Adoption-Informed Counseling: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Adult Adoptees
1 Hour | 1 CE
This on-demand professional training program on Adoption-Informed Counseling: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Adult Adoptees is presented by Susan Branco, PhD.
Adopted populations are more likely to seek behavioral healthcare services than non-adopted populations; however, many providers do not have training to meet the specific needs of adoptees. The presenter offers an overview of adoption-informed tenets, competencies, and interventions that support mental health providers in working with adoptees. Upon completion of the program, participants can implement adoption-informed interventions.
This program is intended for beginner to intermediate practitioners, including counselors-in-training and individual, family, and couple counselors, in Independent, group, and/or community mental health settings.
Program Outline
- Stats about adoptees in the US and globally as applicable
- Rationale for increased behavioral healthcare seeking for adoptees
- 7 Core Issues in Adoption (Roxia & Maxon, 2019)
- Adoption informed competency areas (Baden et al., 2015; Atkinson et al., 2013)
- Adoption-informed assessments and how to implement using a composite case study
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe two reasons adult adopted populations may seek behavioral healthcare at a higher rate than non-adopted persons
Describe 7 core issues in adoption
Describe three mental health competency areas to provide adoption-informed care
Describe at least two adoption-informed interventions they can use immediately in their practice
Presented By
Susan Branco, PhD
Susan Branco, PhD, LPC (VA), LCPC (MD), NCC, ACS, BC-TMH, (she/her/ella), is a transracial and transnational adoptee from Colombia, South America. She is an advocate for increased adoption related research and training within counselor education and is passionate about improving mental health outcom...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Adoption-Informed Counseling
3. Types of Adoption
4. History of Adoption
5. Legal Issues
6. Adoptee Consciousness Model
7. Implications
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.