Teach your Baby to Sign - 6 Week Series Begins Today at 10:00 am

Few Spots Left for this Monday's Class!

This is a six week series starting June 2 and ending June 30.

Last Chance to Register! Begins this morning at 10:00 am.

Come sign with us! Your baby will be happy you did. Introducing infants and young children to sign language empowers them to be understood and gives you a special time to bond, learn, and communicate with your baby.  Help your baby to replace crying with communication as they learn to share their world with you through sign language.

Register here.

Adoption and Finances: Who knew there were so many opportunities!

Adoption Grant Writing Online Class - "What You Need To Know For Success!"

The Adoption Grant Writing Online Class gives you the guidance needed to be successful in your adoption grant writing efforts. Get answers to your important questions:

• Which adoption grants should I apply for?
• What types of adoption grants are available?
• How do I determine if it is even worth my time to apply?
• Do my income and/or assets matter?
• How do I get organized?
• How do I write my family story?
• What kind of information are grant organizations looking for?
• How do I know if a grant organization is legit?
• How can I protect my adopted child’s privacy but still convey their need?
• Can I apply for more than one grant at a time?
• Am I allowed to apply for grants and loans at the same time?

Offered by www.resources4adoption.com

Learning from Adult Adoptees

We're Home! Now What?

Only $10 and Only in July!     We're Home!  Now What? For parents of newly adopted toddlers or school-aged children.  We're Home! Now What? was designed to address immediate issues families face while getting to know one another.  Both courses offer practical tips that are easy to implement right away.  Topics addressed include: Transitions including: language, sleeping and eating Discipline Attachment Medical Care  School placement     There are two courses: one designed for new parents of adopted toddlers, the other for new parents of adopted school-aged children.  $10 for either course for this month only. Take We're Home! Now What? for only $10

Help Needed: Open Adoption Survey

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As many of you know, we are in the process of creating a new course for prospective adoptive families considering open adoption. We have been fortunate to have talked with many adoptive parents, birth mothers and adoption professionals, but have not found many adult adoptees.

We feel it is crucial for adoptees' voices to be heard in this course! To that end, we've created a brief online survey to be completed by adult adoptees (age 18 and up. The survey focuses on exactly what sort of contact/visits were had with various members of the birth family (in open adoptions), the benefits, the challenges and what they would say to families who are in the early years or just thinking about an open adoption.

We are asking for your help in reaching these folks by distributing the following link to the survey: http://app.fluidsurveys.com/s/openadopt/

Aside from sending the link to previous clients you've worked with, we'd like to ask you to send the link to your current families (as they may have friends or relatives with grown children who were adopted), place the link on your website and in your social media feeds such as Facebook and the like.

We appreciate your help and look forward to sharing the results and the new course with you and your families!

Mary Michele Hawkins
Heart of the Matter
816-246-1100