24 August 2010

Back to school with your adopted child

As your adopted children head to school — whether for the first time or not — you may wonder how to talk to your children’s teachers about adoption and adoption-related challenges your children face. Heartofthematterseminars.com has prepared a wonderful document to help you think through how to help both your children and their teachers. Download [...]

28 July 2010

Lexington, SC: International, Domestic, & Embryo Adoption Workshop

On August 24, at 6 pm, Nightlight Christian Adoptions is holding a free informational workshop on international, domestic, and embryo adoptions at the main branch of the Lexington Library: 5440 Augusta Road Lexington, SC 29072 Please register here.

27 May 2010

Adjustment, Bonding and Attachment

I don’t claim to know a ton about attachment and bonding, but we have read a fair amount on the subject and tried to prepare ourselves for anything. If you are waiting for your adoption to be completed right now, spend some time reading about attachment.

28 January 2010

Nightlight’s Speakers’ Bureau

Nightlight has a Speakers’ Bureau available to speak in Southern California, Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. We are available to travel to other states upon special request. We are here to speak on the various topics: • Share the plight of orphans and give your group creative ways to make a difference • [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]