Part of the requirements with our Adoption Agency is to attend 2 weekend workshops. This weekend was workshop #1 called "Adoption 101." We went Friday night for 2 hours, then all day Saturday. What was great was meeting other families going thru the same thing we are. There were about 70 total people attending--and from all stages to just putting in pre application to just brought baby home 9 weeks ago and all stages in between.
Our agency, Christian Adoption Agency, works only in NC so it was good to meet and network with families that are relatively close by. We were able to share books we are reading, pediatrician info, what to do and not to do during the Home Study, etc. It was nice to make some new friends! We exchanged emails and will keep up with each other's progress.
The "workshop" part of it was a speaker coming in and addressing many of the "challenges" adoptive families may face from interaction with birth mothers, transracial adoption, how to handle identity issues with the child as they get older, attachment issues as an adoptive family, etc....it was a good weekend and we came away armed with some new and great info and a few new friends to boot!
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