This virtual training is offered to pre-adoptive and adoptive Massachusetts families open to the placement of a child of a different race than the adoptive parents or families already parenting a child of a different race.

In this two-hour presentation, Isaac Etter will share with families his experiences as a transracial adoptee, ways parents can prepare for transracial adoption, best ways to support their transracial adoptee, and a practical guide for conversations about racism and cultural identity formation. Isaac will share resources and leave time for Q&As.

Parents will walk away with:

- A deeper understanding of bias and how and where it shows up.

- A understanding on how racial identity development occurs in transracial adoptees.

- Practical steps to support your adoptee’s sense of self and racial identity.

- Practical steps you can take from the time your child is adopted through adulthood to encourage and support them.

Bio:

Isaac Etter is an activist and social entrepreneur. Isaac was transracially adopted at the age of two. He is the founder of Identity a startup focused on using technology to help adoptive and foster parents thrive. Isaac has used his story of being adopted and growing up in a white world to curate deep conversations about race in America where everyone learns to value each other and their experience, while learning about racism, privilege, and their role in it.