How many calls from families have you received describing a crisis situation with their child that leave you paralyzed on how to help? This presentation details Nightlight Christian Adoptions’ Post Adoption Connection Center services to their clients and describes their crisis response process. The speakers offer details on the structure of the agency’s Placement Stabilization Team, made up of support staff, that respond to all crisis situations with clients. The presentation also outlines the steps of this process and offer ways for you to create a similar structure within your own agency.

Heather Sloan, LBSW – Director of Post Adoption Connection Center, Nightlight Cristian Adoptions

Lisa Prather, LMSW – VP of Operations, Nightlight Christian Adoptions

Webinar length: 60 minutes

After attending this recorded webinar, professionals will be able to:

• Describe the mission of the Post Adoption Connection Center and detail its services to the adoption triad.
• Recall how the Placement Stabilization Team functions, made up for support staff that respond to all crisis situations with clients.
• Explain the focus of crisis intervention and give examples of how to use the principles with adoptive families in crisis.
• Apply practical strategies from the process in order to create a similar structure within their own agencies.

Course level: Beginning, Intermediate

Cost to register: $15

If you are a NCFA member, look for your discount code in the membership portal.

National Council For Adoption is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0681. Social workers completing this course receive 1 contact hour.

This course is for NY social workers ONLY. If you are NOT a social worker licensed in New York, do not complete this course for continuing education credit. Instead, visit the CE course here. 

In order to receive contact hours, attendees must participate in the entirety of the recorded webinar training, have their attendance verified, complete a course evaluation and complete post-test with at least 80% correct. Upon completing these items, attendees will receive their contact hours certificate of credit to the email address provided at registration.

Other Questions? For questions, concerns or to request special accommodations, please contact us at ncfa@adoptioncouncil.org or 703-299-6633.

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