Education Center for Adoptive Parents: Creating Family

 Education Center for Adoptive Parents: Creating Family prepares parents for the child’s emotional, mental and physical transitions into their families. It addresses the importance of a child’s identity and birth name and what risk factors they may have experienced pre-adoption. It helps prospective parents consider the emotional, ethical, financial and legal implications of adopting a child. Finally, it also offers parents opportunities for self-reflection.  Run time: 57 minutes. Modules include: Claiming the Whole Story Self Reflection and Infertility Ethics in Adoption Legal Considerations and General Financial Expectations The Emotional Landscape Physical Transitions  Naming an Adopted Child Risk Factors in International Adoption Nutrition  Attachment