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ADOPTIVE PARENTS COMMITTEE – LONG ISLAND CHAPTER
Time: 6:30 PM – New Member Orientation, Pre and Post
Support Groups
7:30 PM – General Meeting, General Chapter
Business, Welcome New Children
8:00 PM – Discussion Groups – Please Refer To
Information Below
MAIN TOPICS:
1. Choosing Your Path To
A Legal Adoption – ABC’s Guest
Speaker: Aaron Britvan, Esq. Adoption Attorney and Adoptive
Parent This is
a great workshop to ask everything and anything you want to
know about adoption law and how to have a successful, legal
domestic adoption. Details will include domestic
independent adoption requirements. Come with your
questions! 2.
School Days: Kindergarten and Beyond Guest Speaker:
Ellen Murphy-Hackett, LMSW and Adoptive Parent Ellen comes to us with
thirty years of professional experience with adoption. She conducts
domestic and international adoption home studies, as well as, teaches
courses on Child Psychology from birth to adolescence. This post adoption
workshop will cover relevant issues such as speaking with your child’s
teacher about adoption, how to handle assignments and questions about
adoption and adolescent identity issues.
3.
The Wait: Guest Speaker:
Leslie Zindulka, LCSW-R, Adoption Social Worker and Adoptive Parent. This informative chat
room discussion will be led by Leslie Zindulka and will address any issues
or concerns related to pre and post adoption topics. Come and ask
questions and get support from others while you wait.
MEETING TIMES: 6:30 PM –
New Member Orientation, Pre and Post Support Groups 7:30 PM –
General Meeting, General Chapter Business, Welcome New Children 8:00 PM –
Workshops (Details Below)
PRE ADOPTION WORKSHOPS:
RED FLAGS: WHAT TO
LOOK OUT FOR WHEN ADOPTING INDEPENDENTLY
Speaker: Jeanine
Castagna, ESQ
SPEAKING WITH
BIRTHPARENTS & WRITING A PROFILE
Speaker: Denise
Alba-Adoption Consultant, Adult Adoptee and Adoptive Parent
This workshop will focus on how to write and create profiles for
prospective birth- parents to view, how to place an adoption ad and how to
actually speak with a potential birth parent who has answered your ad.
POST ADOPTION WORKSHOP:
BONDING AND
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR BABY
Speaker: Beth Lakretz,
Educational Consultant, Transformational Life Coach and Adoptive Parent
During this workshop, parents and parents-to-be will learn concentrate on
strategies to maximize their connection with their little ones. Topics
covered will include baby wearing (how to practice this safely), baby sign
language, utilizing pictures for bonding and communication, and using
choice to build security and prevent power struggles. UPCOMING EVENTS:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS General Meeting:
October 16, 2010 General Meeting
November 13, 2010 30th
Annual Adoption Conference - Nov. 21, 2010 at St. Francis College -
Brooklyn General Meeting:
December 18, 2010 General Meeting:
January 8, 2011 MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Church of St. Jude
FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND DIRECTIONS VISIT;
Visit us at:
www.adoptiveparents.org Help, support, and making new friends, that is what
APC is all about!
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Chapter 516.223.9584
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