Training:

Infant care for prospective adoptive parents

Feb 22
Saturday, February 22, 2025 – 10:00am
10:00am - 12:30pm

Date: Feb. 22, 2025
Time: 10 am-12:30 pm PST
Price: $60 per family

LIVE online course: Learn the essentials of infant care in this 2.5-hour training designed specifically for prospective adoptive parents.

Infant care education is an essential part of preparing to become a parent, but it is rarely taught through an adoption lens. This training has been customized for those hoping to welcome a newborn through adoption. In this 2.5-hour course, OA&FS Counselor and ICEA certified infant care educator, Katie Raser, LMHC, will provide training specifically designed for prospective adoptive parents. Space is limited so register now (this link opens in a new window)!

In this training, we will discuss:

  • The first days and weeks in a baby’s life
  • What to expect at the hospital
  • How to prepare for the unknowns
  • Prenatal substance exposure
  • Feeding (including alternatives to bottle/formula feeding)
  • Diapering
  • Sleep
  • Infant development over the first 12 months
  • Safety
  • Attachment
  • Self-care
  • and more!
This class is appropriate for first-time prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents who are looking for a refresher.

This webinar is hosted and presented by Open Adoption & Family Services, https://openadopt.org/

Location:

Online Training

See description for registration instructions.

About your instructor

Katie Raser is an OA&FS counselor and a licensed mental health counselor, and is certified as an educator through the International Childbirth Education Association. Katie completed the Childbirth and Infant Care education course through the Penny Simkin center at Bastyr University. She is also a Gottman Bringing Baby Home educator. She provides private infant care courses that draw from evidence-based research and her lived experience as a parent of two biological children. She volunteers with PEPS as a group leader for expectant parents. Throughout her career—as a social worker, therapist, and options counselor—she has always enjoyed working closely with new and expectant parents.