Surviving and Thriving: The First Two Years of Placement

Workshop facilitator: Lucy French, Family Support Worker 

Lucy is a bio, foster, and adoptive parent! Her family includes two grown up kids and a range of littles. Lucy's areas of specialty include transitions, early childhood parenting strategies, and parent coaching.

Format: This course is composed of three 1.5-hour online workshops and three hours of self-directed homework.

Course outline:

Session 1 - Matching, placement, and transition

1. Adoption journey 
2. Matching and proposals 
3. Q&A with a Transition Worker 
4. Commitment and transitions 
5. Self care  

Session 2 - Impacts of trauma, grief, and loss, on transitioning

1. Understanding trauma, grief, and loss
2. Identifying trauma triggers
3. Strategies and parenting tips 

Session 3 - Relationship as key to healing

1. Attachment in the first two years
2. Common behaviours 
3. Parenting strategies

Activities: Presented in an online multi-media format, activities include: live online presentations, online group discussions, watching videos, reading articles, homework assignments. 

This workshop uses the MS Teams online meeting platform. The steps to join a Teams meeting can be found here.

We recommend participants view our Predictable Adjustments Webinar prior to the workshop. Concepts in the webinar will be referred to in the workshop. 

Audience: The workshop is designed for prospective adoptive and permanency parents who have completed the AEP, and are in the process of completing a Home study,  reviewing proposals, pending a placement, or have just been placed with a child.

Dates: June 2, 9, and 16 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Fee: $50 per person

Login info: Workshop login information will be provided to you one day prior to each workshop session.

Contact: Registrar 604-320-7330 ext 107 or registration@bcadoption.com

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