Talking About Adoption with Your Children, Family and Friends
This workshop is designed for adoptive parents of children up to age 12.
Pre-adoptive parents are also invited to participate.
Discussion will include:
- How and when to talk with your child about adoption
- What is age appropriate adoption language
- How to answer intrusive questions from family and friends
- What to tell and not tell others about your adoption experience
- Why it is helpful to have a repertoire of responses
Presenter: Joan Clark, M.Ed.
Executive Director of Adoption Community of New England, Inc.
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- Books relevant to adoption will be available for purchase by cash, check or charge.
- For information, call 508.366.6812 or e-mail info@adoptioncommunityofne.org
- There is a $5.00/person fee for processing a change of registration or refund.
- Any change in registration must be made at least 48 hours before the event to avoid forfeiture of the full registration fee.
Adoption Community of New England, Inc. is a non-profit support and educational organization of adoptive, foster and pre-adoptive parents, birth families, adopted persons and professionals interested in adoption. ACONE does not endorse any one kind of adoption, only the right of every child to permanency. Individual presenters are chosen because of their expertise in a given area, but ACONE is not responsible for the content of their remarks. This seminar is educational in nature and should not take the place of appropriate professional services.
