Understanding Your Child's Development
What to Expect When You Meet Your Child
Children who are adopted from another country or from an environment significantly different from their new homes often reach their developmental potential by following their own unique and unpredictable paths. This workshop is designed for pre-adoptive families of children under 5 years of age, to help prepare them to meet the physical, developmental and emotional needs of the newly arrived adopted child, as well as when to seek support.
Topics include:
- Language acquisition
- Attentional Issues
- Feeding
- Progression
- Motor development
- Social interactions
- Attachment
- Play and exploration
Presenter: Lisa Mandelblatt, OTR/L, MPH has over six years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist. She specializes in the development of premature infants and children, internationally adopted children, and children with a wide range of developmental delays and diagnoses.
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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.
