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CE Course Description

The adoption process can be challenging at times for any prospective adoptive family, but military and LGBTQ families may face special circumstance not experienced by other families.  This CE course is designed to help expand cultural competence and skills when working with military and LGBTQ persons and examines laws and policies, benefits, potential challenges, and available resources.

Author:  Child Welfare Information Gateway.  (2016).  Working with military families as they pursue adoption.  Washing DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau;  Child Welfare Information Gateway.  (2016).  Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) families in foster care and adoption.  Washing DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.

Retrieved from:  https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/militarybulletin/; https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f-profbulletin/

CE Course Objectives

1.  Explain three reasons why military families make excellent adoptive families.

2.  Define gender expression, gender nonconforming, gender identity, gender roles, and genderqueer.

3.  Identify three things that agencies should do to convey a welcoming philosophy.

4.  Describe what should be focused on when representing family home studies to expectant families.

5.  Distinguish between signs of dysfunction and a normal part of a military family’s life during predeployment.

CE Outline with Main Points

1.  Working With Military Families as They Pursue Adoption

a.  Benefits of Using Military Families as Adoptive Resources for Children

b.  Potential Challenges and Solutions in Working With Military Families

c.  Military Resources That Assist Adoptive Families

d.  Organizations With Resources to Support Military Families

2.  Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Families in Foster Care and Adoption

a.  Getting to Know the LGBTQ Community

b.  Language and Terminology

c.  Advantages of Including LGBTQ Families

d.  Tips for Effective Recruitment / Retention

e.  Challenges Faced by LGBTQ Adoptive Parents

f.  Possible Challenges Professionals Face While Working With LGBTQ Families

g.  Tips for Representing LGBTQ Families as Potential Adoptive Parents

h.  Supporting Transgender Parents

i.  The Basics of Creating a Welcoming Agency

Social Work Approval

Social Work CE Credit for this course is offered with the following approvals. Many state boards of social work will accept the approvals listed. Provider Approvals by state and license type can be found here.

• Quantum Units Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT Provider #89970, to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEP. Quantum Units Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
• Florida board for Social Workers CE Provider #50-8650 (Quantum 'immediately' reports CE Credits to Florida licensees) 
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, License No. 159.001261 approved CE Sponsor
• Ohio CSWMFTB #RCST091701 approved CE Provider
• Texas Board of SWE #5070 approved CE Provider
• Quantum Units Education, #1289, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 01/03/2023 - 01/03/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 'General' continuing education credits.

To see other approvals in your state, see our state by state provider approval listings here.

CAADE Approval

This course does not have CAADE approval for CEUs.

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Added On: 10/10/2018