Back to School Resources

Debbie Riley, LCMFT and Ellen Singer, LCSW-C sheds light on the causative factors regarding early life experiences and adoption that may contribute to the challenges parents and their child faces, especially during the school year.

Ellen Singer, LCSW-C gives adopted parents tips on how to help their child answer unavoidable questions about their adoption and/or lives with dignity, confidence, and appropriate consideration to privacy.

Ellen Singer, LCSW-C provides adopted parents tips for effective communication with school personnel to ensure their child’s educational success.

Heather Sowers, LMSW guides parents on how to help their children manage anxiety of returning to in-person learning.

Ellen Singer, LCSW-C provides six ways to help adopted tweens navigate their feelings of being different.

Quality Improvement Center for Adoption & Guardianship Supports and Preservation helps teachers understand the importance of knowing about adoption and create an adoption sensitive classroom.

Parents and professionals gain a deeper understanding of what the children are experiencing at school and learn the trauma-informed approaches and strategies that provide the kind of school environment, support, and relationships that help these youth thrive in the school setting. Receive FREE webinar access for 48 hours with promo code SCHOOL.

Parents will learn what educators need to know about adopted students and their families including potential manifestations of adoption issues at school, and five key strategies for opening and managing communication about adoption in school. Receive FREE webinar access for 48 hours with promo code SCHOOL.

Along with attachment, loss, trauma and identity issues, many adopted and foster children struggle with executive function challenges, meaning that their brains can have difficulty with complex thinking, regulating feelings and impulses, and coordinating thoughts and feelings. This may stem from genetics, stress exposure or substance use, and may overlap with mood problems, ADHD and autistic-like symptoms. Executive function is often overlooked and misunderstood and may represent the missing piece in the puzzle. Recommended interventions, for both parents and professionals, will be described. Receive FREE webinar access for 48 hours with promo code SCHOOL.

Many adopted and foster children struggle with executive function challenges, meaning that their brains can have difficulty with complex thinking, regulating feelings and impulses, and coordinating thoughts and feelings. These issues can affect every aspect of a child’s life, including success in academics and peer relationships. This workshop for parents and professionals is timed to coincide with the return to school. It will focus exclusively on interventions, which are paradoxically simple and complex, general and specific. This webinar is the second in a series on executive function provided by C.A.S.E. Attendees do not need to have viewed the previous webinar. Receive FREE webinar access for 48 hours with promo code SCHOOL.