Too Many Losses Too Soon

Join us for a FREE live webinar on Oct. 8 from 1–2:30 p.m. ET to better understand and support adopted teens as they navigate identity, belonging, relationships, adoption and other permanency-related experiences.

This presentation, led by Debbie Riley, LCMFT, will explore the unique and often layered losses experienced by children and youth with foster care and adoption experiences, including ambiguous loss and its impact on development, identity, relationships and mental health. Debbie will highlight factors that influence how children and youth experience and respond to loss and offer best-practice strategies for recruiters, social workers and other professionals supporting children and families.

Join us for this important conversation to:

• Identify strategies for helping recruiters and social workers to address children’s loss and grief
• Examine the unique losses experienced by children and youth and how these losses affect their development
• Understand ambiguous loss and its impact on children’s mental health.

During the latter portion of the presentation, Debbie will be joined by three panelists with lived experience of foster care and adoption who will share their perspectives on loss, grief, being heard and the supports that can make a meaningful difference throughout the permanency journey.

• Presenter: Debbie Riley, CEO, Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)
• Featured panelists: Tony Parsons, Ashley Garcia-Rivera and Betty Rivers

Register Here