CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE TRAINED TO HELP FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES

ILDC had a great weekend on the 23rd of October conducting long-awaited training on the book: "Telling The Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child" for social workers, psychologists and child welfare specialists. The training was a great success. We had more than 40 people present at the training. The participants found the topic to be relevant and very useful in their work settings. They had a wonderful opportunity for in-depth discussion and had lots of practical exercises on this topic.

About 1/3 of the participants were from Russia. They got very interested in the opportunity of this kind of training in their country. We hope to develop partnerships in Russia in the near future.

The professional approach to the training was very appreciated! We would like to share our gratitude to Ruby Johnston for conducting the training and Jayne Schooler for writing this wonderful book.

Every participant received a copy of the book "Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child" and four volumes of the "Field Guide to Child Welfare" written by one of ILDC founders Judith S. Rycus and Ronald C. Hughes, IHS. All participants were very excited to get this material.