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All trainings require families to RSVP PRIOR to attending training. Our optional classes are only offered when enough families have expressed an interest in attending. Please call our office at 208-939-3865 or e-mail admin@adoptanewbeginning.org to register for any of these classes.

Please make sure to check this page for the most current and up to date information on our classes.

Required Training

Infant Adoption Awareness Class (Infant Program Only)

This class is taught by two licensed social workers and a birth mother.  Class participants will learn about openness in adoption, adoption expenses, agency adoptions vs. private adoptions, and trans-cultural adoption.  The class includes a panel of birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents.

Pre-Adoptive Family Training (Waiting Child Program & International Families)

This is a 5 hour class that addresses trans-cultural adoption, grief and loss, attachment, and drugs and alcohol.

Footsteps to Adoption (Waiting Child Program)

This is a seven hour orientation that discusses the foster/adoption process, understanding how to read a child’s on-line profile, what a selection committee is, how to identify and access community resources, developing a transition plan for the child from their foster family to their adoptive family, various special needs, and the importance of post adoption support.

Family Age (Waiting Child Program & International Families)

This 3-hour class addresses child development and the bonding and attachment process.

Additional Classes (Not required, but highly recommended)

Family Tree and other tricky school assignments: Class Fee $10.00/couple

This class will cover many of the school assignments that are tricky for adoptive families to navigate.  We will cover different ways to handle the family tree assignment, educating teachers about adoption and other school issues with adoption. This class will go to 7:30 pm.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process and for those who already have a placement.

IEPs, 504’s and our children: $10.00/couple

This class will cover Individual Education Plans and other special education services available to our children.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process and for those who already have a placement.

Sibling Preparation Part I: $10.00/couple

This class is for parents only.  There will be many sensitive issues discussed.  We will go over the many reasons it is important for our children to be prepared for the feelings and situations they may find themselves in after the placement occurs.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process.

Sibling Preparation Part II: Class fee $10.00/family

This class will cover the many issues that siblings face when there is an adoptive placement.  Children will discuss with their parents and the group different ways of handling these issues. Children and parents will be together throughout the training.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process

Extended Family Preparation: Class Fee $10.00/family

This class is a chance to invite family and close friends who are supporting you through your adoption.  They will hear about attachment, ways they can be supportive, things that are not supportive and how your family will be different from other traditional families.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process.

Attachment and Parenting Skills: Class fee $10.00/couple

This is a fun parenting class that focuses on the non-traditional parenting techniques adoptive parents need as they raise their non-traditional families.  This class will provide actual parenting tips and ideas that will help you enjoy parenting again and put the fun back into your family.  This class is for all adoptive families who are currently going through the adoption process.

Testimonials

"I was a little unsure why we needed to go to the course, since it wasn't required for our first adoption. I was pleasantly surprised at the knowledge and insight I gained in just the day and a half we spent. This was an excellent presentation and truly awakened me to how much I don't know."

"The most valuable aspect of the training for me was to be able to interact with other couples on the same journey, express some questions or concerns and not only be heard but learn that we are not the only ones with some of these issues."

" I am now prepared to truly begin the process of understanding and exploring what adoption will mean for our family"

"Learned new skills to help deal with issues that will arise down the road or even immediately"

Thank you for all the wonderful classes.  I wish we had them when we adopted our first daughter 10 years ago."

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