Facilitator(s): Cliff Leonardi
Dates:
Mar. 15, 2012
Apr. 19, 2012
May 17, 2012
June 21, 2012
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Location:Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR 97217
Cost: FREE! No registration required.
Support group meetings will address common questions that prospective adoptive parents ask at different points in the process of adopting with a focus on LBGTQ interests, as well as the challenges of the new LGBTQ family constellation.
Groups will be lead by a team of adoption professionals and members of the LGBTQ adoption community.
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Adoption Travel Group Series
Helping families prepare a child-centered trip
Space limited to 12 children
Dates:
- September 24, 2011 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm - Parent Orientation (required)
- Tuesdays starting October 11, ending December 13, 2011 from 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm – Kids meet
- Parents meet for discussion during each kids’ meeting
Location:
Cost:
- $390 for 8 child group sessions + 8 parent group sessions + 2-hr Parent Intro (1 parent). A 20% discount for add’l sibling or parent enrolled in same group
Facilitators:
- Astrid Dabbeni, Executive Director of Adoption Mosaic
- MereAnn Reid, MA, Child & Family Therapist for Northwest Adoption Support. MereAnn is certified in post-adoption support with many years’ experience working with foster and adoptive families.
Adoptive parents can expect support with:
- Creating a child-centered trip
- Sharing ideas, support and hopes with fellow adoptive families
- Determining when is the right time for your child and your family to take a return trip
- Deciding who and where to visit (foster family, orphanage, finding spot, etc.)
Kids will:
- Participate in games and activities aimed to help express wishes and wonders about their trip
- Prepare for culture shock
- Meet other adoptees who’ve traveled to their birth country
- Create a self-care plan while they are on their trip
Adoption Travel Group Flyer
Registration Form
