What topic or part of the class did you find the most helpful?

• “Be comfortable talking about race -be open- be honest.”

• “Astrid describing her own experiences.”

• “Bill of rights- going through each topics.”

• “Willingness to talk about things that do and do no work/ failures of past policies.”

• “Discussion on how an adoptive family should be ready to change their lifestyle in light of a transracial adoption.”

What tools did you take from this workshop that you will be implementing in to your work/parenting?

• “Mechanism in coping with racial identity.”

• “Reading more books of how to raise transracial children, and keeping an open dialogue.”

• “Including birth countries in our Life Books and discussions as well as [having] cultural conversations.”

Overall thoughts and suggestions from the training.

• “Love your trainings & your teaching style! So helpful and eye opening!”

• “Just makes people think and consider possibly new ideas”

• “Definitely would like a similar workshop with more depth and detail.”

Would I recommend this class to others?

• “Yes- very helpful for folks considering or related to people considering transracial adoption.”

• “Yes! Everyone should be part of this discussion!”

• “Very helpful in understanding needs of transracial children.”