Silver Spring "Adoption and Learning Differences" workshop - March 5

What:Adoption and Learning Differences: What to Know and What to Expect
When: March 5, 8:30 to 1:30
Where: The Siena School
9727 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

A workshop featuring

Debbie Riley, Center for Adoption Support and Education, co-author of Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens and

William Stixrud, Clinical neuropsychologist and expert in learning disorders and executive dysfunction

This half-day workshop will include:

A developmental overview of adopted children and their milestones and key developmental and emotional stages;
Adopted children and learning differences, including an overview of learning differences;
School curriculum and its connection to and support for Adoption and Learning Differences;
Q&A with a panel of Students and Parents about their experience with adoption and learning differences.

Cost is $100, with lunch included.
For more information and to register online go to The Siena School and click on workshops.

W.I.S.E Up! workshop - March 12

It's time again to W.I.S.E Up! For Parents & Children

Date/Time: Saturday, March 12, 2011 1:30 – 3:30 P.M.
Fee: $ 60.00 per family, or $35.00 parents only
Location: St. Mark's Church, 26 Melvin Ave. Catonsville, MD 21228

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN WAYS TO HANDLE QUESTIONS FROM OTHERS ABOUT THEIR ADOPTION

Once again, Catholic Charities is pleased to offer the W.I.S.E. UP! workshop for adoptive families. This unique program developed by C.A.S.E (Center for Adoption Support and Education) provides a simple but powerful way for adopted children (and their families) to handle comments and personal questions about their adoption story.

There are a number of parenting tasks which are unique to adoptive families. Perhaps the most difficult is supporting our children when they are called upon to explain adoption to the rest of the world. It is critical that children feel confident in themselves when confronted with this task. W.I.S.E UP! helps them join with other adopted children in learning ways to handle potentially uncomfortable situations in a safe and supportive environment. Parents, too, can share their concerns and learn how to best empower their children.

This workshop will offer practical tools for adopted children between the ages of 7 and 11 (adopted both internationally and domestically) to help them make choices about how to respond to uncomfortable or personal questions about their adoptive status. The W.I.S.E UP! tools will be used in separate children's and parents' groups, with a sharing time at the end. The W.I.S.E UP Powerbook and Parent Guidebook will be available for purchase.

Don't delay. This workshop fills up fast!

Please contact Mary Ellen Bean (410-659-4031 or mbean@cc-md.org) for information and to register.

Clarksville Russian Language and Art Classes

Where: Columbia Gym
6151 Day Long Lane
Clarksville, MD 21029
(Located in the River Hill Village Center)
When: Classes are 45 minutes on Saturdays

Russian Maryland Cultural Center (RMCC) is opened and invites its Members, Parents and Students to participate in educational, cultural and charitable events and activities.

RMCC is providing an enriched educational and cultural experience through the study of Russian language, traditions, history, and culture. We are offering classes, concerts, shows, seminars, summer programs and more. RMCC is non-profit organization and operates under 501.C(3) IRS Rule. All donations and dues are tax deductable.

Who can participate and what programs?
We have different programs and language classes for adults and kids. We have classes for non-Russian speaking and for Russian speaking children who have been adopted into American families, and those children who were born in the US and whose parents want to preserve their Russian heritage, language, and culture.

Our major subject is Russian language and Reading. We also offer a wide selection of extra curriculum you can choose for you or your child: Russian History, World Around Us, Amazing Math, Russian Literature, Art / Drawing, Music Studio (String Orchestra, Chorus), Ballroom Dance, Rhythmic Gymnastics and many more....

The Director suggests the "Russian for Non-speakers" for children, and the art classes.

For more information and registration go to Russian Maryland Cultural Center.

Center for Adoption Support and Education Workshops

CASE offers many classes and seminars for adoptive parents. Here is a partial listing. For more information about any of these events, other events, or to register on-line go to Center for Adoption Support and Education or call (301) 476-8525.

Workshops at International Adoption Center at Inova Fairfax Hospital

Place: International Adoption Center
8505 Arlington Blvd. Suite 100
Fairfax, VA 22031

Join us for our continuing International Adoption Parenting classes. Meet with other families and our staff as we assist future or current parents of internationally adopted children in the task of becoming a family.

Pre-Adoption Parenting Class

Classes focus on the unique needs of the recently adopted child from birth to age 4 years. Topics include an overview of ways the internationally adopted child differs from children born and raised in the United States; Medical issues that you may encounter; Attachment, family transition; Nutrition; Speech and language development; Gross and fine motor development; Behaviors and positive discipline; Safety; General baby and child care; Travel tips.

For more information or to register for classes call (703) 970-2651 or visit International Adoption Center.

Thinking of Adopting Telecourses

Want to learn more about adoption from other adoptive parents and recognized experts from the comfort and privacy of your own home? Take a ThinkingOfAdopting.com Adoption Telecourse or Webinar.

Recent topics include:

Medical Aspects of International Adoption
What to Expect During the Referral Stage
Attachment and Adoption: What is it and why is it so important?

For more information and to register visit Thinking of Adopting Telecourses.