1-Hour CE Credit
Intended Audience:
This course is designed for adoption social workers and mental health providers.
Course Overview:
Before perspective adoptive parents can accept a match, they must weight a variety of medical and legal issues. What risks should parents consider and how do parents know if a match is right for them? In this course, James Fletcher Thompson, an adoption attorney in South Carolina and a fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys since 1993; and Dr. Lisa Prock, a pediatrician specializing in adoption medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard University, discuss the legal and medical risks in domestic infant adoption.
Participants will be able to:
- Identify three criteria of an “adoption friendly state.”
- Describe the difference between the waiting period and the revocation period.
- Name three common symptoms of prenatal opiate exposure.
- Describe the risks and impacts of prenatal exposure to opiates, alcohol, heroin, and methamphetamines.
- Explain the benefits of using an adoption agency or adoption attorney.
- List three legal risks to consider when accepting a birth parent match.
Social Work Practice Level: Intermediate
1 Hour CE Credit
Online Audio Course – Non-interactive (Certificate of completion will be immediately awarded online. You will be redirected to the certificate upon successful completion of the course including passing a 10 question quiz and completing a course evaluation)
Course Categories: Social work practice, knowledge and skills/Social work clinical practice
Accreditations and Approvals:
Creating a Family – The National Adoption and Infertility Education and Support Nonprofit, #1488, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Creating a Family – The National Adoption and Infertility Education and Support Nonprofit maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 10/17/2016 – 10/17/2020. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this course will receive 1 continuing education clock hours.
For information on specific continuing education requirements by jurisdiction or mental health field, we recommend contacting your licensing board or accrediting organization for the most current requirements from your state or territory. ASWB offers a quick reference of Social Work Laws and Regulations that you may find helpful.
Please contact the Education Director for technical assistance or disability accommodations.
*Your course will remain active for 180 days from purchase date.