About The Identity Project
This course guides parents through a series of adoptee stories giving a unique view into the hearts, minds and souls of the adopted person experience. Discussions involve unresolved questions surrounding their birth family, the decision to place them for adoption, and how much of who they are is related to their DNA vs. their upbringing. These stories are supported with clinical insights from our expert offering practical tips for parents to use with your own family.
What You’ll Learn
- Adult adoptees reflect on their experiences as children and teens
- Invaluable insights into what their child may be feeling
- Practical tips from our experts for parents to use with their own family
How to Enroll
To enroll, log into your ALP account – the one you created listing Holt as your agency (you will have set this up when you took ALP’s Hague training courses). Add the “Identity Project” course to your cart and complete the transaction. The fee for the course will be $0. Please note that the zeroed out price will appear in your cart only if you are logged in as a Holt client. Once you complete the purchase, the course will be available in your ALP account. Contact Adoption Learning Partners if you need assistance.
Credit Hours: 1.0
Course Fee: Free to Holt Families
Discussion Guide
Download our printable discussion worksheet to help guide your reflection through each stage of your child’s development.
Stage: Infant and Toddler
- Which of the tips from adopted people presented in this stage most resonated with you? How do you now, or how do you plan to, follow that advice?
- How do you plan on showing others that your family is now multi-racial?
Stage: Young Child
- How do you explain what adoption means to young children?
- Which of the tips from adopted people presented in this stage most resonated with you? How do you now, or how do you plan to, follow that advice?
- For transracial adoptions, picture your home right now. Do the photographs, books, and artwork reflect everyone in your family? What can you do to make it more reflective of every member?
Stage: School Age
- Which of the tips from adopted people presented in this stage most resonated with you? How do you now, or how do you plan to, follow that advice?
- How many children in your local school are of the same race as your child?
Stage: Adolescence
- How do you or can you assist your child when he or she contemplates searching for their birth family?
- Which of the tips from adopted people presented in this stage most resonated with you? How do you now, or how do you plan to, follow that advice?
Stage: Emerging Adulthood
- Which of the tips from adopted people presented in this stage most resonated with you? How do you now, or how do you plan to, follow that advice?