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	Adoption Competency Certificate Program An understanding of the core issues of adoption is critical to providing a competent continuum of care for families formed by foster care, kinship, guardianship or adoption. Hillside’s Learning Institute and Adoption Resource Network Adoption Competency Certificate Program provides training for: Social workers Mental health professionals Schools counselors Birth parents of children who were adopted Adoptive or pre-adoptive parents Adults who were adopted   Download Brochure   Speaker Bios AdoptMent Volunteers Needed Adoption Resource Network at Hillside is looking for a few adults who were adopted to volunteer for the AdoptMent program. AdoptMent matches adult adoptees with teens who are somewhere in the adoption process. AdoptMent youth and adults meet as a group and individually for one hour a week from September until June. Training and support are provided. If you might be interested, please call or email Mike Finn at Adoption Resource Network, 585-350-2502, mfinn@hillside.com. Training Resources for Foster/Adoptive Families - details The Center for Development of Human Services is pleased to announce exciting training opportunities for foster/adoptive parents.   This fall we will continue to offer training using iLinc, a distance learning program that uses the Internet to connect instructors and learners. These workshop offerings will be “synchronous,” meaning that the instructor and learners will all be online at the same time.
	Birth Parent Loss & Grief  - Article by Patricia Roles MSW
	"Inducement: The Language of Adoption" - Article

Events

Information Meeting October 16, 2008 6:00-8:00 p.m. Hillside Children's Center 100 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623 To register call Cecelia at 585.350.2501     International Adoption Information Meeting October 21, 2008 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hillside Children's Center 100 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623 To register call Cecelia at 585.350.2501   A Lunch for Celebrating   A Day for Learning! - view flyer Plan now to participate in this special event! - Matt Foreman, the Gay & Lesbian Program Director at the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.   Thursday October 30, 2008 Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York 8am-4pm The Adoption Place at Jewish Family Service and Spence Chapin Services for Children are hosting a free seminar for anyone interested in learning about adoption. Participants will hear about new programs in Bulgaria, Moldova and Colombia. This is also a chance to ask questions of adoptive parents who have "been there".   Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Location: Jewish Family Service, 441 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607     Register by November 3: Call 585-461-0110 or email lglasner@jfsrochester.org   This seminar is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.     Jewish Family Service is a non-denominational agency that provides human services to the Greater Rochester community including a full range of domestic and international adoption services. Visit the JFS web site at www.jfsrochester.org.     Professional Development Seminar Friday, November 7, 2008 One Mustard Street, Learning Center, 4th Floor, Rochester, NY   Adoption Resource Network - 17th Annual Conference Saturday, November 8, 2008 Bay Trail Middle School 1760 Scribner Road, Penfield, NY  14580 - view map 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.   International Adoption Information Meeting Co-hosted by Children's Home Society & Family Services and Hillside Children's Center November, 10, 2008 6:30 p.m. Hillside Children's Center 100 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623 To register call Cecelia at 585.350.2501   National Adoption Day - view flyer Friday, November 14, 2008 9:00 am Grand Ballroom of the On-Center   Information Meeting December 4, 2008 6:00-8:00 p.m. Hillside Children's Center 100 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623 To register call Ceclia at 585.350.2501 Foster Care Information Meetings 2nd Thursday of each month at Hillside Children’s Center Cotter Building, 1337 East Main St, Rochester, NY 654-4421 For Schedule - Bev Tomaszewski ASAP Post-Adoption Support Group Meetings Erie County 4th Thursday of each month 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Childcare Provided Call (716) 848-6412 for details   Monroe County 1st Saturday of each month 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Childcare Provided Call (585) 350-2501 for details and to register   Niagara County 2nd Thursday of each month 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Childcare Provided Call (716) 848-6412 for details Abroad & Back Parenting (11.5 hour training for prospective adoptive parents, with a focus on International and infant adoption)   - 350-2501   Welcome Home Baby Care Class (4 hour infant/toddler training, with a focus on attachment, transitions, travel) Call (585)  350-2501 for details AdoptMent (An Adoption Mentor program which matches adults who were adopted and/or in foster care with youth who are freed for adoption or in the process of being adopted) Meeting weekly at Hillside Children’s Center Adults who are interested in becoming mentors should contact Mike Finn at mfinn@hillside.com Search Support Group      Download Search Resources Are you an Adoptee, Birth Parent, or Adoptive Parent searching for a family member?  Are you interested in finding birth family but unsure of where to start or how to go about your search?  Come to our Search Support Group meeting.  Meet others who are searching.  Learn how to go about your search.  With help and support, you can have a successful search. Where: Adoption Resource Network 100 Metro Park, Suite 102 Rochester NY 14623   (Metro Park is across from MCC, the Hurlburt Nursing Home is on the corner. As you enter Metro Park from East Henrietta Rd, we are the second bldg on the right, the HONEYWELL bldg., which is in big red letters on the front. The parking lot is on the side and enter by the front door and we are the first door on the right.   When: 7 PM to 9 PM - the first Wednesday of each month.  Info:  Contact Cecelia Spinelli  for more information at (585) 350-2501 or cspinell@hillside.com

For more information on adoption, contact  Lisa Maynard at:  lmaynard@hillside.com or by phone at 585-350-2500.