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The North American Council on Adoptable Children has established an online resource for adoption advocates with resources in five primary categories: Advocacy Basics, Sample Advocacy Strategies, Post-Adoption Advocacy Toolkit, Special Topics, and Links & Newsletter.

To access the information, go to: http://bit.ly/mCnOH2. (Courtesy of The Adoption Institute)

Adoption Learning Partners is offering a new course, "Open Adoption 101: What to Expect, How to Establish, and Ways to Stay Connected." The course acknowledges the complexities of an open adoption, and will help prospective adoptive parents: (1) understand the different degrees of openness, become familiar with the process of creating an open adoption plan; and (2) make openness part of their everyday life. The subject matter expert for the course is The Cradle's Clinical Director of Adoptive Parent Services, Phyllis Laughlin, LCPC. To register, go to: http://bit.ly/lkOQIJ. With the addition of Open Adoption 101, ALP has also launched a new package for families adopting infants domestically.

Courses include: "Creating an Adoption Profile That Works, Open Adoption 101" and "Let's Talk Adoption." To learn more about the Domestic Infant Adoption Package, go to: http://bit.ly/iD6wYF. ( Courtesy of The Adoption Institute)