Kinship Adoption
Kinship parenting provides both joy and challenges. Grandparents and other relatives raising their grandkids, nieces, nephews and cousins face unique issues.
In this course, we discuss kinship adoption with Robin Sizemore, the Director of Hopscotch Adoptions, which specializes in international kinship adoptions; and Jeanette Willis, the Executive Director of Advantage Adoptions - One Church One Child in Fort Worth, TX, which specializes in domestic kinship adoptions. She was also raised by her grandparents and is currently raising a grandchild.
This course covers the learning objectives:
- List 3 advantages to the child for being adopted or fostered by relatives.
- List 4 emotions that kinship parents often feel.
- Describe how shifting roles can be hard to deal with for kinship caregivers.
- Describe how divided loyalties can be hard to deal with for kinship caregivers.
- List 4 tips to help strengthen kinship families.
*This course includes a 1-hour conversational audio lesson, a 10-question quiz, and a certificate of completion with the successful completion of the quiz at 80%.
Your course will remain active for 180 days from purchase date.
This course aligns with the following regulatory requirements.
Hague Treaty on Intercountry Adoption
96.48 (c)
