A Workshop On Understanding Transracial Adoption and Multi-Racial Families- Couple

Description

As the demographics of Vermont change and more families are adopting transracially, unique, and very personal issues arise for families who are unprepared for the conversations around race. In this training case managers, therapists and parents will be able to take a dive into these conversations. Paramount to these conversations about race and transracial adoption are the stages of racial identity development for both White parents and their children of color. Offered here is information, clarification, integration, and celebration around race and ethnicity.

Participants in the workshop will be able to:

• Understand racial identity development for both White people and people of color.
• Be able to have open and educated conversations about race with their children and community members.
• Understand the stages of when youth begin to discover and question race.
• Get resources to support their children of color and the family as a whole.
• Become more culturally educated and aware.