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ADOPTION EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONALS
ADOPTION OUTREACH

Gladney understands that it can be difficult to discuss the adoption option, or provide care to a client or patient who is facing an unplanned pregnancy. That is why Gladney is proud to offer medical professionals education about the option of adoption.


Gladney offers Continuing Education Credits to Social Work and Nursing Staff in clinical settings. Our adoption education training is designed to empower professionals and help them feel confident when working with a patient who is considering or planning adoption.

Gladney believes that a patient’s time and care in the hospital is a critical factor in her physical and emotional healing. Professionals who are equipped with the right information can be great advocates for their clients and patients. This advocacy is empowering to the patient and can transform a difficult situation into a healthy and caring environment that provides lifelong peace.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

  • Understand the adoption process
  • Know how to address barriers to adoption
  • Learn about legal issues and ethical considerations surrounding adoption
  • Understand the importance of accurate adoption language

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TESTIMONIALS FROM PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE ATTENDED OUR TRAINING

  • This training helped me view the world of adoption through the eyes of the expectant parent.

  • I learned how to use correct adoption language to encourage and promote understanding of the empowering option of adoption for our patients. I also now know how to educate my staff about accurate adoption language.

  • As an RN Case Manager I now have more education and resources to assist me with supporting patients.

  • I really enjoyed this in-service. I am an adoptive parent and I enjoyed learning about how things have changed from when I adopted my two children.

  • I now feel comfortable with sharing the option of adoption with patients.

For more information about our trainings, or to schedule a presentation, please contact Ashley Ellington by email or at 817-922-5933.

Post adoption trainings

CLINICAL SERVICES

Gladney’s Post-Adoption & Client Services department is available to meet your needs with:

  • On-going family support
  • Parent coaching and consultation
  • Family and child counseling
  • Early and crisis intervention services / disruption services

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Please click on the links below for recommended readings and other information.

If you have any questions or would like more information on how you, as a parent, can nurture your relationship with your child, contact the Post-Adoption & Client Services Department at Gladney via email.

pathways

As we enter this world, we do not always know what paths our lives will take, or which paths we will choose for ourselves. These paths could take us down dark valleys and through beautiful tall mountains and we learn along the way.

The Gladney Center for Adoption believes that every child deserves a loving and caring family. As international and foster adoptions continue to evolve into older child, special needs and sibling set adoptions, the parental requirements for a successful adoption continue to evolve as well. No longer is traditional parenting sufficient in caring for kids from “hard places”. Research is clear that parenting a child that has a history of loss, abuse, neglect or trauma requires additional insight and parenting skills to create a loving and caring environment for the emotional, physical, psychological and mental growth of a child. Parental preparedness is a cornerstone in further ensuring successful adoptions.

It is for this reason that the Gladney Center for Adoptions created the Pathways adoption training. This is a three-day training program offered several times a year at Gladney’s Fort Worth campus. This training is facilitated by our Clinical Team and is designed to prepare and empower adoptive parents with new insights and research-based treatment models on how to engage children from hard places. Gladney believes that it is best practices in adoption to have a trauma-informed training which covers brain development, sensory needs, effects of abuse and neglect, parenting styles and attachment and behavior change techniques. It is for this reason that all families adopting internationally and through the New Beginnings program are required to attend the Pathways training before they are approved to complete their adoption.

2026 PATHWAYS TRAINING DATES

  • May 6-8
  • July 8-10
  • September 23-25
  • November 11-13

Contact Pathways Staff

Gladney Center for Adoption

6300 John Ryan Drive

Fort Worth, TX 76132-4122
Email: pathways@gladney.org

Office: 817.922.6044

Other Resources
Gladney University
Gladney University
Gladney University provides adoptive parents with education and support before, during and after their adoption.