by pact | Dec 5, 2024 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Trauma-Informed Parenting
by Sloan Nova, Psy.D. 2024 “I don’t think the trauma ever goes away fully. I think you either are lucky and you learn how to deal with it, or it takes you out.” The quotes in this article are from interviews with adoptees about their lived experiences of being placed...
by pact | Dec 5, 2024 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Trauma-Informed Parenting
by Sloan Nova, Psy.D. 2024 As expressed in Twice Removed: Adoptees and Residential Treatment Care, it is critical for adoptive parents to take cautious, compassionate steps before considering residential treatment for their child. Start by seeking adoption-sensitive...
by Michele Rabkin | Jun 15, 2024 | webinar adoptive parenting all adoptive parents, webinars Adoptee Voices Adoptee Identity, webinars Adoption Professionals Professional Development, webinars All Webinars A-Z, webinars Open Adoption, webinars Preparing to Adopt, webinars Talking About Adoption, webinars Voices of the Triad
Do you want to deepen your knowledge of adoption by learning from the foremost experts? Pact firmly believes that adopted people—not adoptive parents—are the first, most important voices to hear from about the experience of being adopted. In this webinar, adopted...
by Michele Rabkin | Jun 12, 2024 | webinars Adoptee Voices Adoptee Identity, webinars Adoption Professionals Professional Development, webinars All Webinars A-Z, webinars BIPOC Adoptive Parents Adoptive Parents of Color, webinars First Birth Parents, webinars Open Adoption, webinars Race and Adoption, webinars Talking About Adoption, webinars Voices of the Triad
BIPOC adoptees in same-race placements sometimes grow up in, and are part of, a family who can “pass” as their family of origin. Hear from the truest experts, adoptees themselves, as they explore the complexities of “invisible” adoptions for people of color; the...
by Michele Rabkin | May 25, 2024 | webinar adoptive parenting all adoptive parents, webinars Adoptee Voices Adoptee Identity, webinars Adoption Professionals Professional Development, webinars Adoptive Parenting by Age Group, webinars All Webinars A-Z, webinars Open Adoption, webinars Talking About Adoption, webinars Voices of the Triad
Learn from the foremost experts on the experience of being adopted: adopted people themselves Watch a short film featuring adoptees ages 10 to 17 speak about their experiences with and thoughts on race, first/birth families, adoption and more. The film is followed by...
