Haiti adoption interest has spiked after the disastrous earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. In response to the crisis, you are invited to listen in on this discussion regarding the orphans being adopted out of this country.
Heather T. Forbes, LCSW and Dr. Ronald Federici discuss the dynamics in transitioning these children from disaster to safety and security.
"These children who have come out of Haiti have experienced double trauma and are in deep survival mode," says Forbes. "Parents need to have realistic expectations of the child and make their world very small, focusing first on physical safety, security and establishing trust."
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, in coordination with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued an unprecedented policy on Jan. 18, 2010 allowing children from Haiti that were already in the adoption process to come to the US before their adoptions are finalized.
It is vitally important that these adoptive families be given the resources, knowledge, and support they need in order to ensure a successful transition for these traumatized children.
Forbes Beyond Consequences Institute is offering a free support group for parents who are adopting a child from Haiti in order for them to connect with other parents going through this process.
For more information on the support group or to arrange an interview with Forbes, contact LJ Sollberger at 407-401-0999.
For similar discussions in parenting traumatized children, see: Dr. Bruce Perry - http://www.beyondconsequences.com/asktheexpert/drperry Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman - http://www.beyondconsequences.com/asktheexpert/becker-weidman
About the Beyond Consequences Institute: Mission: To provide every child the opportunity to be parented out of love, ending the myth that a child can only respond and bond to a parent through fear-based parenting.
BCI educates and provides resources for helping children with severe acting out behaviors. Many of these children have been previously diagnosed with such disorders as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, depression, and have a history of childhood trauma.
Most traditional techniques accepted amongst nationally recognized professionals in this field are fear-based and ignore or minimize the effects of childhood trauma. While some of the traditional techniques may seem to help in the short-run, in the long-run, they simply create more fear in the parent-child relationship, many times resulting in chaotic and unsafe homes.
BCI promotes a groundbreaking approach that has helped even the most difficult of family cases find stability and healing. Based on scientific research, the Beyond Consequences Model provides a simple yet powerful model for helping children with trauma histories. The Beyond Consequences Model has been shown over and over to help families find the healing that they have been looking for after years of "trying everything and nothing worked."
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