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Are you an adoptive parent who lives in Baltimore City or Baltimore County, Maryland? The Center for Adoption Support and Education is now offering a FREE weekly five-session virtual parent support group series just for you!

WHEN
Thursday mornings, 8am-9am, EST
August 27 – September 24, 2020

For five weeks, these discussions will be facilitated by C.A.S.E. Adoption-competent therapists and address the topics listed below.

• August 27: Adoption Through the Eyes of Children
  What do children think about adoption? How does their thinking change as they develop cognitively through the years?
• September 3: Grief and Loss in Adoption 
  What are some of the grief and loss issues that are a natural outcome of adoption and how is it different from other types of grief and loss?
• September 10: Attachment
  How can attachment be affected by both parents and children’s life histories?
• September 17: Trauma and the Brain 
  Discussion will center around the latest research and information on how trauma has an effect on brain development.
• September 24: Therapeutic Parenting 
  How is parenting a child with compromised beginnings different from other parenting?

WHERE
Our TAC sessions will be hosted in partnership with the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York (AFFCNY). At this time, TAC is scheduled to be presented in person. If the state of New York issues restrictions due to COVID-19, the classes will be presented through a virtual platform.

Tompkins County Mental Health Association
301 South Geneva Street, Suite 106
Ithaca, NY 14850

TRAINER
Lisa Maynard, LMSW

WHEN
September 2020-June 2021

COST
$950

APPLY Today!