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AFABC's Adoption Education

We offer learning opportunities for prospective and current adoptive parents, caregivers, and adoption professionals. Gather strength and grow in your capacity to parent every time you come together with others to learn and make connections. Network with other adoptive parents, adoption professionals, and grown adoptees. Enhance your perspectives and expand support for your family.

AFABC offers regular in-person information sessions and workshops, and online webinars. Please note: all sessions require pre-registration.

You can view our education calendar, see our cancellation policies, or see our note about accessibility. You can also view descriptions of our in-person or online sessions.


2013 Education Calendar

JUNE
19- Support and strategies for substance exposed children webinar - part 2 (Online)
20 - Adopting Teens & Tweens in B.C. Webinar (Online)
  
25- Adoption and classroom success: Beyond the basics webinar (Online)

SEPTEMBER
12 - Attachment Toolkit webinar series - Part 1 (Online)
19 - Attachment Toolkit webinar series - Part 2 (Online)
24 - Waiting Child information session (Burnaby)
26 - Attachment Toolkit webinar series - Part 3 (Online)

OCTOBER
16 - Safe Babies workshop series (Burnaby)
17 - Transracial & Cross-cultural webinar (Online)
22 - Waiting Child information session (Burnaby)
26 - Adoption 101 workshop (Burnaby)
26 - Attachment Toolkit workshop (Burnaby)

NOVEMBER
26 - Waiting Child information session (Burnaby)

DECEMBER
5 - Adoption a Teen or Tween in B.C. webinar (Online)

JANUARY 2014
9 - Adopting Teens & Tweens workshop series (Burnaby)
21 - Waiting Child information session (Burnaby)


 Cancellation Policy and Procedures   

  • A 20% cancellation charge will be applied to fee-for-service events (in-person workshops and online webinars) if done up to 2 days before the event. Late cancellations (48 hours or less prior to the event) are non-refundable.
  • If AFABC cancels a session, a full refund will apply for both workshops and webinars.
  • You may cancel by phone, fax, email or in person.
  • Click to see our full cancellation policy.

Accessibility

AFABC will make arrangements to ensure that our members have the support and information that they need. Our workshops can be held downstairs in our Burnaby office. Please call ahead so that arrangements can be made to accommodate you. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you have any questions about our education program, or require technical assistance, feel free to contact Erin!
 
Erin Melvin
phone: 604-320-7330 181
toll-free: 1-866-900-7330 ext 181
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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