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Sensory Integration and Adoption

The history of Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Recognizing symptoms and warning signs
Explore how SID relates to adoption and attachment
Tools and resources for parents

This two hour course helps parents develop a basic understanding of SID.

The “Nuts and Bolts”: Parenting for Attachment **

Exploration of different parenting styles and the impact of each style on children with
disrupted attachments
Discussion about why our children require unique approaches to parenting that sometimes go
against our instincts or other parenting methods
Keys to providing an environment where the attachment between children and parents can
thrive

Please come prepared to challenge yourself and explore the intricacies of the attachment process.
Help your families get a jump-start on understanding their child and ways of parenting that will best
facilitate adjustment into their family!

**The “Nuts and Bolts” class builds on the "Impact of Trauma and Loss on Attachment" class, and
they compliment one another nicely. These classes can be offered individually or combined as full
day training.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen (Three hour workshop)

Exploration of what happens to children when their feelings are denied
Specific skills that help children to cope with their negative feelings
Understand the importance of acknowledging children’s feelings
Understand the effects of punishment as a means of discipline and explore alternatives
Learn specific skills that enables parents to express strong disapproval and at the same time
encourage responsible behavior

How To Talk so Kids Will Listen
(Twelve hour workshop offered as a six week course)

Helping Children Deal With Their Feelings
Engaging Cooperation
Alternatives to punishment
Encouraging Autonomy
Praise
Freeing Children From Playing Roles

Adopting the Older Child (Three hour workshop)
Adopting the older child, domestically or internationally, is its own unique adventure! This three hour
workshop will:

Help parents prepare and explore their expectations
Discuss methods of intervention for difficult and challenging behaviors
Identify methods for facilitating the bonding process.

New Workshops
Becoming a Love and Logic Parent
A workshop created by the Love and Logic Institue to help parents with "the most important job
there is."
Love and Logic provides parents with easy-to-use, practical techniques that help them achieve
respectful and healthy relationships with their children. It isn't about controlling our children's
behavior. It is really about building better relationships and giving our children an opportunity to
develop self-control and self-esteem.
Love allows children to grow through their mistakes.
Logic allows children to learn from the consequences of their choices.

Would you like to take better care of yourself and have your children profit from it? Would you like
to have more fun as a parent? This powerful workshop will:
Help you understand your children
Teach practical techniques that you can immediately put into practice
Help you build a happier family

3 Hour Workshop, Adoption Parenting with Love and Logic
Come join us and explore different parenting ideas and strategies using love and logic parenting
techniques. Learn how to avoid power struggles and set limits to help your adopted child meet her
emotional needs while feeling safe and secure in her new home environment.

Modify Your World: The Transition Home
The purpose of this two hour class is to help parents understand the importance of modifying their
home environment to aid their adopted or foster child in becoming more comfortable in their new
biracial home. This class provides tools, ideas and strategies for parents’ success.

Into the World: Community
This two hour class is a great follow-up to Modify Your World: The Transition Home as it addresses
the importance of parents reaching out into the child’s community before they are even placed in
their home, locating resources and preparing for possible problems resulting from being a biracial
family. This class will help parents anticipate these problems and find support.

Relative Racism
Parents often learn through adoption or fostering that members of their family may be
uncomfortable with people of different races and cultures. When this occurs, family members often
treat the children and family differently. The goal of this two hour class is to help families develop
strategies to address racism in their families and when and how to protect their child from negative
comments and behaviors from extended family members.

Racism and Identity: Your child’s journey inward
The purpose of this three hour class is to discuss with parents the importance of a child’s identity
with their culture of origin and to educate parents on ways to integrate this culture into their daily
lives. This class will also help parents see how racism influences a child’s sense of identity and the
importance of identifying with positive cultural role models and events.

** Please contact us if your group wishes to host any of these classes in your
home, office or at a local community center.

***Contact us about group rates for any of the above classes.