How to Talk to Your Child about Adoption: Infancy to Age 12 June 04, 2017
This workshop is for families who have or are planning to adopt a child. Some adoption agencies will accept this workshop as credit toward the home study requirements. Certificates will be issued upon request.
In this workshop you will learn:
How to create a safe family atmosphere in which adoption can be openly discussed
What children think about adoption at different ages and stages of development
What issues are really hard for children to deal with and what issues are actually harder for the parents
Communication tools for talking to your child and answering his or her questions
How to help your child deal with peer or school issues.
Joni Mantell LCSW
| DATE | TIME |
|---|---|
| 06/04/2017 | 01:00 pm |
| 06/04/2017 | 04:00 pm |
Joni Mantell LCSW
Joni Mantell (609) 737-8750 jmantellmsw@gmail.com
Workshop Facilitator: Joni Mantell, LCSW, is a psychotherapist with a specialty in adoption, and Director of the IAC Center. She is a frequent writer and “Ask the Expert” columnist for Adoptive Families Magazine where she is particularly known for her expertise in integrating and differentiating adoption, child development and other psychological issues in her understanding of each individual and family situation.