Off to Omaha

We leave this evening for Omaha to attend our first set of adoption classes. They will be held all day Friday and Saturday. I have a sister who lives with her family full of boys (3 under the age of 5!) in Omaha so we will be able to stay with them and enjoy a visit during our time there :) The classes will cover the following topics:

• Adoption triad and lifelong issues of adoption
• How to talk to your child about adoption
• attachment and bonding
• effects of institutionalization
• transracial/transcultural adoption
• learning to be a multicultural family
• adoption losses and gains
• life books
• seven core issues of adoption
• stereotypes of birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees
• child's background and history
• child's behavior and adjustment to family
• family's strengths, resources, and limitations
• parenting skills and adaptation to child

I look forward to being able to blog and discuss these topics after this weekend. I probably won't be able to write another entry until Sunday so enjoy the rest of your week wherever you are!