Adoption Education and Training

  There are many great books relating to adoption, here are just a few recommendations to get you started: 

The Connected Child

Karyn Purvis Ph.D., David Cross Ph.D. and Wendy Sunshine 

Talking with Young Children about Adoption 

Mary Watkins, Ph.D. and Susan Fisher, Ph.D. 

The Lucky Few: Finding God’s Best in the Most Unlikely Places

Heather Avis 

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew 

Sherrie Eldridge 

Toddler Adoption 

Mary Hopkins-Best 

The Whole Life Adoption Book

Jayne Schooler and Thomas Atwood 

The Whole-Brain Child 

Daniel J. Siegel M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson Ph.D. 

 Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TBRI Practitioner List
The Post Institute: The founders of the Post Institute are passionate about helping parents create healing from the wounds created by trauma, by providing parents an understanding of the impact of trauma and a proven effective, unique model of parenting.

Free Resources from the Child Trauma Academy  (Dr. Bruce Perry)
Show Hope Pre & Post Placement Support Resources
Attachment & Trauma Network
C.A.S.E.: Improving the lives of children who have been adopted or in foster care and their families through counseling, lifelong education, and a growing national network of trained professionals

Nurturing Attachments: a website that provides free articles and videos from Dr. Deborah Gray

Community Care (Seattle): A children’s mental health agency that has provided care for youth and families in the Seattle area since 1997. Provides youth and family psychotherapy, behavior plan writing, one to one behavior specialists, and three seasonal special needs camps.

Empowered to Connect Conference (Nationwide Simulcasts)
Replanted Conference (Chicago)
Insight Conference
Cultivating an Anti-Racist Support Network for Transracial Adoptees 

No Hands But Ours

Love Without Boundaries - Adopt Special Needs

Honestly Adoption Podcast by Confessions of an Adoptive Parent

Empowered Parent Podcast

Yes, I'm Adopted, Don't Make It Weird YouTube Channel Playlist

National Council for Adoption, an organization whose  mission is to meet the diverse needs of children, birth parents, adopted individuals, adoptive families, and all those touched by adoption through global advocacy, education, research, legislative action, and collaboration. 

Adoption.com 

Adoptive Families 

Creating a Family, an infertility and adoption training and education nonprofit