Adoption Workshop: Parenting an Infant Exposed to Substances

When:

November 18, 2020 all-day

2020-11-18T00:00:00-05:00

2020-11-19T00:00:00-05:00

Webinar, November 18, 2020, 6:30 PM, with JFCS Boston. The speakers for this workshop are Amy Sommer and Danya Handelsman, who work with substance-exposed newborns and their families as part of JF&CS’s Project NESST®. NESST is an acronym for “Newborns Exposed to Substances: Support and Therapy.”

Audience: Pre-adoptive parents
Certificates will be provided for two hours of pre-adoption training.

Topics:

Follow-up questions to the presentation on medical risk related to substance use disorder (SUD)
How adoptive parents can best support infants who have been impacted by SUD
Specific strategies and supports that NESST staff offer to adoptive families
Opportunities to seek individual consultation and support from NESST staff

Fees apply, Registration for the Zoom link is required to www.eventbrite.com/e/adoption-workshop-parenting-an-infant-exposed-to-substances-tickets-122409733809 Ior contactNeile Gordon, LCSW at ngordon@adoptionresources.org.

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