Virtual: Spaulding: Making the Commitment to Adoption, Part 2 : NFAPA Calendar : News & Publications : Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

VIRTUAL by Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before class.

This is a two-day training on June 7 & 8, 2024.
The Spaulding program is offered to prospective adoptive families and you will earn 12 CEU’s by completing the 2-day 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 bring

Registration closes the day before training.

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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.