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Training by topic: Adoption

Understanding Adoption & Guardianship Subsidies

Learn about adoption and guardianship subsidies.

  • Presented by Jack Eddy, OCS
  • Format: webinar
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
  • Handouts: 2024 PPU Calendar, Adoption Subsidy FAQs, First Steps to Finalization Guide and Adoption Subsidy Unit Contact List.

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    Adopting through the Alaska Office of Children's Services

    Learn about adopting through the Alaska Office of Children's Services.

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    Adoption in the schools

    Learn about issues of education and adoption, plus strategies for approaching teachers, and the school system, when adoption intersects with education.

    • Presented by Christie Reinhardt, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    CORE ISSUES IN ADOPTION SERIES

    The seven core issues of adoption

    Learn about the seven core issues of adoption.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Identity in adoption

    Learn about the seven core issues of adoption.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    It starts with a story

    Learn about the seven core issues of adoption.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    The faces of grief

    Learn about the seven core issues of adoption.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Let's talk ICWA: Permanency and adoption

    Learn about the role of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in determining permanency and the place of adoption when it comes to Alaska Native children in state custody.

    • Presented by Trim Nick and Rikki Dubois, Office of Children's Services
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Maybe days

    Learn how to talk to children about the uncertainties of being in foster care and moving toward adoption.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    The 3-5-7 model and lifebooks

    Learn tools and tips for parenting.

    • Presented by Rachel Hanft, Alaska Center for Resource Families from the Webinar series "The Toughest Job in Town (You'll Ever Love)."
    • Format: self-study via video
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
    • Extra materials: handout

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    The legal details of finalization of adoption

    Learn about the legal details of finalizing an adoption.

    • Presented by Stefan Otterson and Tiffany Brookwell, Otterson Law Office
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
    • Extra materials: PowerPoint

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    Transitioning to adoption from foster care

    Learn the best ways to help a child make the transition from foster care into an adoptive home.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families and Erica Johnson, Office of Children's Services
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Understanding legal guardianship

    Understand the basics of legal guardianships.

    • Presented by Jack Eddy, Office of Children's Services
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Understanding the adoption home study

    Understand what to expect when undergoing an adoption home study.

    • Presented by Tami Jo Watson, Catholic Social Services
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    When the adoption subsidy ends at 18 (but the needs don't)

    Learn about resources for families who are caring for a child with an adoption subsidy and what to do when the subsidy ends at 18 years of age but the need doesn't.

    • Presented by Brenda Ursel, Alaska Center for Resource Families
    • Format: self-study via audio
    • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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    Adoption publications

    Further your learning about adoption by checking out these additional, non-credit-hour publications.

    Adoption bibliography

    Learn about resources available to resource families like yours. Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families.

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    Adoption and disclosure: A guide for families adopting from foster care in Alaska

    Learn about adopting from the foster care system in Alaska. Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families.

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    Adoption tax credit

    Understand the process of claiming the federal adoption tax credit for 2019. Presented by the North American Council on Adoptable Children.

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    Adoption: First steps through finalization

    Learn about building families through foster/adoption in Alaska. Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families.

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    Becoming a legal guardian for a child in foster care

    Learn about becoming a legal guardian for a child in foster care in Alaska. Presented by Office of Children's Services.

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    Finding forever families: A step-by-step to adoption

    Learn about adoption. Presented by Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

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    Paths to adoption in Alaska

    Learn the information you need to make the best choice for you and your family and to help you get started on your adoption journey. Presented by Alaska Center for Resource Families.

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    Strengthen your forever family

    Learn the steps of post-adoption. Presented by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

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    The Hague Convention on intercountry adoption: A guide for prospective adoptive parents

    Learn about adopting a child who is immigrating to the United States. Presented by the United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs.

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    Wherever my family is, that's home: A guide for working with adoption and military families

    Learn about adoption within the context of a military family. Presented by AdoptUSKids.

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