Community
Partnerships: Free Counseling and Support Services
The Center of Adoption Support and Education is a leading
provider of adoption competent services. We have partnered
with a number of State, local Child Welfare Agencies,
Foundations, and community agencies to provide free
services and support to regional families. Please see
below to learn
more on the availability of free support
services.
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Freddie
Mac Foundation's Wednesday's
Child Permanency Project
In partnership with Freddie
Mac Foundation , The Center for Adoption Support
and Education offers clinical services for any child
who has either been placed through the Wednesday's
Child Program or who is currently being featured
as a Wednesday's Child . |
Free clinical services include
consultations, individual, family and group counseling.
C.A.S.E. offers:
- supportive pre-placement services to
prospective PARENTS who have been identified for adopting
a Wednesday's child.
- parental education emphasizing the impact
of grief and loss on attachment and how to promote
attachment
- pre-placement services to the CHILDREN
to prepare them for adoption, exploring their grief
and loss issues
- post-placement services to children and
families that include assessment and therapeutic
support services
Please call 301-476-8525 for more information.
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Montgomery
County Post-Adoption
Support
In partnership with the Montgomery
County Department of Health and Human Services ,
The Center for Adoption Support and Education provides
free post-adoption counseling support services to adoptive
families who adopted their children through that department . |
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Issues may include:
• school difficulties,
• concerns about behavior, and/or self-esteem,
• symptoms of anxiety and depression,
• feelings about being adopted
• separation from birth family, including siblings
Counseling services include individual, family and group
therapy and a monthly parent adoption support group with
therapists who specialize in adoption.
Please call 301-476-8525 for more information.
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Adoptive
Family Preservation Project
Funded by Virginia
Department of Social Services , Managed by United
Methodist Family Services , Richmond , VA |
In partnership with the United
Methodist Family Services and the Virginia Department
of Social Services, The Center for Adoption Support
and Education provides free post-adoption counseling support
services to adoptive families who adopted their
children through public department of social services
and live in Virginia to receive services. C.A.S.E.
provides:
- Crisis Intervention
- Kids Groups
- Case Management
- Individual,
family, and group counseling / therapy
- Educational
workshops and seminars for parents
- Support
and assistance with school issues
Please call 301-476-8525 for more information.
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