NCFA LMS - Course list

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

The Connected Family: Understanding and Supporting Adoptive Families

This prerecorded session from our 2020 virtual conference, will teach you how siblings are impacted by adoption and foster care, how each member of the family affects each other, and how to create a more cohesive family using TBRI strategies.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

"The Talk": How to Speak with Children About Race and Adoption

Race and adoption are challenging subjects individually. Many professionals (and parents) feel challenged by discussions of both of these sensitive subjects. This session aims to give participants tools to address these big conversations.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Preparing Children Already in the Home for New Foster/Adoptive Siblings

In this training, a day-long training for children will be presented. The training of children is age appropriate, activity based, and prepares them for the arrival of siblings.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

The Baggage We Carry: Creating an Awareness of How Our Past Impacts Our Parenting and Making it Work

This presentation discusses the importance of recognizing that we all have “stuff” in our history that we bring to relationships. Specifically, we will focus on understanding how a parent’s own past traumas can affect their parenting.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Honestly and Transparently Advocating for Children from Hard Places: Ethically Recruiting Families for Children

This presentation touches on the ethical considerations of recruiting families for children who come from hard places. How do you advocate for children who have experienced trauma and need special care without exploiting their pain and circumstances?

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Search and Reunion in Adolescence

This workshop will address how to assess a teen’s emotional readiness for search and reunion; preparation for all members of the adoption constellation; and managing the potential relationship challenges that can surface after reunion.

FREE COURSE

Pregnancy Counseling Training

The Pregnancy Counseling Training is offered FREE through NCFA’s Consider the Possibilities program.

ProfessionalsFree

MEMBERS ONLY

Making Sense of Your Senses

This recorded webinar will allow the attendee an opportunity to learn the basic tenants of sensory processing and experience through hands-on activities and learn new ways to help your child meet their sensory needs in the home and school settings.

FREE WEBINAR

Understanding Grief and Loss

Kris Faasse discusses the basics of the grieving process. including common implications for birth parents and adopted children of various ages, as well as the science, research, and experience of grief and loss in the context of adoption.

ProfessionalsFree

FREE WEBINAR

The Trail of Trauma

This webinar examines trauma and the impact on the family system with a goal to identify trauma, understand the lowest level messages and equip individuals with core skills to reduce behavioral escalation in traumatized children and youth.

ProfessionalsFree

FREE WEBINAR

Ethical Guidelines for Supporting Families at Risk of Disruption or Dissolution

A 2-part series on ethical guidelines for supporting children and families to predict and prevent adoption dissolution or disruption through education and support and how to safely and ethically transition a child to a new home when it is necessary.

ProfessionalsFree

FREE WEBINAR

The Essentials of Adoption Medicine

An exploration of several adoption-related medical concerns including medical problems facing adopted children, what to expect when the child is brought home, and how to deal with long term medical issues of an adopted children.

ProfessionalsFree

FREE WEBINAR

Empowering the Healthcare Community to Serve the Adoption Community

Rebeca Vahle, Executive Director of the groundbreaking Family to Family Support Network, shares what happens in communities that converge adoption and healthcare, and how you can bring the benefits of doing so to your community.

ProfessionalsFree

FREE WEBINAR

Is It Just ADHD? Understanding the Adopted Child's Behavior

Dr. Elaine Schulte explores ADHD symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment—including a discussion of stimulant medications and evidence-based therapies for managing attention challenges. This workshop is designed for both professionals and parents.

ProfessionalsParentsFree

MEMBERS ONLY

Continuity of Care: Resources and Tools for Post Adoption Services and Family Supports in the time of COVID-19

Harmony staff talk about ways they have adapted their methods of delivering services and supports to this family in response to COVID-19.

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