Required Training

It is our goal as an agency to educate, equip, and set realistic expectations for every adoptive family we work with. Below are some of the methods we use to help set our families up for longterm success in their adoption journey.

 

Online Training Classes

Complete a minimum of four classes from Adoption Learning Partners from this list:

  • Lifebooks

  • Let's Talk Adoption

  • Conspicuous Families

  • The Journey Attachment

  • Open Adoption 101

  • Adopted: The Identity Project

  • Becoming Your Child's Best Advocate

  • Finding the Missing Pieces

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Infant CPR Class

As a part of completing the required training to officially become a waiting family with Christian Adoption Services, we require both husband and wife to complete an infant CPR class. The Red Cross provides classes as well as some community centers. You will need to obtain a training certificate.

In-Person training workshop

We offer in-person training workshops twice a year for couples currently in the adoption process with Christian Adoption Services. We require that both the husband and wife attend a 1-day training workshop. Topics covered include: open vs. closed adoption, communication with birth families, transracial adoption, attachment parenting, substance abuse effects in infants, and more.

If you are hopeful adoptive parents in the adoption process with CAS and would like to sign up for one of our workshops, you can call our office at 704-847-0038.