October Adoption Webinars Sneak Peak

Adoption Friends,

While the full October 2006 ThinkingOfAdopting.com Adoption Telecourse and Webinar schedule has not yet been released, I wanted to give you a few "sneak peaks" of what you can expect:

1) "Adopting the Orphanage Child: Overcoming Orphanage Life" with Dr. Todd Ochs (10/15/06)

2) "Thinking of Adopting? Learn, Leap, Love!" with Robin Bartko - This five session webinar will give you an overview of the international adoption process, including focused sessions on the process, the home study, how (and when) to select an adoption agency, and sources of international adoption information. This webinar will include downloadable questions for you to ask when you are interviewing adoption agencies. (Begins 10/18/06; class size is limited so send me an email at Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com to reserve your space).

3) "Healing Hannah: Attachment from a parent's point of view" with Dawn Choate (10/25/06) A new webinar on attachment from the adoptive parent's point of view. Dawn -- a mother of four including two children adopted from China -- will discuss the attachment challenges she faced with one of her daughters, including describing her daughter's symptoms, how she ultimately realized she was facing an attachment challenge, and how she found the resources needed to overcome them. This is a great opportunity for both pre and post adoptive parents regardless of the country you are adopting (or have adopted) from. Dawn was recently featured in Adoption Today magazine.

Registration will open soon. Sign up for the ThinkingOfAdopting.com newsletter to be notified as soon as registration opens.

Robin Bartko