January 2007 Live Adoption Telecourses and Webinars

1-19-07: Dennis Bartko, filling in for Robin, describes the live adoption telecourses and webinars available on ThinkingOfAdopting.com in January 2007 including "Ask an Adoption Doctor Live" with Alla Gordina, MD, FAAP on 1/21/07; "Attachment & Adoption: What is it and why is it so important?" with Lark Eshleman, Ph.D. on 1/28/07; and "What to Expect During the Referral Stage" with Robin Bartko on 1/31/07. For more information or to register go to http://www.ThinkingOfAdopting.com and click on "Adoption Telecourses".

Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

toa_podcast_20070120.mp3

Attachment in Adoption - An Adoptive Parent's Point of View

1-2-07: In this edition of the Thinking Of Adopting Podcast, Robin Bartko discusses attachment in adoption from an adoptive parent's point of view, including playing an excerpt from Healing Hannah, the story of the attachment challenges faced by Dawn Choate, a mother of four including two daughters adopted from China. Robin also describes how her son, adopted from Russia, reacted the first time they met, and she later learned it was an indication of how he might bond with her. ThinkingOfAdopting.com offers the following telecourses and webinars that can help you learn more about attachment in adoption:

• Healing Hannah: Attachment from an Adoptive Parent's Point of View by Dawn Choate
  
• An Introduction to Attachment: What it is and why it is so Important by Dr. Lark Eshleman, author of Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachment with Your Adopted Child. Dr. Eshleman will be appearing live on ThinkingOfAdopting.com on January 28th for a live, 60 minute Q&A.

For more information or to register, go to the Adoption Telecourses Page on ThinkingOfAdopting.com.

Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

toa_podcast_20070102.mp3