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!
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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?