S's of Parenting
  • Session 2 Examples of Relationship Promoting Activities
  • Session 3 Separation, Grief & Loss
  • Session 3 Ambiguous Loss Haunts Foster and Adopted Children Article
  • Session 3 Developmental Stages of Grief
  • Session 3 Common Grief Responses For Children
  • Session 4 Trauma Related Behaviors & Trauma Informed Parenting
  • Session 4 Identifying States
  • Session 4 Predictable Escalating & Descalating Behaviors Chart
  • Session 5 Effective Communication & Managing Intrusive Questions
  • Session 5 Parent Sheet How We Describe Ourselves
  • Session 6 Cultural Humility & Parenting in Diverse Families
  • Session 6 Tip Sheet for Parents on Cultural Humility
  • Session 6 Cultural Humility Definitions
  • Session 7 Mental Health Considerations & Impact of Substance Abuse
  • Session 7 Parent Tip Sheet Childrens Mental Health
  • Session 7 Alphabet Soup of Common Diagnosis
  • Session 7 Intersecting Diagnoses
  • Session 7 Impact of Substance Use Developmental Quadrant
  • Session 8 Creating Safe Families & Connections with Birth Families
  • Session 8 Tip Sheet Do's and Don'ts for Challenging Behaviors
  • Session 8 Beginning to Know You
  • Session 8 Parent FAQ on Self Harming Behaviors
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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