Listen to C.A.S.E. CEO Debbie Riley‘s most recent radio interview on 89.3FM, Conversations on Race, Adoption, and LGBTQ Parenting moderated by our own C.A.S.E. Training Specialist, Tony Hynes (interview starts at 34 minutes):
During the month of January our free resources theme is focused around Mental Wellness and Self-Care:
Paige Zorniger, LPC shares her TOP 5 Self-Care Tips with us in this month’s free resource article, “Self-Care During a Pandemic”
Penny Zimmerman, LCSW-C, PCC, is sharing another great free resource with us this month to help establish healthy, well-being habits with The Well-Being Tracking Sheet
Our FREE RESOURCES below offer advice and support on a wide range of topics geared for the adoption, foster and kinship community.
Live Stream WebinarsNEW for the Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Live Stream Monthly Webinar Series: Webinar Registration, Extended Access, Certificates of Attendance & CEUs Now All in One Place!
Visit our NEW webinar landing page to learn more! C.A.S.E.’s Strengthening Your Family live month webinar series offers a wealth of topics presented by our highly skilled clinical staff and well known guest speakers from the adoption and foster care community. FREE registration for the first 600 each month.
Download Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Schedule
In-Demand WebinarsWatch our in-demand webinars when and where you choose! C.A.S.E.’s library of in-demand webinars offer a convenient way to learn more about timely, relevant topics from helping kids with trauma history get through their day to supporting adoptive and foster families during the time of COVID-19.
BooksHave you watched the Story Time videos that we’ve been hosting on our Facebook page recently? Check out all archived videos and links to the wonderful picture books here.
Bibliography of adoption-related books for parents, professionals and children
Download PDF: CASE bibliography
Movies and DocumentariesRecommended! Anne with an E: Based on the popular book Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this Netflix series features a plucky orphan whose passions run deep and who finds an unlikely home with a spinster and her soft-spoken bachelor brother in the 1800’s. Praised by 13-year-old Maya, a teen adoptee and C.A.S.E. client, and her family members! Read their testimonials.
Recommended! Broken Places: PBS and Amazon Prime are featuring a documentary series that follows several individual families over time and addresses the impact of trauma on kids and families. “Broken Places” explores why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims that were profiled decades ago, PBS learned how their experiences shaped their lives as adults. Well worth the time and very well done from a trauma perspective and brain chemistry.
List of adoption-themed movies for children and adults
Downloadable PDF: List of adoption-themed movies
This Is Us Television Series Review
KUNG FU PANDA 3 Movie Review
FINDING DORY Movie Review
STORKS Movie Review
THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS Movie Review
MOANA Movie Review
Steve Jobs Movie Review
Articles and Fact SheetsSelect from our list of informative articles and fact sheets written by C.A.S.E.’s own trained, adoption-competent therapists as well as trusted 3rd party resources to help you navigate your adoption journey.
Don’t forget to visit our “Special Resources During COVID-19” page for more articles and resources!
Articles of Interest from External Sources
Fact Sheet No. 1: Children and Adoption
Fact Sheet No. 2: The School Age Years
Fact Sheet No. 3: Adolescents and Adoption
Fact Sheet No. 4: Talking with Children – Basics
Fact Sheet No. 5: Talking with Children – Difficult
Fact Sheet No. 6: Talking with Children – Teen Years
Fact Sheet No. 7: Adopted Children and Their Peers
Fact Sheet No. 8: Entitlement and Claiming
Fact Sheet No. 9: Adoption at School
External Links for Additional ResourcesBelow is a list of websites that are tailored for the adoption and foster care community.
Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics Trauma Guide – Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope with Trauma
Associates Home Loan Adoption Grant – NEW!
Resolve: The National Infertility Association
Families With Children from China
Families for Private Adoption
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Latin American Parents Association
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway – Factsheets for Families Series
Adoptee-Birthparent Support Network
American Adoption Congress
Pact, An Adoption Alliance
Rainbow Families
Concerned United Birthparents
AdoptUSKids
Adoptive Families
Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today
Donaldson Adoption Institute
ASIA Families
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
FACES of Virginia
The National Resource on ADHD
National Council for Adoption
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