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Adoption Community Events
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Have you recently adopted a baby or toddler?
A third year doctoral student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology is seeking parents who have recently adopted a baby or toddler to complete a questionnaire for her thesis research. If interested, please contact Markita Wolf at marwolf19@gmail.com or 240-731-6102.
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DuPage County Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Parent Education and Advocacy Group
When: Every Second Wednesday of the month
Time: 6 to 7:30pm
Where: Edwards Hospital Education Center
Address: Edward Hospital
801 S. Washington St.
Naperville, Il 60540
The meetings are held in the education center on the north side of the hospital.
Parking: park in the north parking garage in the visitors parking section
Enter the education center door and take the elevators up to the 3rd floor.
The meetings are mostly in room # 305 and or # 307.
Please call 815-462-4273 or email acharate@trinity-services.org to register for these meetings.
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Being a Multiracial Family (Tele-training)
"Being a Multiracial
Family" is a three-session
program examining diversity and how it relates to your family/environment;
role-playing - how to handle new situations; and ways to incorporate the
changes into your life. You will have the opportunity to talk with adult
transracial adoptees.
Structure:
Three 1-1/2 hr. tele-training calls
Materials: Participants
receive: Self Awareness Guide, Course Manual, Resource Guide, and Homework
Assignments
Cost: $125.00 per person
(International Participants: additional $10.00 mailing costs)
Class Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
CST (for families outside of IL)
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Session C:
Sept 7, Sept 21, Oct 12
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INTERNATIONAL PRE-ADOPTIVE TRAINING AT LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS
LCFS is offering a 10 hour seminar entitled "Our Rainbow Families" for those planning to adopt a child internationally. The training covers the topics required by the Hague Convention and is open to any family seriously considering an intercountry adoption. There is a $100.00 per person fee or $150.00 per couple for the 10-hour seminar for families not associated with LCFS. Pre-registration is required by calling 708-771-7180 x306 and seating is limited.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 6:15PM TO 9:15PM
"Preparing for an International Adoption and the International Adoption Process"
"Adoption as a Life-long Commitment - Challenges, Discipline and Crisis"
"Talking to Children About Adoption and Raising Children to Have a Positive Cultural Identity"
SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 2010 9:00AM TO 5:30 PM (Lunch on your own)
"Growing Up in a Family with a Different Heritage than Your Own" Guest panel of adult adoptees
"Child Development and Behavior and Attachment Following Early Orphanage Rearing" Guest speaker: Dr. Phyllis Rubin, Therapist
"Legal Issues: Re-adoption, Citizenship, Social Security and the Tax Credit" Guest speaker: Kathleen Hogan Morrison, adoption attorney
"Living with Internationally Adopted Children: Medical, Developmental, Attachment and Sibling Relationship Issues" Guest panel of adoptive parents "Medical Concerns Involved in International Adoption" Guest speaker: Dr. Todd Ochs, International Adoption Medicine
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Walk for Adoption
When: Saturday November 6th
Come celebrate National Adoption Month with us as we Walk for Adoption Saturday November 6th at 10am at the Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville, IL.
The walking path is stroller friendly so load up those strollers and bring the whole family! The park is also pet friendly, just make sure the furry members of your family are on a leash.
Everyone who cares about adoption is invited; whether you are a member of a birth family or adoptive family or just have an appreciation for the miracle of adoption.
To show your support of adoption, wear white.
There is no charge to attend the walk, but they do need people to register, so they can get the correct permit for thegroup.
More information, including the link to register, can be found on the blog made for the walk.
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AdoptShops with Jane Brown
AdoptShops give children and young teens the opportunity to explore their ideas about adoption and to interact with their peers. AdoptShops are relevant to all adopted children and young teens whether they were adopted domestically, transracially, transculturally or by extended family members. Each AdoptShop is two hours long. Afterwards, Jane debriefs parents to advise them of issues that arose during AdoptShops. During this time, childcare is provided for the children in a different room.
Jane Brown is a long-time social worker and educator with years of experience working with children and young adults. She is a mother of eight children, five of whom are adopted from Korea, China and Hong Kong. Jane is a well-known speaker on adoption matters and sits on the board of Adoptive Families magazine. She has presented AdoptShops in Chicago for the past several years.
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Chicago-area parents: Have you adopted a child in the past 10 years?
Purdue University Calumet sociologist looking for white adoptive parents (single, partnered or married) to interview about the adoption process. Interviews will take about 45 minutes. All information will be kept confidential.
Contact Kate Sweeney for more information.
kathryn.sweeney@calumet.purdue.edu or 219-989-8145
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For those interested in having their children learn a native language and live near Chicago, Multilingual Chicago offers a variety of languages and classes. They require a minimum of four (4) students to have a class. Languages not listed on the website can be scheduled when there is sufficient interest.
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