2009 Program Schedule

2 Easy ways to register:

1. Online
2. Call 301-476-8525

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Find out about Ongoing Groups & Meetings

Specialty Workshops

Unless noted otherwise, workshops will be held at the C.A.S.E. office in Burtonsville. When offered, childcare is for ages 5 and older – pre-registration/payment required. All programs will begin promptly. Attendees needing childcare, please arrive 15 minutes early to comfort and settle your child.

Adoptive Parents and Reunion
June Date and time TBD
Call Ellen Singer at 301-476-8525 for information.


Is your family in reunion with your older teen/young adult’s birth family?  Do you have questions, concerns, and complicated feelings related to these new relationships?   Please join Ellen Singer for discussion and the opportunity to connect with other parents in reunion. Cost: $25 per person/$35 per couple

Ongoing Groups & Meetings

New Group Forming!

Foster/Adoptive Parent Support Group for LGBT Families
Spring '09
7pm-9pm (day TBD)

Network with foster and adoptive parents who are just like yours! Share advice and support, discuss challenges and celebrate successes about: adoptive/foster parenting, coming out to your children and family, identifying and letting go of internalized homophobia. Strengthen and empower your family and learn how our nationally acclaimed programs, like W.I.S.E. Up! and S.A.F.E. at School can benefit you. Learn practical ways to protect yourself AND your children at work and at school. Plus you’ll get expert from informed, professional speaker who can advise on issues that affect you (including legal advice, adoptive parenting tips, joint mortgages, and more!)  Fee: $225 for 10 weekly sessions. Will meet in the evening from 7pm-9pm (day TBD) For information, Call Vanessa Marshall at CASE or email marshall@adoptionsupport.org

You're Never Alone: It Takes a Village
Meets the first Wednesday of every month
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 pm  (Burtonsville/Silver Spring)


Raising a challenging teen/young adult with serious behavioral or emotional challenges? Join the parent support group especially for you. Debbie Riley and Kathleen Dugan lead this monthly parent support group. Connect with other parents who share and understand your challenges; benefit from effective parenting strategies; learn about community resources to help you take control of your family. Monthly attendance strongly encouraged! Fee is $25.00. Free to families who have adopted through Montgomery County DHHS.

TEEN Group
Tuesdays from 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Register now for our winter/spring group for teens aged 12-18. Start scheduled for Feb. 3; however, actual start date determined once interviews are complete. There will be eight group sessions for teens and three group sessions for parents, concurrently. For information and to schedule an assessment, call Sean Delehant, LCPC . Fee $75 per teen/per session. (Parents $40/session).

The Kids' Adoption Network Group ( Maryland)
6:30pm – 8:30pm

This popular 8-week series encourages children from various adoptive backgrounds to engage in art, games and discussions that explore their feelings about adoption. Children will learn skills to manage the questions and comments of others. Pre-assessment required. Fee $50 per child/per session. Two locations:

Maryland
Summer Group Now Forming
Location: CASE Office, Burtonsville , MD
Call  301-476-8525 or  email Valerie: kunsman@adoptionsupport.org .

Virginia
Grades: TBD
Starts: TBD
Location: CASE Office, Burke, VA
Call  703-425-3703 or emai Maril: itzkowitz@adoptionsupport.org

Maryland Office : Silver/Spring Burtonsville
Address:	4000 Blackburn Lane, Suite 260 Burtonsville, MD 20866 301-476-8525
Email:	caseadopt@adoptionsupport.org
Maryland Office : Bethesda
Address:	4933 Auburn Avenue Bethesda , MD 20814-2631 703-425-3703 Fax-703-425-3704
Virginia Office
Address:	King's Park Professional Building 8996 Burke Lake Road, Suite 201 Burke , VA 22015 703-425-3703 Fax-703-425-3704
Directions to our offices

Our cancellation policy is as follows.
If you are unable to attend a program for which you have registered, you may transfer your registration to someone else or received "credit" towards another C.A.S.E. program. If we cancel a scheduled workshop, we will refund your fee in full (if requested) or will give you credit, as above.