Introduction to Adoption From Foster Care - 02/07/23 - Webinar

February 7, 2023

This 3-hour in-service training for caregivers provides an introduction to the adoption process including the homestudy, adoption support, the legal process and steps to adoption. This training is open to all participants: those who have not taken Caregiver Core Training, those who have, and those who are using the training as a field placement. This training helps caregivers consider their decisions around public and private agencies and whether to foster to adopt or pursue adoption only. The focus of the training is understanding the process including the emotional impacts of commitment, changing your family, grieving and attachment.

The training will also give information about open adoptions, the placement process, resources, and more.

Target Audience

Caregivers

Course summary

Available credit:

3.00 Participation
Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens:

11/30/2022

Course expires:

02/07/2023

Event starts:

02/07/2023 - 1:00pm PST

Event ends:

02/07/2023 - 4:00pm PST

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Penny Michel - mpen300@uw.edu

Penny Michel is a Development and Facilitation Specialist at the Alliance. She is member of a team who is responsible for development and facilitation of pre-licensing and continuing education trainings for licensed caregivers, kinship caregivers, adoptive parents and community members.

She began her career in early childhood education and transitioned into the human services field. This experience provided an opportunity to work in positions as a licensor for childcare and foster care. She came to the Alliance in 2014 and became a Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner in 2019.

She received her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from UW-Seattle and completed the process to become and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LISCW.)

Her ideal self-care consists of Forest Bathing with her Dog Nation while they get their zoomies out and traveling with overweight luggage to faraway places to swim with the fishes.

This course is not eligible for Social Work CEUs, STARS credits, or other professional continuing education credits at this time.