Haiti Orphan Adoption: Ensuring a Successful Transition

Haiti adoption interest has spiked after the disastrous earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. Heather T. Forbes, LCSW and Dr. Ronald Federici discuss the dynamics in transitioning orphaned children from disaster to safety and security.

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Heather T Forbes, LCSW

Quote startThese children who have come out of Haiti have experienced double trauma and are in deep survival mode. Parents need to have realistic expectations of the child and make their world very small.Quote end

Boulder, CO (PRWEB) January 26, 2010

Haiti adoption interest has spiked after the disastrous earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. In response to the crisis, you are invited to listen in on this discussion regarding the orphans being adopted out of this country.

Heather T. Forbes, LCSW and Dr. Ronald Federici discuss the dynamics in transitioning these children from disaster to safety and security.

"These children who have come out of Haiti have experienced double trauma and are in deep survival mode," says Forbes. "Parents need to have realistic expectations of the child and make their world very small, focusing first on physical safety, security and establishing trust."

http://www.beyondconsequences.com/asktheexpert/haiti/

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, in coordination with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued an unprecedented policy on Jan. 18, 2010 allowing children from Haiti that were already in the adoption process to come to the US before their adoptions are finalized.

It is vitally important that these adoptive families be given the resources, knowledge, and support they need in order to ensure a successful transition for these traumatized children.

Forbes’ Beyond Consequences Institute is offering a free support group for parents who are adopting a child from Haiti in order for them to connect with other parents going through this process.

For more information on the support group or to arrange an interview with Forbes, contact LJ Sollberger at 407-401-0999.

For similar discussions in parenting traumatized children, see:
Dr. Bruce Perry - http://www.beyondconsequences.com/asktheexpert/drperry
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman - http://www.beyondconsequences.com/asktheexpert/becker-weidman

About the Beyond Consequences Institute:
Mission: To provide every child the opportunity to be parented out of love, ending the myth that a child can only respond and bond to a parent through fear-based parenting.

BCI educates and provides resources for helping children with severe acting out behaviors. Many of these children have been previously diagnosed with such disorders as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, depression, and have a history of childhood trauma.

Most traditional techniques accepted amongst nationally recognized professionals in this field are fear-based and ignore or minimize the effects of childhood trauma. While some of the traditional techniques may seem to help in the short-run, in the long-run, they simply create more fear in the parent-child relationship, many times resulting in chaotic and unsafe homes.

BCI promotes a groundbreaking approach that has helped even the most difficult of family cases find stability and healing. Based on scientific research, the Beyond Consequences Model provides a simple yet powerful model for helping children with trauma histories. The Beyond Consequences Model has been shown over and over to help families find the healing that they have been looking for after years of "trying everything and nothing worked."

Beyond Consequences Institute, 1630A 30th Street, #488, Boulder, CO 80301

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Heather T Forbes, LCSW

Heather T. Forbes, LCSW has trained in the field of trauma and attachment with nationally recognized, first-generation attachment therapists since 1999. Co-author of "Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-based Approach for Helping Children With Severe Behaviors Vol. 1", author of Vol 2 as well as the new "Dare To Love", Heather lectures, consults, and coaches parents and professionals throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Much of her experience and insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, and adoption related issues has come from her most important job, being the mother of her two children (both adopted as toddlers from Russia and both of whom had intense traumatic histories).


Beyond Consequences Institute

About the Beyond Consequences Institute: Mission: To provide every child the opportunity to be parented out of love, ending the myth that a child can only respond and bond to a parent through fear-based parenting. BCI educates and provides resources for helping children with severe acting out behaviors. Many of these children have been previously diagnosed with such disorders as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, depression, and have a history of childhood trauma. Most traditional techniques accepted amongst nationally recognized professionals in this field are fear-based and ignore or minimize the effects of childhood trauma. While some of the traditional techniques may seem to help in the short-run, in the long-run, they simply create more fear in the parent-child relationship, many times resulting in chaotic and unsafe homes. BCI promotes a groundbreaking approach that has helped even the most difficult of family cases find stability and healing. Based on scientific research, the Beyond Consequences Model provides a simple yet powerful model for helping children with trauma histories. The Beyond Consequences Model has been shown over and over to help families find the healing that they have been looking for after years of "trying everything and nothing worked." Beyond Consequences Institute, 1630A 30th Street, #488, Boulder, CO 80301



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