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NASW-NYS Virtual Series: Social Workers and Adoption

October 30, 2017 @ 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

 
 
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NASW-NYS Continuing Education Presents: 

Virtual Series: Social Workers and Adoption with Marie Dolfi, LCSW

FOUR PART SERIES

NYSED Approved up to 6.0 CE Credit Hours*

Presenter: Marie Dolfi, LCSW

 

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

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This four-part series of workshops will address how relinquishment and adoption impact adopted individuals, birth parents, and adoptive parents from both the social work and parental perspective. Webinars will include information on theory, assessment, clinical information & interventions to build competence in working with adoption triad members as well as practical information for parents.

Registration is available per workshop, or you can choose to register for the full series for a discounted rate. Please follow the appropriate registration link below. Each workshop will take place on a Monday from 12:00PM - 1:30PM.

 

Monday, October 30: Core Issues of Adoption (90 min)
Webinar will present the paradigm core issues of adoption which is the most taught adoption paradigm in adoption training programs. The core issues acknowledges the impact of loss on birth/first parents, adopted individuals, and adoptive parents, and how the losses often cause issues with grief, guilt/shame, identity, intimacy, rejection, control, abandonment, loyalty, fitting-in, entitlement and claiming. Information on how to use the core issues as an assessment tool for working with adoption triad members will be presented. This workshop has completed.

 

Monday, November 6: Identity Development for Birth/First Parents, Adopted Persons, and Adoptive Parents (90 min)
The webinar will discuss how identity formation is more complex for adoption triad members due to relinquishment, lack of information, the merging of family backgrounds and society's negative portrayal of adoption and triad members. Information on transracial adoption issues and interventions for working with adoption triad members will also be presented. This workshop has completed.  

 

Monday, November 13: Group Work with Adoption Triad Members (90 min)
Webinar will discuss the powerful ways support and therapy groups can help adopted individuals, adoptive parents and birth/first parents with feelings around relinquishment, loss, and fitting-in which will often leads to improved self-esteem and identity. Program will review different types of groups (support, discussion, task centered & process), the role of the group leader, and interventions to use in group work. Information on starting a group, marketing groups, and locating existing groups will be shared. This workshop has concluded. 

 

Monday, November 20: Adoption & The Schools (90 min)
Webinar will review how school as a microcosm of society is often a stress factor for adoptive students as they are confronted with assignments that are not adoption/foster care sensitive, misconceptions about adoptive & birth families, and adoption microaggressions. Information on how school personnel and adoptive families can work together to make school a supportive environment will be discussed. This workshop has concluded.

 

Full Series: October 30 - November 20: Social Workers and Adoption 
Discounted rate! This series of workshops will address topics in adoption from both the social work and parental perspective, as well as build competence in working with adopted clients and their families. Registration for the entire series is closed, but you can still register for each individual workshop. 

 

 
This workshop is approved for NYS continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.

 


Date/Time


Workshop Topic


Price 

 

 


October 30
12PM - 1:30PM


Core Issues of Adoption
(1.5 CE Credit Hours)


NASW Members: $15

Non-Members: $22


This workshop has concluded


November 6
12PM - 1:30PM


Identity Development for Birth/First Parents, Adopted Persons, and Adoptive Parents
(1.5 CE Credit Hours)


NASW Members: $15

Non-Members: $22

This workshop has concluded


November 13
12PM - 1:30PM


Group Work with Adoption Triad Members
(1.5 CE Credit Hours)


NASW Members: $15

Non-Members: $22


This workshop has concluded


November 20
12PM - 1:30PM


Adoption and the Schools
(1.5 CE Credit Hours)


NASW Members: $15

Non-Members: $22


This workshop has concluded.


Register for the Full Series*
October 30 - November 20
12:00PM - 1:30PM

Discounted rates


NASW-NYS Virtual Series: Social Workers and Adoption (Full)

(6.0 CE Credit Hours)


NASW Members: $50

Non-Members: $79


Registration for the entire series is now closed. 

You can still register by each individual workshop

    

 

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

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Marie Dolfi, LCSW is an adoption constellation therapist, advocate, and trainer. After working as a clinian in inpatient and outpatient settings, Marie decied to specialize her private practice to working with adoption constellation members and prospective adoptive parents. Over the years, Marie has participated on numerous adoption organization boards, as well as presenting at local, state, and national adoption conferences. To learn more about Marie's background, visit her website: www.adoptioncounselingny.com.

 

 

When
October 30th, 2017 12:00 PM to November 20th, 2017 1:30 PM
Event Fee(s)
NASW Member (Full Series) $50.00
Non-Member (Full Series) $70.00

Details

Date:
October 30, 2017
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event Category:

Organizer

NASW-NYS
Phone:
(518) 463-4741
Email:
info.naswnys@socialworkers.org
View Organizer Website