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Learn More: Listen to Robin’s Podcast interview with Carol Stock Kranowitz by clicking the button below (depending on your browser you may have to click it twice):
Did you know that adopted children often face sensory processing challenges — and that these challenges can affect their development? If you would like to understand and recognize sensory processing disorder (SPD), join Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., the nationally recognized leader in SPD education and the author of “The Out-of-Sync Child”, for a comprehensive introduction to SPD.
Questions addressed include:
What is sensory processing?
Why is sensory processing critical to
your child’s development?
What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
What are the causes, types, symptoms
and associated challenges?
What are the differences between SPD
and ADHD?
Why is knowing about SPD important
for adoptive parents & adoption
professionals?
What should you do if you suspect
SPD?
How can you learn more?
This webinar is appropriate for both pre- and post-adoptive parents.
An Introduction to Sensory Processing Disorder is a recorded webinar of approximately 74 minutes in length to watch over the Internet at your convenience.
Webinar Cost: $24.95
Note: A portion of the proceeds from this course will be donated to an adoption related charity
Learn More: Listen to Robin’s Podcast interview with Dr. Eshleman by clicking the button below (depending on your browser you may have to click it twice):
Are you worried about attachment? Do you want to be sure you could recognize the signs of broken attachment? Think you may be having attachment challenges? If so, join Lark Eshleman, Ph.D., author of Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachment in Adopted Children, expert on attachment and reactive attachment disorder, as well as founder of the Institute for Children and Families for this introductory course on attachment and adoption.
Attachment & Adoption covers:
What is “attachment”
Why attachment is important both
emotionally & physically
What can cause breaks in attachment
Implications for Adoptive Parents
Recognizing attachment challenges
The four attachment styles
Resources to learn more
Attachment & Adoption has two parts: a recorded webinar of approximately 60 minutes to watch over the Internet at your convenience plus a recording (audio only) of the 60 minute question and answer session Dr. Eshleman held via teleconference with pre- and post-adoptive parents on 2/7/07.
Webinar Cost: $19.95
Note: A portion of the proceeds from this course will be donated to an adoption related charity
Learn More: Listen to Robin’s Podcast interview with Dr. Federici by clicking the button below (depending on your browser you may have to click it twice):
Nationally recognized expert and father of seven internationally adopted children, Dr. Ronald S. Federici presents straightforward, practical advice to help you help your new child overcome the effects of the orphanage or foster care so you and child can have the smoothest transition possible.
Dr. Federici, who has appeared on Dateline, 20/20, Nightline and the Oprah Winfrey Show, covers topics including:
Preparing for your new child
Coping with the journey home
How long to stay home
Appropriate developmental activities
Handling bedtime
When to use your child’s native language
What type of TV shows could help
Doing chores & earning privileges
The importance of “holding time” and practicing facial expressions
The symptoms of an unattached child
The webinar is appropriate for both pre- and post-adoptive parents.
Transitioning Your Child is a recorded webinar of approximately 30 minutes in length.
Webinar Cost: $19.95
Note: A portion of the proceeds from this course will be donated to an adoption related charity
Medical Issues in Adopting from China (formerly titled “Adopting the Orphanage Child”)
Learn More: Watch a preview of the recorded portion of this webinar (6 minutes)
Listen to Robin’s Podcast on a previous live offering of this webinar by clicking the button below:
Dr. Todd Ochs, an adoption pediatrician and father of five, including four special needs daughters adopted from China, discusses adopting from China including orphanage life, risk factors in orphans, referrals, and common post adoption issues.
This webinar covers:
An overview of adopting from China.
Adopting the orphanage child,
including effects of institutionalization and diseases of poverty.
Reviewing your referral,
including questions worth asking
What to do while you are waiting,
including getting your immunizations and learning about environmental issues in China.
Getting ready to travel,
including common medical issues you could encounter with your new child.
What you need to do medically upon
your return.
Attaching with your new child.
