Pact webinars

Adoption… It’s Complicated! Raising Awareness for Service Providers

Does your organization provide counseling to women facing unplanned pregnancies? Do you feel confident about how to support women and families considering an adoption plan? Or those whose children have already been placed into adoption or foster care? This webinar draws on both first-hand personal experiences of birth parents, and the latest research, to help you discuss adoption with honesty, balance, and compassion.

Target audience: Professionals working with pregnant people and birth parents.

Lead Speaker: Susan Dusza Guerra Leksander
2019

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