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Connection with Birth Parents After Adoption

Theme

Connections With Birth Families After Adoption Recognize the benefits for children being aware of their adoption story and maintaining connection with their birth families; aware of strategies for maintaining and promoting connections; understand the continuum that exists for connection; know how to negotiate relationships with birth families; recognize the impact on children’s loyalty and identity toward birth parents and parents who are adopting.

Competencies
Knowledge
  • Understand the benefits of maintaining connections with birth families after adoption for all members of the adoption network.
  • Aware of the challenges that may be encountered in maintaining connections with birth families after adoption.
  • Aware of practical ways to maintain connections with birth families.
  • Understand the loyalty and identity issues children may encounter.
Attitudes
  • Believe connections with the birth families after adoption are evolving relationships rather than a static agreement.
  • Believe it is important to support children seeking information, communication and potentially a relationship with birth family members.
  • View the birth family as important members of the children’s family.
Skill
  • Able to describe for others the benefits of maintaining relationships after an adoption for people who were adopted, birth families, and families who have adopted

Course Content

Prework
Podcast
Prework Summary
Connection with Birth Family After Adoption
Introduction
Facing Fears and Understanding Benefits
Benefits for All Members of the Adoption Triad
How to Work Through Problems
Birth Mothers View of Open Adoption
Adoptee’s Quote About Lived Experience
Birth Family Connections
Wrap Up
Connections With Birth Families After Adoption