Date:	2009 date TBA
Time:	9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location:	Kaiser Oakland Medical Center Fabiola Building, Room G-65A 3801 Howe Street, Oakland Directions
Description:	Lifetime Journey focuses on relationships between children, their birth parents and their adoptive parents, whether they are in an open adoption or a closed one. This workshop will address children's questions about their birth parents -- both the questions they ask and those they hold inside. Recognizing that there are no cookie cutter approaches to building a positive triad relationship and that each family situation is unique, we will address common questions such as: How can birth families remain connected to an adopted child without confusing the child? How can complex relationships between adoptive and birth parents be managed for the support of a child? How do birth parents play a role when it is a closed adoption? Should you consider opening your child's adoption? This will be a safe place to discuss fears and hopes regarding our children's birth parents and their relationship (or lack thereof) to them and us. This workshop is appropriate for both domestic and international adoptions.
Cost:	$40 Members, $50 Non-Members