Dr. Ochs’ advice on parenting.
Medical Issues in Adopting from China has two parts: a recorded webinar of approximately 80 minutes to watch over the Internet at your convenience plus a recording (audio only) of the 90 minute question and answer session Dr. Ochs held via teleconference with pre- and post-adoptive parents on 10/15/06.
Note: This webinar was previously called “Adopting the Orphanage Child”
Learn More: Watch a preview of the recorded portion of this webinar (7 minutes)
Listen to Robin’s Podcast on international adoption doctors by clicking the button below:
View Dr. Gordina’s responses to questions she’s received on the Ask Alla Gordina, MD, FAAP section of the ThinkingOfAdopting.com Forum.
Dr. Alla Gordina, recently named one of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s 2006 “Angels of Adoption”, provides a great introduction to the medical aspects of international adoption, from pre-adoption medicals for parents through giardia, TB and post-adoption depression with a focus on Russian and the countries of the former Soviet Union including Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
Medical Aspects of International Adoption has two parts: a recorded presentation lasting approximately 65 minutes by Dr. Gordina that you can view and listen to over the Internet at your convenience (watch a preview), and two recordings (audio only) of question and answer sessions Dr. Gordina held via teleconference totaling approximately 150 minutes.
Healing Hannah: Attachment from an Adoptive Parent’s Point of View
Dawn Choate, a mother of four children including two adopted from China, discusses the attachment challenges she faced with one of her daughters including describing the symptoms, how she realized she was facing attachment challenges, and how she found the resources needed to overcome them. This telecourse is a great opportunity for both pre and post adoptive parents regardless of the country of your child’s birth. Dawn’s story was featured in Adoption Today magazine’s June/July 2006 issue as well as on RainbowKids.com.
Recorded adoption telecourse (audio over the internet) .
Choices: Adopting from China, Guatemala, Kazakhstan & Russia
Are you not sure which country you want to adopt from? In “Choices”, Inna Pecar, licensed clinical social worker and founder & director of KidsFirst Adoption Services, discusses adoption from these countries including why children are available for adoption, the rules and restrictions of adoption programs from these countries, estimated wait times, travel requirements, and costs. Inna also shows sample referrals from some of these countries. “Choices” is a great way to learn about adoption from China, Guatemala, Kazakhstan & Russia from the comfort and privacy of your own home.
Recorded adoption webinar approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes in length that you view and listen to over the Internet at your convenience.
True Blessings: A Single Mom Reflects on Adopting Two at Once
Margaret Schwartz, a single mother of two children adopted from Ukraine, shares her story including how she came to adopt, bringing home her two boys, and the changes to her life when they arrived home. This telecourse is a provides valuable information and inspiration for single women considering adoption as well as anyone considering adopting two children at once. Margaret is the author of The Pumpkin Patch: A Single Woman’s International Adoption Journey, which details her entire adoption journey.
Recorded adoption telecourse (audio over the internet) .
Telecourse Cost: Free
His Will: From Infertility to Adopting Four Children and Beyond
Adoptive mom Michelle Schultze shares the inspirational story of her journey from infertility to adoption; a journey of discerning and submitting to God’s will that led to paths never expected. Listen to Michelle as she describes how she and her husband were called to start their family through a private adoption and continue its growth through the blessings of a Chinese adoption in which God’s provision proved to be faithful time and again. And how, when they thought they were “done”, God called them to adopt two brothers out of foster care. Michelle describes how her family has come together and how, as a “multi-ethnic” family, they have the opportunity to witness God’s love every day.
Recorded adoption telecourse (audio over the internet) .
Telecourse Cost: Free
From Birth Mother to Adoptive Mother: One Woman’s Journey
Mary Beth Wells shares her very personal story of adopting two girls from Guatemala after the pain and heartache of relinquishing a baby when she was very young and subsequently suffering through infertility. This is a very honest and heartfelt adoption story.
Recorded adoption telecourse (audio over the internet) .
