Description

This event is intended for Massachusetts pre-adoptive and adoptive families who are parenting a child from foster care placed in their homes.

Join via Zoom the MARE Family Support Services Team for an evening exploring your family’s dynamics and things to consider as the holiday season approaches. We will talk about how adoption affects family dynamics in general, explore holiday “triggers” and considerations to keep in mind, and how to celebrate and honor the traditions of our children while creating new family practices and observances together. The content of this presentation is based on the National Training Development Curriculum for Foster & Adoptive Parents (NTDC) in which MARE staff is trained.

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About the Family Support Services Team:

Christina Waxlax is the Family Support Services Intern with MARE and in her second year of her Master of Social Work at Boston College. She is a parent of two young kids, one of whom was adopted interracially at birth.

Ricardo L. Franco is the director of Family Support Services with MARE. Ricardo is a licensed social worker and a fellow of the AdoptUSKids Minority Professional Leadership Development. He has more than a decade of experience working with foster and adoptive families in diverse communities.

Mary Liz Nogueras is the Outreach & Support Coordinator for Black and Latino Adoptive Families at MARE. Mary Liz is an experienced adoptive parent with a racially and ethnically diverse family.

Liz Joyal is the Coordinator of Family Support Services with MARE. Liz is a licensed clinical social worker. Liz and her husband are adoptive parents to an older Puerto Rican child who was adopted from foster care in 2017.