IAC: Living as a Trans-racial Family Formed by Adoption Workshop

Living as a Trans-racial Family Formed by Adoption Workshop

Sunday, January 17, 2016 from 10:00 AM

IAC Center

2 Tree Farm Road

Suite A200

Pennington, 08534

cost $100 per person; $175 couple

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Questions?  contact Emily at emorgan@iaccenter.com

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This workshop is designed for all families who have or are planning to adopt a child of another race. Some adoption agencies will accept this workshop as credit toward the home study requirements. Certificates will be issued upon request.

In choosing to become a trans-racial family through adoption, we accept the responsibility of opening our hearts and our lives to new ways of being.

Join us as we talk about:

• What it means to be a “conspicuous family” – to parents and to children
• How to talk about race and ethnicity with your children
• Ways to incorporate a wide array of multiculturalism into your family
• Strategies for helping to educate others in your life about what it means to be a trans-racial family.
• Challenges of growing up as part of a trans-racial adoptive family and how parents can help

Speaker/Moderator: Stefani Moon M.A., is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Program Manager for Open Arms Adoption Network’s North Jersey and New York offices. She facilitates Families Like Ours (FLO) a monthly support and resource group for Caucasian families parenting African American children.   . Adoption is both a professional and a personal passion for Stefani, as her two daughters joined her family through adoption.

This workshop includes the speaker, A Panel of adults who were adopted into transracial families and time for discussion.