Local Training for Parents and Professionals

Share information about upcoming foster care and adoption training for parents and professionals in your community!  Contact us at info@nysccc.org and let us know what, when, where, and how to register and we’ll be glad to post it in this space.



  • Adoption & the Schools – Adoptive Families of the Capital Region Training, Monday, February 22, 2010 7 – 9 p.m. This workshop will discuss how the school environment intersects with adoption issues. Issues of assignments, advocacy and privacy will be some of the topics addressed at the workshop. Speaker: Lorrie Landau, LMSW. For more information call (518) 448-5295 or visit http://adoptivefamilies.homestead.com


  • Cyber Safety:  What You Need to Know to Keep Children Safe While Using the Internet – Wednesday, February 24th, 2010, 6:30 P.M. 3 Marcus Blvd, (off Wolf Road) Colonie, N.Y. Sponsored by Family Focus Adoption Services and the Capital Region Adoption and Foster Care Consortium.  To register call Deanna Busch, 518-326-8657.  Event Flyer.


  • Understanding the Special Education System using the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:30- 8:30, Parent to Parent of NYS, 500 Balltown Rd, Schenectady. This training is designed for participants to learn about legal requirements set forth in the Parts 200-201 Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. Participants will learn how to use these regulations to become equal partners in their child’s education. See event flyer for registration information.


  • Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Health Care and Services. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Capital District Location To Be Announced.  An Introduction to Healthy Transitions: Promoting Collaboration among Youth, Families, Service Providers and the Medical Community.  Sponsored by Healthy Transitison NY and Parent to Parent NYS.  See save the date flyer for details.


  • Adoption: Where Do I Start? – Monday, March 22, 2010 & Monday, March 29, 2010 7 – 9:30 p.m. A panel of adoptive parents and professionals will present information on how to build a family through domestic, international, and older child adoption. Presentation will include information on openness in adoption, the cost of adoption, transracial adoption, the adoption tax credit, issues relating to raising a family built by adoption will be included. This is a two part program. For more information call (518) 448-5295 or visit http://adoptivefamilies.homestead.com


  • Workshops for Families Formed Through Adoption - Three unique workshops in NYC area presented by Phyllis Lowinger, LCSW  focusing on issues and questions adoptive parents and adopted child may have. Two workshops are aimed for questions the adoptive parents may have and one aimed at the adopted adolescents. Contact Phyllis directly at 212-666-3400 or phyllow@gmail.com for more information.


  • What’s Out There and How to Get It – Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (RCSN) free training series for families and professionals needing programs and services for children with disabilities. See 2009-2010 calendar of scheduled free workshops events in all five New York City boroughs or visit the RCSN website for details and registration information.


Last modified: February 3, 2010