Holt California Branch

08/30/2022

Holt 's Fall 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Register now for Holt's Fall 2022 TBRI® Workshops!

Parent workshops are led by Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt IL.WI Branch and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners.

These workshops will be taking place virtually via Zoom in hopes of allowing participants in all locations to join!

9/24: Introduction & Overview
10/22: Connecting
11/19: Empowering
12/10: Correcting

Early bird registration ends on September 9th so reserve your spot now!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-fall-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-400434800267

Early Bird Registration Open Until September 9th!

08/26/2022

Holt International

Fall sessions of our Adoptive Parent Support Club begin in two weeks!

We have groups for parents of all ages, preschool to young adult! Join other parents and two social workers to discuss parenting and adoption topics related to your child's developmental stage.

Space is limited! Register for $99 today at http://holtinternational.eventbrite.com!

Holt International is committed to a world where every child has a loving and secure home. We help strengthen vulnerable families, care for orphans, and find adoptive families for kids.

08/01/2022

Social Skills Development - A Zoom Open House Event

Join us for a Zoom Open House Event & learn how to best foster the development of your child's social skills! Our PACE team is sponsoring a one-hour webinar on Wednesday, August 3rd at 4pm addressing Social Skills Development, focusing on elementary age children (5-12 years old). Register using the link below! You don't want to miss this one!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-skills-development-a-zoom-open-house-event-tickets-385123072477

Join us for a Zoom Open House Event on the topic of Social Skills Development!

07/01/2022

Adoptee Graduates

Today is the LAST day to submit your photo to our 2022 Holt Yearbook! 🎓

Send in a graduation photo and bio to be featured at the link below!

Submit your photo now to appear in our 2022 Holt Adoptee Yearbook! Are you a Holt adoptee or Holt adoptive parent whose son or daughter is graduating from high school, college or a technical program this year? If so, congratulations! Every year, we look forward to featuring adoptee graduates in our....

06/30/2022

Summer Camps

TWO WEEKS left until our first week of Holt Adoptee Camp! Comment below if we'll see you there! 🤩

There are still some spots left at our Oregon, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey camps — register below and we'll see you for one of the best weeks of the summer!

Holt Adoptee Camp: Holt Camp is the highlight of the summer for youth adoptees. See highlights, stories and FAQs.

06/16/2022

Food Challenges & Adoption - Session 1: Developing Healthy Eating Habits

We are excited to announce that our Post-Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) team is hosting another two-part webinar on Food Challenges and !

Sessions will be held at 4 p.m. PT on June 21 and June 28. You'll hear from Emily De Lacey, director of Holt's and health department, and Rachael Catt, an occupational therapist and feeding specialist!

Sign up for Session 1: Developing Healthy Eating Habits at https://bit.ly/3zPpKYi.

Sign up for Session 2: Trauma-Informed Care & Feeding Difficulties at https://bit.ly/3NYpU43.

Join us for a Zoom open house event on Food Challenges & Adoption! Session 1: Developing Healthy Eating Habits

06/06/2022

Summer Camps

Only 38 days left until Holt Adoptee Camp! ☀️🏕 🥳

Have you registered yet? We can't wait for summer fun in Oregon, California, Wisconsin and New Jersey!

Holt Adoptee Camp: Holt Camp is the highlight of the summer for youth adoptees. See highlights, stories and FAQs.

05/16/2022

Announcing Holt's 2022 Adoptee Scholarship Contest!

Submissions are now OPEN for Holt's 2022 Adoptee Scholarship Contest! 🎓

Adoptees can submit a creative project or essay for a chance to be awarded $500 towards an educational pursuit of choice! Learn more on our website today.

Holt proudly announces the 2022 Holt Adoptee Scholarship contest! This year, three adoptees will each win $500, thanks to generous donors.

04/18/2022

We’re looking for compassionate & fun nurses for camp this summer!
You’ll oversee camp-wide health care and make sure campers are safe and healthy
Requirements:
• Licensed RN or CNA
• 21 years +
• First-aid certified
• Desire to support youth adoptees ages 9-17
For more information or if you have any questions, feel free to message Camp Director, Joli Hanlon at [email protected]

04/18/2022

Calling all Adoptee's - Holt Adoptee Camp is still looking for a few camp staff members! All of the female slots are currently full, but we are still looking for a few male Adoptees to join our team!
We are returning to in-person camp this year! Our camp season runs from early July to early August. There will be an end-of-season stipend for camp staff who complete the full camp season. Another perk to this opportunity is all food, lodging, and travel costs are covered.
Please note that we are requiring all campers and camp staff to be vaccinated and boosted, if eligible, by the time camp begins.
This is a great opportunity to meet, connect, and work with youth adoptees from across the country. If you have any questions, feel free to message me or email me at [email protected]. For more details and to apply, click here: bit.ly/holtcampstaff22

04/02/2022

, we're camp counselors! ☀️

Join an community, make an impact on the lives of young campers and form lifelong friendships with other staff while building your resume this summer!

Apply today at https://bit.ly/35nIGAK 🏕

03/25/2022

Extending the Adoption Tax Credit to Families Who Need It - The Imprint

"My family qualified for the tax credit because our income level led to a large enough tax liability. In other words, we received financial support because we made enough money.

If we made less money that year, we'd have had less financial support. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Those who make less should be the first ones we ensure are supported."

Read the full story below and help advocate for other adoptive families by contacting your Congressmen about the !

Too often, low-income families don't qualify for the federal adoption tax credit, but a federal bill could change that, writes Ryan Hanlon.

03/05/2022

Holt's PACE Program Presents: Food Challenges & Adoption - Zoom Open House

parents can spend a lot of energy trying to learn if a behavioral issue is related to early life experience, trauma or if it just a developmental stage.

