This evening from 7 until 8:30 (Eastern), there is an online education course about Transracial and Transcultural Adoptions. This adoption course is offered as a webinar, which is a teleconference combined with web interface so that participants can see the presenter’s PowerPoint slides as she talks. The cost is $15 (free for Carolina Hope families). [...]
Tuesday May 6, Carolina Hope is holding a free evening workshop on domestic and international adoptions. Our office is located in Greenville, SC. Please call ahead to register. (more…)
Carolina Hope is conducting a 1-hour transracial adoption education course on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. The cost is $15.
The course will be conducted online as a webinar, so participation will require an internet connection faster than dial-up. (Other than that, nothing is required. For more details, see the course page.)
This webinar is open [...]
The following is an informal book review by Claudia-Jacqueline Semar, M.Ed. She has granted us permission to reprint it here.
Ms. Semar is the Executive Director of International Child Foundation. She has worked in adoptions for more than 15 years, and as an adoptive mother, she has first-hand experience in the things she writes about.
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Carolina Hope is conducting a free 1-hour adoption home study education course tomorrow (April 15) at 7 p.m.
The course will be conducted online as a webinar, so participation will require an internet connection faster than dial-up. (No gas, no travel time: The perfect way to get an education!)
This webinar is open (and free) to all, [...]
Just a reminder that tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 4) from 7 to 9 pm, Carolina Hope is conducting an informational workshop about domestic and international adoptions at our office in Greenville, SC.
Here’s the announcement from our workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9pm)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and [...]
From Carolina Hope’s Adoption Workshops and Education page:
Workshop on Ethiopia Adoptions with Wesenyelew Sahilemariam
Saturday, March 1, 2008 (9am - Noon)
Come hear Carolina Hope’s Ethiopia adoption coordinator, Wesenyelew Sahilemariam, this Saturday at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church. The workshop is free of charge. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. Simply contact us to indicate your interest. [...]
Two days ago I blogged about A4everFamily.org, a website put together by adoptive families to provide information about bonding and attachment in adoption. The post elicited this comment:
after reading A4everFamily.org site I am scared. we are looking forward to adopting from an orphanage in Uganda (hopefully being able to pick up our child by early [...]
I was just alerted to this great website for adoptive families and prospective adoptive families that deals with a full range of adoption attachment issues, from “normal” bonding to severe attachment disorders: A4everFamily.org. Pass this on to any families you know that are pursuing an adoption. Being educated about what’s typical and what’s possible is [...]
Carolina Hope is scheduling our basic informational workshop about international and domestic adoptions for the first Tuesday of every month. Here’s the announcement from our Workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
first Tuesday of every month
next one: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption [...]
The following workshop is being hosted by Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and the Law Office of Raymond W. Godwin will present basic information about international and domestic adoptions. Topics will include understanding the advantages [...]