What topic or part of the class did you find the most helpful?
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“Be comfortable talking about race -be open- be honest.”
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“Astrid describing her own experiences.”
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“Bill of rights- going through each topics.”
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“Willingness to talk about things that do and do no work/ failures of past policies.”
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“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?
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“Mechanism in coping with racial identity.”
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“Reading more books of how to raise transracial children, and keeping an open dialogue.”
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“Including birth countries in our Life Books and discussions as well as [having] cultural conversations.”
Overall thoughts and suggestions from the training.
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“Love your trainings & your teaching style! So helpful and eye opening!”
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“Just makes people think and consider possibly new ideas”
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“Definitely would like a similar workshop with more depth and detail.”
Would I recommend this class to others?
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“Yes- very helpful for folks considering or related to people considering transracial adoption.”
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“Yes! Everyone should be part of this discussion!”
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“Very helpful in understanding needs of transracial children.”