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FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
The
events listed below are either sponsored by MARE or by other
organizations. MARE is not responsible for changes made to
the event listings for other organizations. For each event,
please note the sponsoring organization and appropriate contact
to direct questions and comments. For any MARE event, please
call 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or 1-800-882-1176 for more
information.
If
you would like to post an event on the MARE website, please click
here. Please note that MARE will review submissions and
only post applicable events.
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We are Family: A post-adoption support group
First Connections: on the Emerson Hospital Campus, Route 2, Concord, MA
A monthly support and education group for parents who are caring for foster children, have adopted a child at age 3 or older, or whose adopted child is now over age 5. Meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7-9 pm.
Contact the facilitator, Mary Rowlinson with questions: 978-287-0221 ex:218 |
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Adoption Learn & Play: Monthly Support Group
First Connections: on the Emerson Hospital Campus, Route 2, Concord, MA
A support and education group for parents with adopted children age 5 and under. During the parent discussion time, children are welcome to play in a supervised play room. The facilitated group is a supportive environment where adoptive parents can meet and share resources with other adoptive families.
Contact the facilitator, Mary Rowlinson with questions: 978-287-0221 ex:218 |
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Webinar: You’re Not Alone: Mobilizing Supports for an Adoptive Placement
MARE
Hear from a roundtable of adoption professionals about accessing services in Massachusetts to support adoptive families and ways to build your personal support network. Appropriate for families at any stage in the adoption process. Listen to the recording HERE. |
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Webinar-Waiting is the Hardest Part: Tips and Survival Strategies for the Matching Process
MARE
Have you ever wondered:
How do workers decide on the right match?
How come I feel like I never hear anything back?
What more can I be doing to help facilitate a match?
What should I be doing while I am waiting?
Listen to the recording of a Webinar that took place on Wednesday, March 21st about the Matching Process in foster care adoption with MARE's Director of Family Support Services, Ruth Bodian. We hosted a casual conversation about the challenges and successes of waiting for a match. This webinar is most appropriate for families who have already started the training/homestudy process. To listen to the recording, click HERE. |
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Parent Groups & Online Discussion Group
Adoptive Families Together (AFT)
Click HERE to view the current parent group schedule
AFT provides education, advocacy, support, and more. Adoptive Families Together (AFT) offers several parent-run confidential groups, statewide. AFT parent support meetings provide pre- and post-adoptive information, education, and general support for families touched by adoption.
AFT also hosts a moderated Online Discussion Group which provides parents with a 24-hour support forum, focusing on children with challenging behaviors and complex needs. To learn more about Online Discussion Group, click HERE.
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Pathways
to Permanency through the Trauma Center
The Pathways to Permanency Program
Trauma Center in Brookline, MA
Rona Sandberg, LICSW, Clinical Coordinator at 617-232-1303
ext.223 or visit www.traumacenter.org.
The Pathways to Permanency Program strives to strengthen
and support families in providing foster and adoptive
children with a nurturing and stable home environment.
The program offers services that include caregiver support,
psycho-education, and consultation. Consultation services may be used to assist families with: guidance in determining if and/or how to adopt or to be a foster parent and deciding whether a specific child placement is a good match for your family. Caregiver services may be used to assist families with: Parenting a child with a history of trauma, managing relationships with birth families, and preparing siblings for the arrival of a new foster or adoptive child and/or addressing challenges that may arise between siblings.These services are
provided by clinicians with extensive experience working
with childhood trauma and foster care and adoption related
issues.
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Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. – MARE- 45 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
617-54-ADOPT (542-3678) – 1-800-882-1176 – Fax: 617-542-1006
NON DISCRIMINATION POLICY
MARE welcomes and serves all constituents without regard to an individual’s actual or perceived race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental ability, veteran status, domestic partnership or marital status.
This policy also applies to employment practice, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, outside vendors, service clients, use of contractors and consultants, and dealings with the general public.
MARE is partially funded by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families – DCF
Comments or Questions to: web@MAREinc.org – Copyright @ 2011 MARE, Inc. All rights reserved
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