Curriculum

13 Chapters · 131 Lessons

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    OVERVIEW: Adoption Education Program

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      Welcome to the Adoption Education Program

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      How to Succeed in This Course

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      Book Your Virtual Meetings

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    MODULE 1: Introduction to Therapeutic Parenting - What’s Different about Adoptive Parenting (with Andrea Chatwin)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Parenting Adoptive vs Biological Children

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      HANDOUT(Required): Long Term Consequences of Childhood Trauma

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      HANDOUT(Required): The Ethics of Changing a Name & Name Changes

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Domestic Adoption To Do’s for Waiting Period

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Honest Adoption Language vs. Positive Adoption Language:

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): 10 Bad Reasons for Choosing to Adopt

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption Journey

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    MODULE 2: Understanding the Role of Trauma in Adoption (with Meagan VanDiermen)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      HANDOUT(Required): Trauma-Informed Parenting - A Guide for Families

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      HANDOUT(Required): Riding Out The Storm

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      HANDOUT(Required): Understanding Childhood Trauma

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      HANDOUT(Required): The impact of Childhood Trauma

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Free Trauma-Informed Resources, Pintables and Articles — Resilient Futures

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Developmental Trauma Resources

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): I Am Grateful To Be Adopted—and Yet, Adoption Is Still Traumatic.

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 3: Recognizing and Responding to Grief and Loss Through Childhood and Adolescence (with Meagan VanDiermen)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Dr. Dan Siegel - On Disorganized Attachment in the Making

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      HANDOUT(Required): Ambiguous loss in adoption

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      HANDOUT(Required): The Attachment Coalition –Grief and Loss Throughout the Lives of Adopted Children (PDF)

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 4: The Road to Secure Attachment after Loss

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: The adoption diaries | Grief & loss is still in your lives | UK Adoption

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Primal Wound – Nancy Verrier Interview

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      HANDOUT(Required): Adoption and Attachment: Forming a Secure Bond With Your Adopted Child

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      HANDOUT(Required): The Importance of Attachment in Adoption

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Nurturing Attachments (Deborah Gray, MSW)

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 5: Special Needs Associated with Prenatal Exposure (with Cindy Knott)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: FASD Throughout the Lifespan

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Myths about FASD

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Life Story on FASD

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: FASD for the Adoptive Family

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      HANDOUT(Required): Adoptee Experience of FASD

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      HANDOUT(Required): Not just the brain

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      HANDOUT(Required): Fact Sheet About FASD

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 6: Understanding and Preparing for the Complex Needs of Adoptees (with Cindy Knott)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      HANDOUT(Required): Malnutrition - Nutrition Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents

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      HANDOUT(Required): Malnutrition - An Overview

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      HANDOUT(Required): Post Adoption Depression

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      HANDOUT(Required): Sensory Processing

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Autism

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Sensory Processing Resources

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Downs Syndrome Resources

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): HIV Resources

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Hepatitis Resources

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 7A: Interracial Parenting: The Role of Race and Culture in Adoption (with Andrea Chatwin)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      ADOPTEE INTERVIEW VIDEO: Parker (Module 7a)

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      HANDOUT(Required): Transracial Parenting Racial Pride

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      HANDOUT(Required): 5 Things I Wish My White Parents Knew

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      HANDOUT(Required): 10 Things I Need from You (Who Love Me) to Feel Supported as an Adoptee of Color: Amanda B.

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): The Adopted Life by Angela Tucker

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): The Antiracism Course by Selam Debs

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    Module 8: Openness and Talking about Adoption Across Developmental States (with Andrea Chatwin)

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      Copy of LESSON PDF

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      Copy of LESSON VIDEO

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      Copy of SUPPORTING VIDEO: Open Adoption

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      Copy of SUPPORTING VIDEO: "A Worthy Voice" - Darel's Story, 75 Year-Old Adoptee

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      Copy of HANDOUT(PDF): FAQ’s on Open Adoption

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      Copy of HANDOUT(Link): Benefits of Openness

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      Copy of HANDOUT(Link): Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Exploring the Complexities of Loss and Ambiguity

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      Copy of HANDOUT(Link): 7 Core Issues

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      Copy of HANDOUT(PDF): Impact of Adoption on Relationships

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      Copy of RESOURCES(Video): I am Adopted

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      Copy of RESOURCES(Link): Adoption Reunion Registry

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      Copy of RESOURCES(Link): Adoption the Making of Me (Podcast)

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      Copy of RESOURCES(Links): Recommended Books

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      Copy of RESOURCES(PDF): Lifelong Issues in Adoption

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    MODULE 9: Understanding the Role of Mental Health in Parenting Adoptees (with Dr. Joanne Crandall)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: Neurofeedback Treatment for Reactive Attachment Disorder

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      HANDOUT(Required): Mental Health - 12 Things Adopted/Foster Children Wish You Knew

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      HANDOUT(Required): ADHD Resources Vancouver Coastal Health ADHD

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      HANDOUT(Required): ADHD and Adoption

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      HANDOUT(Required): Anxiety Workbook for Kids

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      HANDOUT(Required): Adoption Related Suicide

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      HANDOUT(Required): Adoptees and Suicide Risk

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): BC Mental Health Resources

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): What Are the Mental Health Effects of Being Adopted?

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 10: Joys and Challenges of Adopting Teens and Tweens (ages 10-17) (with Meagan VanDiermen)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      ADOPTEE INTERVIEW VIDEO: Parker (Module 10)

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Making Sense of Meltdowns and Blowups by A Child's Song

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Teen Adoption

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    MODULE 11: Adapting to Predictable Adjustment Difficulties (with Andrea Chatwin)

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      LESSON PDF

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      LESSON VIDEO

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      SUPPORTING VIDEO: How did you help your child adjust to their new life? | International Adoptive Parent Voices

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      HANDOUT(Required): Top Ten Tips for Successful First Year Parenting of Your Adopted Child

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      HANDOUT(Required): Traumatic Grief

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      HANDOUT(Required): Transition from Orphanage to Home

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      HANDOUT(Required): Top Ten Tips

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      HANDOUT(Required): Understanding Parental Postadoption Depression

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Transitioning from Foster Care to Adoption

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Teaching the Hurt Child

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      RESOURCES(Recommended): Books

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      QUIZ

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      ASSIGNMENT: Written or audio reflections of your adoption journey.

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    HEAR FROM ADOPTEES:

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      ADOPTEE INTERVIEW VIDEO: Mindy

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      ADOPTEE INTERVIEW VIDEO: Katia