Adoption Learning Partners: Expert Advice on Your Top 5 Attachment Concerns

Live Webinar

Tuesday
February 25, 2014
7:00PM Central
Q&A: 8:00PM

Attachment is a process that can take time. Adoption often poses challenges to that process, leaving parents with concerns and questions.
If you’re concerned about your child’s attachment process with parents, siblings or peers, there are practical steps and ideas you can try at home right away. Or maybe you just want to know what’s typical and what’s adoption related.
Join Regina Kupecky as she discusses the Top 5 attachment concerns and what to do about them!

• Practical ideas for the top 5 concerns she hears from parents including bonding to siblings, parents and peers as well as what’s typical and what’s not
• Expert insights into attachment and attunement
• Advice on connecting with your child throughout their development

Submit your questions for us here or by tweeting them to @adoptiontweet using #ALPAttachTop5

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"Are you sleepy yet?" Sleep Disorders with International Adopted Children

Is your new child having a hard time adjusting to a sleep schedule? 

Are they waking up every hour on the hour? 

Are they falling asleep during they day and not wanting to sleep at night? 


Are they (and you) sleep deprived and grumpy all day?





Are you ready to pull your hair out??? 


Don't worry. You are not alone. 

Parents are speaking out! 

Here are a couple articles and websites that we wanted to share with you that will hopefully get you through this stage in the child's life. 




Sleep Struggles Following International Adoption

Attachment Parenting International Website



Pam with Sunny Ridge Family Center in Illinois stated: 

"Sometimes something as simple as music, turning the TV on or using a white noise machine can create a similar atmosphere that the child may have been used to in the orphanage (or foster home).  Co-sleeping doesn't always have to mean “same bed”; it can mean a palette set up next to the bed, toddler bed right next to the parent’s bed.  I would also recommend Theraplay for assistance in the attachment and bonding process.  Depending on where they live, they might be able to locate a Theraplay therapist in their area-their institute is here in the Chicago area, but they have trained therapists all across the U.S. as well as other countries.  www.theraplay.org. "

Sleep Problems and Concerns 

Dori with The Cradle in Illinois stated:

"I suggest the webinar AreYou Sleeping  done by Julian Davies, M.D., a pediatrician at the University of Washington Adoption Clinic on Adoption Learning Partners. Very informative, entertaining and aware of separation/attachment issues that may be part of the sleep equation. 

  

I also really like Mary Sheedy Kurcinka' book, Sleeplessin America. She wrote your Spirited Child. Both are proponents of the one size does NOT fit all approach to sleep issues."

Join the discussion. Leave your comments below and help us help others. 

Wednesday Wisdom: Two new webinars from Adoption Learning Partners!!

Top 10 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew 

Tuesday, May 14 7PM Central
Q&A: 8PM
FEE: $15 or $18.50 (for certification)

Adopted people and adoptive parents don't always look at adoption the same way. Many of the challenges adoptees struggle with may be difficult for parents to understand and come to terms with. Both a parent's and a child's adoption experiences change over time, based on life events, ability to understand the circumstances, and new facts as they become available or are discovered.

Understanding your child's feelings about adoption is essential, so how do you gain some insight?

We've gathered a panel of adopted people, featuring adopted person, author and speaker, Sherrie Eldridge. Listen in and ask questions as they discuss:

• What they wish their parents had known
• Their feelings about loss, shame and anger and their love for their parents 
• What feelings they shared with their parents and what they kept to themselves
• What kept them from talking to their parents when they were younger and why

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Brothers And Sisters In Adoption

A Discussion With The Experts

FEE: $10 (with certification)

Arleta James discusses helping children navigate relationships when new kids join the family. Our experts share transition tips and strategies for welcoming a toddler or school aged child home, focusing on preparing brothers and sisters prior to adoption and the first year after adoption.
Our experts will discuss:

• Transitioning new family members (sleeping, eating, culture)
• Preparing and integrating brothers and sisters
• Attachment and expectations
• How to make these strategies a part of your every day life

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