The Basics of Adoption Practice (1 Credit Hour)
Program Summary: This course covers the basics of adoption practice, including the assessment of adoptive families, the placement of children, and supportive post-adoption services.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Publisher: Child Welfare Information Gateway
US Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children’s Bureau
Find the article at: hhttps://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/f_basicsbulletin.pdf
Program Objectives: To enhance professional values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to adoption practice.
Learning Objectives: Describe the family assessment process. Describe the child assessment process. Identify key factors for matching families and children. Describe prefinalization and postadoption services.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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Adoption Where Do I Start?
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_start.pdf