An Interview with Patty Cogen, author of "Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child"

12-3-08: Robin Bartko interviews Patty Cogen, M.A. Ed.D., about her new book, "Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child -- From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years". You can learn more about Patty Cogen's book by going to PattyCogenParenting.info, or by going to the Adoption Books page on ThinkingOfAdopting.com


Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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Behavior and the Adopted Child

07-23-07: Robin Bartko presents the key points made by behaviorist Nadya Molina, M.Ed., BCBA in her presentation at the "Raising & Healing the Adopted Child" conference outside of Baltimore Maryland, including nine hints adoptive parents can use to help change their child's behavior.


Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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Raising & Healing the Adopted Child -- An Interview with Dr. Ronald Federici

04-29-07: Robin Bartko interviews Dr. Ronald S. Federici, regarded as the country’s leading expert in the neuropsychological evaluation and treatment of children, particularly those adopted internationally or domestically who are having challenges. Dr. Federici also discusses the objectives of his upcoming training conference for adoptive parents & professionals, "Raising and Healing the Adopted Child". For more information on the conference go to:
http://www.thinkingofadopting.com/adoptionconference

Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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Health of Children Adopted from Ethiopia - An Interview with Dr. Laurie C. Miller at the 2007 JCICS Conference

4-12-07 Episode 2: In the second podcast of the day from the 2007 Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS) 2007 Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Dennis Bartko interviews Dr. Laurie C. Miller, a highly respected international adoption pediatrician about her presentation, "The Health of Children Adopted from Ethiopia" as well as her book, "The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine".

Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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Race, Color and Culture in Adoption - an Interview with Michelle Hughes, J.D. at the 2007 JCICS Conerence

4-12-07: Podcasting from the 2007 Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS) 2007 Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Dennis Bartko interviews Michelle M. Hughes, J.D., a diversity consultant with Bridge Communications and an adoption attorney with the Law Offices of Michelle M. Hughes in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Hughes discusses adoption attorneys, disrupted adoptions, and race, color and culture in adoption. Expect additional podcasts as the JCICS Conference continues through 4/14/07.

Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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An Interview with Dr. Jerri Jenista at the 2007 JCICS Conference

4-11-07: Podcasting from the 2007 Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS) 2007 Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Dennis Bartko interviews Dr. Jerri Jenista, a highly respected international adoption medical specialist who has reviewed more than 20,000 referrals. Expect additional podcasts as the JCICS Conference continues through 4/14/07.

Visit ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support. Questions or comments? We'd like to hear them. Send them to Robin@ThinkingOfAdopting.com

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Sensory Processing Disorder and Adoption - An Interview with Carol Stock Kranowitz

4-04-07: Robin Bartko discusses the Sensory Processing Disorder, a challenge that adopted children often face, with Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder and a leader in the critically important task of educating parents, teachers, and therapists about Sensory Processing Disorder. Carol Kranowitz also discussed recommended books and links to help you learn more about Sensory Processing Disorder. Go to ThinkingOfAdopting.com for adoption education for your adoption journey and beyond, including live and recorded online telecourses and webinars, Hague training for pre-adoptive parents, adoption conferences, and personalized post-adoption support.

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

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US 2006 International Adoption Statistics

2-17-07: Dennis Bartko, filling in for Robin, discusses the US 2006 International Adoption Statistics from the United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs and that International Adoption Statistics from 1989-2006 are available on ThinkingOfAdopting.com. He also describes how those considering which country to adopt from can get more information by watching Choices: Adopting from China, Guatemala, Kazakhstan and Russia, a free, recorded webinar.

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

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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

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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

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