11 January 2010

International, domestic, & embryo adoption workshop in Greenville tomorrow (Jan. 12)

At this adoption workshop, Nightlight Christian Adoptions will present basic information about international adoption, domestic adoption, and embryo adoption. Topics will include understanding the advantages of different adoption programs, preparing for the adoption home study, and educating yourself about adoption.

26 August 2009

Special Needs Adoptions from China and Taiwan

On September 9 at noon ET, Nightlight is conducting an online educational webinar about special needs adoptions from Taiwan and China.

18 May 2009

Free Lifebooks course in May

Adoption Learning Partners is offering their Lifebooks Course free of charge during the month of May (certificate of completion costs a fee).

24 March 2009

Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Seminar – Charlotte, March 28

This Saturday there will be a workshop on Embryo Adoptions in North Carolina, sponsored by Nightlight Christian Adoption’s Snowflakes program (more information at our website here).
Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Seminar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
9:30 – 11:30 AM
South County Regional Library
Conference Room A
5801 Rea Road, Charlotte, NC
Parents and professionals welcome!

Listen to Charlie & Kala’s personal story
Learn about embryo [...]

9 March 2009

Transcultural and transracial adoptions: online course Wednesday

Wednesday evening at 9:00 (ET) Carolina Hope is offering a live, interactive online education course on Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions.
The cost for this course is only $15. You must sign-up at least 2 hours before the course begins. Additional information on signing up and paying can be found at the Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions page. [...]

9 March 2009

Domesticating an international adoption in South Carolina

Carolina Hope is offering a live online course this Tuesday (Mar. 10) about Domesticating an International Adoption in South Carolina. Participation requires a phone and an internet connection.
Please pay and register before Thursday if you would like to participate. More information on the course contents and on registering is available at the course page.

9 March 2009

Adoption homestudies: learn about the process during tonight’s free online course

Tonight from 8:30 – 10 (ET), you can participate in a free online education course about adoption homestudies in South Carolina. Learn more and sign up at the course webpage, The Adoption Homestudy: Starting the Process.

4 March 2009

Ethiopia Adoptions: Learn about Travel & Post-Placement Issues (online course tomorrow!)

Tomorrow, March 5, at 9 pm (ET).
From our course page (which is where you can get info about signing up)
In this approximately 90-minutes webinar, we will discuss the practical aspects of traveling to Ethiopia fro adoption, the required paperwork and forms to submit to the U.S. Embassy and how to complete them, and bringing your [...]

2 March 2009

Calendar of events (mostly adoption education)

We now have a calendar on our website to make it easier to keep track of the adoption education events coming up. See it here.

23 February 2009

Connected Child Conference in Winston-Salem (Mar. 6-7)

Dr. Karyn Purvis, author of The Connected Child, is the featured speaker at the Connected Child Conference: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Family, March 6-7 at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. More details at The Connected Child website.
I have heard Dr. Purvis’s book highly recommended as a resource for parents of adopted children, [...]

16 February 2009

Domesticate an International Adoption in SC: Live online course this Thursday

Carolina Hope is offering a live online course this Thursday (Feb. 19) about Domesticating an International Adoption in South Carolina. Participation requires a phone and an internet connection.
Please pay and register before Thursday if you would like to participate. More information on the course contents and on registering is available at the course page.

4 February 2009

Openness in Adoption online education course, tomorrow

Tomorrow, Feb. 5, at 9 pm (EST), Carolina Hope is offering a live online adoption education course about openness in adoption. Here’s the write-up from the course page:
We often hear that families who are considering a domestic adoption are afraid of an “open” adoption. In this 1-and-a-half-hour course, you will learn what an open adoption [...]

20 January 2009

Transracial/Transcultural Adoption Course: live this evening

This evening at 9:30 (EST) Carolina Hope is offering a live, interactive online education course on Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions.

The cost for this course is only $15. You must sign-up at least 2 hours before the course begins. Additional information on signing up and paying can be found at the Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions page. [...]

8 January 2009

Sit back, dim the lights, and learn about adoption

Over the course of the next week, you can attend educational workshops on the following adoption topics — all from the comfort of your home:

Openness in Adoption (Monday, January 12 at 9 pm)
Domesticating an International Adoption in SC (Tuesday, January 13, 8:30 pm)
Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions (Wednesday, January 14 at 9 pm)
Financing an Adoption: (Monday, [...]

8 December 2008

Domesticate an Intercountry Adoption in South Carolina: Live online course tomorrow

Carolina Hope is offering a live online course tomorrow (Dec. 9) about Domesticating an International Adoption in South Carolina. Participation requires a phone and an internet connection.
Please pay and register today if you would like to participate. More information on the course contents and on registering is available at the course page.

12 November 2008

Together for Adoption Conference Audio

Together for Adoption has posted the audio from their Nov. 1 conference. Check it out at their 2008 Conference Audio page. The audio titles are:

Jason Kovacs and Maridel Sandberg – “Conference Welcome and the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Vision for Orphan Ministry”
Dan Cruver – “Adoption in God’s Story of Redemption”
Rick Phillips – “The Good News [...]

3 November 2008

Domesticate an International Adoption in SC: Live online course this Thursday

Carolina Hope is offering a live online course this Thursday (Nov. 6) about Domesticating an International Adoption in South Carolina. Participation requires a phone and an internet connection.
Please pay and register today or Wednesday if you would like to participate. More information on the course contents and on registering is available at the course page.

31 October 2008

Open adoption: what’s best isn’t always easiest

Open adoption is a frightening or strange idea to many people. I remember talking to a friend whose sister had recently adopted — with an open adoption. My friend thought that the openness was unnecessary and probably a bad idea. This from a well-educated, sophisticated man.
One of the goals of our Openness in Adoption workshop [...]

22 October 2008

Jason Kovacs to join Laura Godwin for Funding Adoption workshop

Jason Kovacs of the ABBA Fund will participate in the Oct. 23 online workshop entitled Financing an Adoption.

14 October 2008

Financing an Adoption: Visual conference call on Oct. 23

On October 23 (Thursday) at 9 pm, Carolina Hope Director Laura Godwin is teaching an online education course entitled Funding an Adoption. This approximately hour-and-a-half-long course will be conducted by phone and internet, so you can participate from the comfort of your own home.