Family Focus Adoption Services - Welcoming All Adopting Families

Photo by Cynthia van Elk

Empowered Transition: Theory, Practice, and Models of Moving Children into Adoption (3 hours)

Creating an Adoption Milestone: Adoption Ceremonies and Adoption Covenants (3 hours)

Managing Stress: Reaching The End Of The Day, But Not The End Of Your Rope (2 hours)

In-House Transition: A Model for Successful Long Distance Placements (2 hours)

Consumer Mentality and Adoption: Families 'Shopping' for a Child (2 hours)

Dealing with the Issue of 'Wavering' Foster Parents (2 hours)

The Invisible Realities of Successful Adoption (6 hours)

Inducement: Understanding Your Child's Acting-out Behavior (2-3 hours) Our most popular session, offered at many NY county DSS offices

Straight Talk for Kids: Tackling the Tough Topics - A worker/family guide to discussion about foster care/adoption with children (3 hours)

Adoption in the World of Foster Care; Preparing Good Foster Parents to be Good Adoptive Parents (2-3 hours)

There is No Such Thing as an Ex-Mother: A Specialized Dynamic of Foster Care and Adoption (2 hours)

Strong Caseworkers for Strong Adoptive Families - A skill strengthening "tool kit" for caseworkers (3 hours)

Successful Adoption of the Adolescent (2-3 hours)

Family Focus Training Topics

Below is a list of many of our most requested training topics around the country this past year. Many of these can be incorporated into a full or partial day, under the first 'general umbrella' title, and adapted to specific audiences.