PROFESSIONALS: W.I.S.E. Up!® Train the Trainer

Bring the W.I.S.E. Up!® Program to your community!

C.A.S.E. authorizes agencies & organizations to become W.I.S.E. Up! sites by training their staff to facilitate the W.I.S.E. Up! workshops with families through a Train the Trainer Model. W.I.S.E. Up! Train the Trainer is provided virtually via Zoom to agencies & organizations interested in offering W.I.S.E. Up! to families in their community.

We are thrilled to offer our next virtual Train the Trainer for the W.I.S.E. Up! program on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. If you are looking to bring the W.I.S.E. Up! program to the families you serve, this opportunity is for your organization.

Professionals in this training will learn how to offer the W.I.S.E. Up! concurrent workshops for children and parents and become certified W.I.S.E. Up! trainers. Agencies must commit to train a minimum of three staff and can include up to 5 staff in the training. We ask that at least one of the participants have a clinical background since the content can be triggering for children.

This training is interactive and program materials are provided. New organizations also receive the W.I.S.E. Up!® Toolkit with materials used in the parent/youth workshops and 10 copies of the W.I.S.E. Up!® PowerBook.

Please complete the registration and include the three staff members who plan to attend the training.

Register

WHEN: Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM (EST)

WHERE: Zoom

COST: $1,500 is the fee for three people to be trained (minimum number of people required) There is an additional fee for more than three staff. Organizations will be invoiced after completing registration.

If you have additional staff you would like to attend or if you have questions prior to completing the registration, please email Lauren Lynch at lynch@adoptionsupport.org.

 

 

The W.I.S.E. Up!® Workshop, a signature program developed by C.A.S.E., is an empowerment workshop for families to help children respond to intrusive questions about being adopted. It is intended as a face-to-face training (approximately 2 hours) where one facilitator works with parents on understanding what their children may be experiencing while other facilitators work with children learning the W.I.S.E. Up! skills, doing crafts and role-plays in which children practice W.I.S.E. Up! skills. The workshop then brings the parents and kids together to share their learnings.

 

Please Note:

There is a requirement that W.I.S.E. Up! PowerBooks must be purchased and used for each child attending a workshop (these can be purchased from the C.A.S.E. store).

W.I.S.E. Up! sites are expected to offer at least one W.I.S.E. Up! group per year and report to us annually on the number of workshops held and the number of parents/children served. The agreement is good for one year with annual renewal fee of $500 for use of W.I.S.E. Up! logo/name.