Your customized package includes:

1.  Because They Waited™ education system covers topics pertinent to adopting a baby or an older child, internationally, domestically, or through foster care.  Modules present "The Science" in a user-friendly format, followed by "The Parenting" which offers concrete parenting tools.   "Wrap-Up and  Resources" as well as study materials are also provided for each topic.  Includes access to older child discussion boards where learning is taken to the next level with participation in discussions with professionals and other parents on our Older Child Discussion Boards.

Topics covered include:

• Promoting healthy brain development with older child discussion board Brain Development
• Sensory processing and sensory integration
• Parenting to a child's "real age" vs. chronological age
• Understanding the internal alarm with older child discussion board Cycles and Alarms
• Building attachment with older child discussion board Putting it All Together
• Race and Culture with older child discussion board Race and Culture

2.  Adopting from Colombia addresses the topics pertinent to families adopting from Colombia including:

• Demographics
• Colombian Country Culture
• Eligibility Requirements
• Process
• Statistics on Adoptions from Colombia
• Why so Many Children need Families
• Medical Conditions
• Intersection of Race and Culture
• Transitioning to Home

3. Parent Planning for Special Needs Adoption.  This 2-hour course is for both pre- and post-adoptive parents. Presenters go beyond discussing various types of special needs and consider the joys and challenges involved. Different types of resources are examined, and participants will begin to discern which resources might be best for their family. Most importantly, the course walks parents through the building of an individualized parenting plan which becomes a lifelong reference.

This package is recommended for all adoptive/foster care parents/caregivers/professionals and includes access, testing and certificates for two parents for 13 hours of education.