Training for professionals is a critical component of a successful post permanency program. Supporting adoptive and guardianship families requires specialized knowledge and skills. When professionals have the training they need, they are better equipped to address the complex needs of the families they serve. Investing in training strengthens professional competence, builds confidence, and enhances the ability to make a meaningful impact.
See Below for a calendar of upcoming live trainings designed to support robust post permanency services.
In this interactive/skill based webinar, clinicians will explore strategies to: Increase a child's sense of safety by assisting adoptive parents to anticipate, prepare and trouble-shoot transitions and change to avoid or minimize acting out behaviors, support children to identify and regulate their feelings, teach adoptive parents to respond rather than react to children's behaviors using […]
Coaching participants must be progressing through the NTI web-based training/Child Welfare or Mental Health versions. Each coaching session will correspond with the training modules. Sessions will include case studies, interactive activities, and open discussions on key takeaways. Interactive, with participants learning from one another, and the NTI modules. June 10th, July 8th, August 5th, September […]
This free 2-hour training is designed for California professionals who support adoptive and post- permanency families. This training will explore how to use strengths-based approaches, recognize the unique needs of these families, and build practical tools that help children and caregivers thrive. You'll Walk Away With: An understanding of adoption as a lifelong process. Strenghts-based […]
Coaching participants must be enrolled in and progressing through the free NTI web-based training. Each coaching session will correspond with the training modules. Sessions will include case studies, interactive activities, and open discussions on key takeaways. Interactive, with participants learning from one another, as well as from the learning gleaned from the NTI modules. June […]
Part of a Four-Part Series with Tony Hynes, Ph.D. - Holidays Through the Eyes of Adoptees, this webinar will give insight into holidays from the experience of adoptees, such as feelings of disconnection from their adoptive families, longing for birth families, and a sense of not fully belonging in either world.
In this webinar, adopted adults of color share parts of their lifelong adoption journey, creating an opportunity for you--adoptive parents, pre-adopters and professionals--to hear their inside knowledge and consider how it applies to the children and adults you love and/or serve.
In this workshop we will name some of these common fears– all of which deserve compassion and understanding – so that adoptive parents can move forward in a more authentic, loving, and child-centered way. This workshop is geared toward adoptive parents and the professionals working with adoptive families.
This 90 minute webinar, taught by Ali Caliendo, Ph.D., Executive Director of Foster Kinship and kinship caregiver sheds light on what families need to know to successfully parent their kin. Register one month in advance at: https://adoptionsupport.org/webinars/ Free with code: KINSHIPCARE
Professionals who serve adoptive parents often encounter them in a state of stress, anxiety, frustration, or even crisis. Supporting them requires not just attending to their immediate challenges, but helping them understand that what they’re experiencing is often normal in the context of adoption. By shifting expectations, you can help them regain a sense of […]
This five day online course is open to those professionals who have undertaken Level One training and are beginning to use the principles and interventions of Dyadic Developmental Practice, Parenting and Psychotherapy in their day to day work. 9 November 2026 - 13 November 2026
In this four-part series, Tony Hynes, Ph.D., who joined his family through adoption, will explore the unique emotional landscape holidays can create for adopted individuals.Societal expectations around holiday celebrations often shape how adoptees feel they should respond, adding layers of guilt, shame, or isolation to what may already be a complicated emotional experience.
This is a 90 minute webinar taught by an adoptee raised by two mothers and an MFT who specializes in LGBTQ+ considerations. Participants will come away understanding the unique needs of this population and powerful information from people who have first hand experience. Register one month in advance at: https://adoptionsupport.org/webinars/ Free with code: CENTERING
