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TAC Training Application Submission

Download the TAC TRAINING FLYER for more information. For additional information contact: LFTACTraining@WayfinderFamily.org

To enroll in our upcoming TAC Training, please complete the following TAC student application.

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Personal Statement:

Why you are interested in enrolling in TAC

Your clinical background, including areas of specialization, and how your background prepares you to develop more advanced adoption competent knowledge and skills

Your interest and experience in working with members of the adoption kinship network in clinical settings (adoptees, prospective/current adoptive parents, birth parents/families, adoptive families, kinship families)

How you plan to incorporate the learning from TAC in your clinical practice or agency setting

Any personal connection you have with adoption

Submission

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Location

Virtual/Online (via zoom)

Session Times: 9am-4pm

Program Eligibility

– Master’s degree (or higher) in social work, a counseling field or other related discipline

– Current professional license or registered as an associate, applicants under clinical supervision in preparation for professional licensing will also be accepted

– Experience or genuine interest in working with adopted persons, prospective adoptive parents, birth parents and birth family members, adoptive families and kinship families in clinical settings

Training Dates - August 2024 – February 2025

Module 1 August 2025 – self-study
Adoption History, Law & Process

Module 2 – September 9 , 2025
Adoption Competency
Theory and Philosophy

Module 3 – September 23, 2025
Mental Health Needs

Module 4 – October 7, 2025
Separation, Loss, and Grief

Module 5 – October 21, 2025
Trauma & Brain Neurobiology

Module 6 – November 4, 2025
Attachment

Module 7 – November 18, 2025
Identity Formation/Adolescence

Module 8 – December 2, 2025
Adoption Preparation

Module 9 –December 16, 2025
Clinical Issues with Birth and Kinship Families

Module 10 –January 6, 2026
Openness in Adoption

Module 11 – January 20, 2026
Race and Ethnicity in Adoption

Module 12 – February 3, 2026
Therapeutic Parenting

Cohort Study Group –February 17, 2026

Test Day – March 3rd 2026