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
Virtual Training Dates: September 2025 – March 2026 (live, via zoom)
Module 1 September 2025 – self-study
Adoption History, Law & Process
Module 2 – October 7, 2025
Adoption Competency
Theory and Philosophy
Module 3 – October 21, 2025
Mental Health Needs
Module 4 – November 4, 2025
Separation, Loss, and Grief
Module 5 – November 18, 2025
Trauma & Brain Neurobiology
Module 6 – December 2, 2025
Attachment
Module 7 – December 16, 2025
Identity Formation/Adolescence
Module 8 – January 6, 2026
Adoption Preparation
Module 9 – January 20, 2026
Clinical Issues with Birth
and Kinship Families
Module 10 – February 3, 2026
Openness in Adoption
Module 11 – February 17, 2026
Race and Ethnicity in Adoption
Module 12 – March 3, 2026
Therapeutic Parenting
Cohort Study Group –March 17, 2026
Test Day – March 31st 2026
Phone: 916-