Spaulding: Making the Commitment to Adoption : NFAPA Calendar : News & Publications : Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

This is a two day training. There will be a one hour break for lunch on Saturday.
September 28, 2019: 9:00am—5:00pm
September 29, 2019: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Register online at:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SpauldingTraining2018-2019
or call the office at 402.476.2273 or 800.257.0176

The Spaulding program is offered to prospective adoptive families and you will earn 12 CEU’s by completing the training. Spaulding training offers families the tools and information that they need to:
Explain how adoptive
families are different
Importance of separation, loss, and grief in adoption
Understand attachment and its importance in adoption
Anticipate challenges and be able to identify strategies for managing challenges as an adoptive family
Explore the lifelong
commitment to a child that adoption brings

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Resource Family Consultants

Our staff includes Resource Family Consultants who specialize in one-on-one relationships, which provide foster parents with emotional encouragement, skill reinforcement, and parenting strategies unique to providing out-of-home care.

Scholarships

The Nebraska Foster & Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) offers scholarships to adoptive, foster, guardianship or kinship youth who wish to further their education beyond high school or GED.

Become a Foster Parent

There is an ongoing need in Nebraska for families willing to share their hearts and their homes with children who require temporary foster care. There is also a need for “forever” families for our waiting children, especially teens, who are available for adoption.