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Online education resources for those seeking to adopt or foster, adoptive and foster parents, searchers, and adoption professionals includes formal online training and courses, as well as resources for offline education.
Teachers are challenged to develop sensitivity in the classroom, expanding their own awareness while encouraging their students to do the same. Resources for educators can be found in our communities, on the Web, and in books and tapes.... [more]
This series of lessons will help those involved with adoption-related family search learn about basics and search tools, information and resources.... [more]
A selection of adoption documentaries and educational films on video, offering education for families, professionals, advocates, and lawmakers.... [more]
'Conspicuous Families' is just one of a growing number of quality online education resources for adopting, adoptive, and foster parents. Learn more about these learning opportunities and where to find online classes.... [more]
Those adopting through the U.S. foster care system are required to take pre-adoption parenting classes, but many private agencies and attorneys don't require them. More and more classes are being offered, but do prospective adoptive parents really need to learn how to parent?... [more]
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I honestly wish that more information had been available to me when I began my career as an adoption professional. While I was simply a fundraiser (coordinator of grants, etc.) and an advocate for the agency for which I worked, I always felt segregated from the rest of the agency -- particularly those that were working "in the field" -- and as if there were not enough resources available to me becuase I wasn't part of the "hands-on" team. And because the need was so great for funding, and they were SO desperate when they hired me initially to begin the work, I didn't have an adjustment period or chance to learn as much as I wanted.
I think this is a common problem in agencies for all positions. I've said it before, but professionals need to take more time and DEMAND more time from supervisors and coordinators to learn as much as they can about adoption and to make use of the many resources that are out there. Otherwise how can we best serve the important parents, children and families for whom we work? And while it is common to say "I'll do it when there is more time," or "I'll do it when there is a lull," I think the reality is, that lull never comes. The demand for work is never-ending. But I certainly think things would run more efficiently if professionals would take the time to educate themselves and make themselves knowledgable about the world around them! I know I'm taking some time today to look at all the wonderful resources provided above, and hopefully it will make me better at my job!
Posted by: avalanche at 11/12/2005 11:26 AM
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