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BGCenter Online School offers courses, CDs, publications, presentations and workshops that help to prepare parents and professionals for dealing with behavioral, emotional, developmental and educational needs of internationally adopted older children. All this information comes from professionals, who work with internationally adopted children on a daily basis as psychologists, researchers, therapists and speech/language pathologists. These are people who are licensed and experienced in providing related clinical services to international adoptees. They also are known to the adoption community as the authors of books and articles on key adoption issues.

Online courses for the training of adoptive parents and professionals

The courses offer a practical guide for adoptive parents on how to handle special needs of a post-institutionalized older child adopted internationally. All online courses are interactive, and you can ask the instructor - a psychologist specializing in international adoption - questions related to the subject of the course.

Certificates of completion awarded

Focused on a specific post-adoption issue, a small group of 3-8 families (parents, no children) gathers at the BGCenter on the date and time, scheduled for the group of your choice led by one or several moderators. Every workshop includes:
  • Introduction
  • The moderator's presentation on the specified issue
  • Case presentation by each family with group discussion and the moderator's recommendations
  • Concluding remarks by the moderator: the action plan for dealing with the problem in question

The length of a consultation session is 3 hours, but if requested by the group, it may be continued on a different date.

Self-study courses on CDs have the same content as the corresponding online courses, but they are not interactive and do not have tests and questionnaires. CD courses are designed for adoptive parents, teachers and other professionals who are not interested in a certificate of completion, but would like to have the access to information beyond the time limit of an online class.

Certificates of completion are
NOT awarded
Internet connection required

Each Newsletter features the latest articles from the authors of International Adoption Articles Directory, commentary and reviews of varies issues of international adoption.
 

An INDEX of selected resources that can help you find answers to your adoption related questions


The class contains examples that extend the text of the book "Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child", written by the author of this course.


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