What Adopted Kids Need to Succeed

Sherrie Eldridge

About the workshop

Spend the day with Sherrie Eldridge, author of numerous adoption related books, including: Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew.

When Sherrie speaks about her greatest passion....adoption...adopted children, their parents, and those working with these families are drawn closer. Sherrie is an internationally-recognized speaker. Her new book: 20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed will be out soon and is currently available for pre-order: sherrieeldridge.com

An adoptive person herself, Sherrie blends practical adoption truths with life-changing principles into her workshops. She helps parents and professionals see adoption from the child's viewpoint.

Topics include:

What Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
How to Grieve Adoption Loss—A Practical Tool
How to Speak the Heart Language of Your Adopted Child
What Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed
Deepening Your Child’s Sense of Connection to His Past

Workshop Objectives:

Understand Grief in Adoption and Why It Must Be Resolved
Examine ways to deepen Relationships between Adoptive Parents and Children
Provide a Practical Tool for Parents to Help Their Children Grieve Loss
Teach Parents How to Talk Openly about the Birth Parents without Feeling Threatened
Define Six Statements That Communicate Unconditional Love to Resistant Adopted People
Re-Define Successful Parenting, Adoption Style
Explain the Deepest Adoptive Parental Need—To Know They Are Loved By their Child

About the presenter

Sherrie Eldridge, Founder and President of Jewel Among Jewels Adoption Network, Inc. Author of 5 books and 5 workbooks. Since 1999, Ms. Eldridge has talked throughout the United States as well as internationally.

About the particulars

Location: Seattle-Shoreline Center, Mt Rainier Room-(north end of Shoreline Center)

Portland-University Place at PSU in the Multnomah Falls room

When:

October 21st, 2009 in Portland

October 23rd, 2009 in Seattle

Hours: 9:00am-4:30pm
Fee: $125.00 US
CEU info: 6 CEU's Cascadia Training is approved by the NASW, Washington State Chapter, to provide continuing education units to Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Certificates of Completion are awarded to attendees at the end of each workshop. Provider number #1975-118, and is an OSPI approved provider of in-service education. This is a "Washington State Approved Clock Hour Offering Workshop."