Special Needs Adoption (SNAC) Curriculum Training • Spaulding for Children

This one to five day training session of the Special Needs Adoption Curriculum will provide child welfare professionals an opportunity:

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To examine the current needs of the adoption field and the participant’s roles within it; to build knowledge and skill in conducting and empowering the adoption process; to contribute to ethnic competence in adoption practice
To build skill in the utilization of several tools in the family preparation and assessment process, including the family network diagram, the genogram, and the eco-map
To build knowledge and skill in writing a family preparation and assessment summary that contributes to family empowerment
To develop strategies for collaboration with colleagues
To define key roles the adoption worker plays in post placement services prior to finalization and to enhance the participant’s ability to play these roles
To understand the historical context of foster parent adoption and its effect on present day practice
To share and examine strategies for engaging the foster family in the adoption process
To enhance the capacities of participants to deal with difficult decisions that may be present in foster parent adoption situations