Adoption Education Opportunities!

Upcoming Family Education Opportunities: May 2018

Learn from the comfort of your home! Bethany offers a variety of national family training opportunities to help you learn and succeed as parents. Opportunities include valuable conference alls and webinars, designed for families currently in the adoption process or post-adoption.

Here's a look at our upcoming training sessions. Be sure to register early for each event by using the "register now" link provided. Space is limited.

Behavioral Matching (Trust Based Parenting Conference Call Series) The Trust-Based Parenting Conference Call Series offers in-depth training for parents of children with early trauma. In this session, we will learn about Behavior Matching and Voice Quality. We will explore our own childhood experience of how adults engaged with us and how to use TBRI Engagement Strategies for Organized and Disorganized Attachments. You will have the option to join via phone or internet. 1 hour certificate. Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. EST Register Now Thursday, May 10, 2018 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. EST Reigster Now Depression After Adoption (Family Education Webinar Series) Participants will learn how a new adoptive parent can experience similar features of postpartum depression. This webinar will review symptoms, treatment, risk factors, and coping strategies. How an I, as a new parent, feel sad and hopeless, accomplishing our goal of adoption? You are not alone. 1.5 hours certificate. Thursday, May 17, 2018 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. EST Register Now

LOOKING AHEAD: June 2018 Upcoming Family Education Opportunities

Sharing Power  (Trust Based Parenting Conference Call Series)   The Trust-Based Parenting Conference Call Series offers in-depth training for parents of children with early trauma. This monthly call features some basic concepts of the TBRI model to practice each month and add techniques through the year. Be ready to learn and talk about TBRI techniques via phone or internet. 1 hour certificate. Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. EST Register Now Thursday, June 14, 2018 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. EST Register Now

Strengthening Children & Families Luncheon!

You are invited to join

Bethany Christian Services of Illinois and
Safe Families for Children

for our

Strengthening Children and Families
Fundraising Luncheon

Thursday, March 1, 2018
12:00 - 1:15 pm

Doors open at 11:15 a.m.
Lunch and program begin promptly at noon

The Carlisle

435 East Butterfield Rd

Lombard, IL

Bethany Christian Services is shining God's love into the hard places 

and striving to strengthen children and families.  

We deeply value your partnership in this ministry. Your investment equips families 

to be God's love to children. Please join us and learn how God is working through

Bethany Christian Services and Safe Families for Children to strengthen children and families.  

Guests will have an opportunity to financially support the ministries 

of Bethany Christian Services. 

Lunch is complimentary and reservations are required.
Please RSVP by February 16, 2018.

Click HERE for more information and to RSVP.

Workshop: Sensory Integration!

The Vulnerable Children’s Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services presents:

Sensory Integration:
Risk factors, warning signs
& what to do about it.
 

Sadly, children who have experienced prenatal exposure to drugs or alcohol, early trauma, abuse, or neglect are at high-risk for sensory disorders. In this lecture, developmental psychologist and director of the TCU Institute of Child Development, Dr. Karyn Purvis, explains risk factors and warning signs for sensory processing disorders and offers practical interventions for parents and professionals.

 

*This workshop consists of a video and discussion facilitated by Alison Lamsma MA, LSW, from Bethany Christian Services.

 

 

  Wednesday, May 25, 2016
7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Willow Creek Community Church
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60016
Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby)
 
***Registration for this event is not required.
 
Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org
 
Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.
http://www.willowcreek.org/midweekforkids

Webinar: Talking to Children About Adoption

When talking about adoption, we often use language that is positive, loving, and spiritual as to provide adoptees with comfort and resolution. These messages shape how adoptees think about themselves, their parents, and God, but may also dismiss adoption’s complex realities. For instance, might adoptees feel less understood and supported when their adoption-related feelings include loss, anger, and confusion if they only hear adoption being celebrated?

This webinar will address how we can use language to acknowledge, support, and respect the full range of an adoptee’s history and experience. By the end of this session, participants will:

• Know common phrases about adoption that may give confusing messages to adoptees
• Learn strategies for how to talk with children about loss and the realities of adoption

Presenter:  Tara Vanderwoude, social worker, advocate, educator

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016

Time: 8-9:30 p.m. EST

Fee: $15/household

REGISTER NOW

Attachment: Why It Matters, Part 2

Join us all year long for Empowered to Connect workshops, every 4th Wednesday of the month!  These workshops are video-driven, and facilitated by an adoption professional from Bethany Christian Services. This month we will present Attachment: Why It Matters, Part 2 Wednesday, March 23, 2016 7:30 - 8:45 PM Willow Creek Community Church 67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010 Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby) Please Note: There will be NO CHILDCARE available at this session because there is no Mid-week service or Mid-week For Kids.   Childcare will resume at the April session.   This video explores the critical role of attachment in a child’s development. Most of us think of attachment as a loving bond between parent and child. But what happens if a child doesn’t receive nurturing, consistent care from a loving parent early in life? Can a parent love a child or a child love a parent, but still not feel securely connected? And what are the consequences of insecure attachments? In this video, adoptive parents share their struggles and successes in pursuit of these answers and experts will share fascinating and encouraging research that reveals how secure attachments can help counter the effects of early trauma. ***Registration for this event is not required. This workshop is offered FREE of charge. ***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents. Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Workshop: Attachment - Why It Matters

The Vulnerable Children’s Ministry and Bethany Christian Services 

presents

Training Options for adoptive, foster & Safe Families

Healthy Family Video Series

 

Wednesday, February 24

7:30 PM – 8:45 PM

Willow Creek Community Church
Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby)

67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60016

This Month's Topic: Attachment - Why It Matters: Part 1

This video workshop explores the critical role of attachment in a child’s development. Most of us think of attachment as a loving bond between parent and child. But what happens if a child doesn’t receive nurturing, consistent care from a loving parent early in life? Can a parent love a child or a child love a parent, but still not feel securely connected? And what are the consequences of insecure attachments? In this video, adoptive parents share their struggles and successes in pursuit of these answers and experts will share fascinating and encouraging research that reveals how secure attachments can help counter the effects of early trauma.

This workshop is video-driven, and facilitated by an adoption professional from Bethany Christian Services.

***Registration for this event is not required. Workshop is FREE!

Questions?  E-mail vcministry127@gmail.com

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.

http://www.willowcreek.org/midweekforkids