Recorded Webinars

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Watch the PowerPoint while listening to the presenter's voice. Your computer will launch the program once you have purchased each webinar.

Children's Home is a Hague-accredited agency and all educational offerings are designed to meet Hague guidelines for training and education. It is the responsibility of the participant to verify before purchasing a webinar that their adoption home study agency will accept participation in a specific webinar towards fulfillment of Hague education requirements.

Please contact Angie Checco de Souza via e-mail at (ACheccodeSouza@chsfs.org) with questions.

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Adopting a Child With HIV

A FREE webinar offered in cooperation with Project HOPEFUL
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Traci Heim, Project HOPEFUL
Fee: FREE for participants not seeking Continuing Education Units (CEUs); $15 per participant seeking CEUs; separate registration required for each participant.

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Cleft Lip and Palate

Intended Audience:Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Anna Thurmes, MA, CC-SLP, Program Coordinator & Speech Language Pathologist, U of MN
Guest Panelist: Adoptive parent of a child with cleft lip and palate
Fee: $15 per participant

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International Adoption Referrals 101

Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Judith K. Eckerle, MD, University of Minnesota International Adoption Clinic
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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International Adoption Post-Placement Medical Visit 101

Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Judith K. Eckerle, MD, University of Minnesota International Adoption Clinic
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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Post-Placement 101: The First Year Home

Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Angie Checco de Souza, MSW, LGSW
Fee: $15 per participant

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Language Developments and International Adoption

Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Erika R. King, MA, CCC-SLP, University of Minnesota--Fairview Health System
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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Nutrition and Institutionalized Children

In cooperation with Spoon Foundation
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Zeina Makhoul, PhD, RD, SPOON Foundation
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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Introduction to Nutrition and Feeding for Internationally Adopted Children

In cooperation with Spoon Foundation
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents; Adoptive Parents; Child Welfare Professionals
Presenters: Dr. Zeina Makhoul, Spoon Foundation and Kate Ward, Spoon Foundation
Fee: $15 per participant

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Feeding and Nutrition Considerations for Children with Special Needs: An overview

A FREE webinar offered in cooperation with Spoon Foundation
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Mishelle Rudzinski, MA, CCC-SLP, SPOON Foundation
Fee: FREE for participants not seeking Continuing Education Units (CEUs); $15 per participant seeking CEUs; separate registration required for each participant.

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Feeding the First Year Home: Transitioning through feeding stages and to a new diet

In cooperation with Spoon Foundation
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Kate Nelson Ward, MPH, CHES, SPOON Foundation
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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Nourish, Nurture, Attach: The feeding relationship and adoption  

In cooperation with Spoon Foundation
Intended Audience: Prospective Adoptive Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child Welfare Professionals
Presenter: Katja Rowell, MD, Adoption Nutrition, Family Feeding Dynamics
Fee: $15 per participant; separate registration required for each participant.

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