Open Adoption for Prospective Adoptive Parents | September 2024

Many parents come to adoption knowing only what they’ve seen in movies or heard second (or third or fourth) hand. Your real life as an adoption-built family will be quite different than how the media portrays it. Join us for this adoption training for prospective adoptive parents and gain valuable insight into the journey ahead.

During the workshop, you’ll learn how to:

• Explore the adoption process, including legal aspects
• Prepare for the realities of an open adoption, including intrusive questions and comments
• Acknowledge the basic differences in adoption-built families
• Navigate all types of relationships, or lack of a relationship, with biological parents
• Talk to children about their adoption story

You’ll also hear from a panel of birth parents who placed their children as they honestly share their reasons for choosing adoption, their lives afterward, and what their open adoption looks like today. Many of our participants say this is the most beneficial aspect of the seminar.

This interactive workshop will take place in three sessions. The first session will be held in person in Austin, TX with two follow-up sessions via Zoom.

Part 1: Saturday, September 28, 2024
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Glad Tidings Church – Central Campus | Austin, TX

Part 2: Monday, September 30, 2024
6:00-9:00 p.m. |Online

Part 3: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
6:00-9:00 p.m. | Online

You do not need to be adopting through Adoption Advocates to participate. This workshop is valuable for anyone pursuing open adoption, including independent adoptions and domestic adoptions through other agencies.