If you live in the Northwest or if you can travel, Adoption Ministry offers an International Adoption Training which meets the requirement for Adoption Education. This class is a requirement for Washington, Idaho and Oregon families but is also open to and highly recommended for other adopting families.
Topics include:
• Expectations in adoption
• Family dynamics
• Developmental issues
• Dealing with cultural differences & transracial issues
• Preparations to bring your child home
• Getting a network in place
• Attachment and bonding
• Grief and loss
• Abuse/sexual issues
• Parenting strategies
• Education for your child
• Language
• Medical concerns
Our presenters:
 Sally Carmen, OTR/L Sally is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Adoption/Foster Care Therapist practicing in Gig Harbor, WA. She is the owner and director of The Center for Therapeutic Intervention where she works with adoptive families as well as children with sensory processing issues. She will discuss attachment and share strategies to enhance attachment in an adopted child. |
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 Anne Kalkbrenner, RN, MNAnne is a pediatric nurse who has taught nursing at Seattle Pacific University and the University of Washington. Anne and her husband Tim adopted a baby girl from Adoption Ministry’s orphanages in Ethiopia. Anne will cover common medical concerns when adopting internationally, what tests you’ll want to get once home and make very helpful suggestions about things to take with you when you travel to Ethiopia. |
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 Cathy Carlson Cathy is mom to eleven children, ranging in age from 11 to 20 years old. Two of her children were adopted domestically and seven were adopted from Ethiopia. Cathy will share her practical wisdom about parenting strategies, family dynamics and the prevelance of sexual and physical abuse in children from Ethiopia. |
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 Liane Wolbert, MA, ESA Liane’s experience in adoption includes counseling young women with unplanned pregnancies, adoption education and writing homestudies. Liane has traveled to Ethiopia many times to lead missions teams for YWAM. She will cover issues of grief and loss in adopted children, education and language issues, and dealing with cultural and transracial issues. |
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 Joy Casey, Executive Director Adoption Ministry of YWAM Joy, with her husband Dennis, has four adult children, two of whom were adopted, one with special needs. She has worked in the adoption field for 26 years and founded Adoption Ministry in 2002. She will help couples prepare for coming home with your adopted child, how to establish a network of support and developmental issues in internationally adopted children. |
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Here’s what some of our families have said about this training…
“Most informative was learning where adopted children are emotionally and physically and what to expect when we come home.”
“We appreciated the honest, personal stories about how the presenters have dealt with their own adoption-related situations.”
“A wealth of information! We loved getting to meet the awesome staff.”
“You covered ten times more than we were expecting!”
“We really liked the small group setting – it made it easier to get to know each other and feel connected.”
“We loved the opportunity to ask questions!”
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Our next training will be offered sometime in the spring or summer of 2012.
The cost is $200 per couple.
Please contact us for more information: support@ywamethiopia.com
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Adoption Learning Partners Online Training
If you live outside of the Washington/Oregon/Idaho area and are unable to attend Adoption Ministry’s training, Adoption Learning Partners offers a wide variety of Hague-approved courses. This training is on-line. It is highly effective if you begin these courses BEFORE your homestudy interviews.
We recommend:
“With Eyes Wide Open“ = 4 credit hours
“Medical Issues in International Adoptions“ = 2.5 credit hours
“Conspicuous Families“ = 1.5 credit hours
If you take the recommended courses, you will need to select at least 2 more credit hours to bring your total hours up to the required 10.
Please note that the “Adoption Tax Credit”, “Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate” and “Life Books” will not apply to the 10 required hours. You will be asked for an agency code when you sign up. The code is: F204CH.