Hear a trauma-informed perspective on food challenges from Emily De Lacey, Director of Holt's Nutrition & Health Services and Rachael Catt, an Occupational Therapist & Feeding Specialist at our virtual webinar!

For $10, join us on Zoom on Tuesday, March 22 at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET)! Sign up below!

Join us for a Zoom open house event on Food Challenges & Adoption! Presented by Holt's Post Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) Program.

02/25/2022

Summer Camps

Holt Adoptee Camp registration is now OPEN! 🎉

And this year, we’re coming back to California! Join us at one of our four overnight camps in Oregon, Wisconsin, California and New Jersey for the best week ever. Open to all ages 9 to 17!

Learn more about Adoptee Camp and register today!

Holt Adoptee Camp: Holt Camp is the highlight of the summer for youth adoptees. See highlights, stories and FAQs.

02/11/2022

Holt 's Winter 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Are you looking for parenting strategies to help you address your child’s trauma history? Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as: institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment and neglect. Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt International and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent will be leading our TBRI workshops. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners. These workshops will take place virtually via Zoom. Anyone can register no matter your place of residence! Click here to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-winter-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-243938756387

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH Schedule 2/12: Introduction & Overview 3/12: Connecting 4/9: Empowering 4/30: Correcting

02/04/2022

Holt 's Winter 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Are you looking for parenting strategies to help you address your child’s trauma history? Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as: institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment and neglect. Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt International and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent will be leading our TBRI workshops. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners. These workshops will take place virtually via Zoom. Anyone can register no matter your place of residence! Click here to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-winter-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-243938756387

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH Schedule 2/12: Introduction & Overview 3/12: Connecting 4/9: Empowering 4/30: Correcting

02/03/2022

Post Adoption Discovery Club

Check out our Newest Program! Holt's Post-Adoption Services team is developing a new pilot program to help families increase discussions around sensitive adoption topics. This 6-week virtual program for parents and their Adoptee (looking for ages 15-18 this round) will have big group discussions and activities, as well a time for parents and kids to break off with two Holt staff social workers (also adoptive parents) and three Holt post-adoption staff (who are also Adoptees themselves), respectively. We are limiting it to 8 families right now for our pilot round and we already have 4 spots filled. If this seems like it would be good for you and your teen, you can find more information here: https://padiscoveryclub2022.eventbrite.com

Here is a brief overview of the program and some of the topics that will be discussed.
• Week 1 (Feb. 24) Introductions and Program Overview
• Week 2 (March 3) Adoptee Identity and Adoption Concepts
• Week 3 (March 10) Grief and Loss
• Week 4 (March 17) Race
• Week 5 (March 24) Fostering Racial Identity
• Week 6 (March 31) Closing & Next Steps

Each session will run from 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM PST/ 7:00-8:15 PM EST on Thursdays.
Cost is $199.

If you have any questions, contact Carolyn at [email protected]

A 6-week interactive online group for adoptive families to discuss a variety of sensitive adoption topics.

01/28/2022

Holt 's Winter 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Are you looking for parenting strategies to help you address your child’s trauma history? Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as: institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment and neglect. Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt International and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent will be leading our TBRI workshops. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners. These workshops will take place virtually via Zoom. Anyone can register no matter your place of residence! Click here to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-winter-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-243938756387

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH Schedule 2/12: Introduction & Overview 3/12: Connecting 4/9: Empowering 4/30: Correcting

01/21/2022

Holt 's Winter 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Are you looking for parenting strategies to help you address your child’s trauma history? Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as: institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment and neglect. Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt International and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent will be leading our TBRI workshops. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners. These workshops will take place virtually via Zoom. Anyone can register no matter your place of residence! Click here to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-winter-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-243938756387

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH Schedule 2/12: Introduction & Overview 3/12: Connecting 4/9: Empowering 4/30: Correcting

01/14/2022

Holt 's Winter 2022 TBRI ® Workshops (All 4 Workshops)

Are you looking for parenting strategies to help you address your child’s trauma history? Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as: institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment and neglect. Pam Shepard, LCSW, supervisor of clinical services at Holt International and Jason Bentsen, founder and director of Love Moves Us, and an adoptive parent will be leading our TBRI workshops. Pam and Jason are both TBRI ® practitioners. These workshops will take place virtually via Zoom. Anyone can register no matter your place of residence! Click here to sign up!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holt-s-winter-2022-tbri-workshops-all-4-workshops-tickets-243938756387

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 4TH Schedule 2/12: Introduction & Overview 3/12: Connecting 4/9: Empowering 4/30: Correcting

01/11/2022

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11/24/2021

11/22/2021

11/19/2021

Holt International and Gift of Adoption Partner to Make Up to $500,000 in Adoption Philanthropy Grants Available

Holt International and Gift of Adoption Partner to Make Up to $500,000 in Adoption Philanthropy Grants Available

The upfront cost of an adoption should never come between a child and a permanent, loving family. Eugene, Oregon, November 19, 2021 — In celebration of

11/17/2021

11/17/2021

Interested in adopting a child from another state? Read the article linked below on how to navigate and understand the process!
https://wiadopt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/icpc2015.pdf

11/03/2021

Happy National Adoption Awareness Month! To celebrate, Holt's Post Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) Program is offering 50% off our standard three session coaching model! (Offer lasts through the month of November)

Interested? Click the link below to register!
https://www.coachaccountable.com/offering/PaOIsGdO4oJMW46foZBeAl35ncW8wlF

Normally, the three individualized online sessions with an adoption competent PACE provider is $195 but you can get the three sessions for $97.50. We have a team of PACE providers who can help provide support to you on a host of issues such as behaviors, identity, education, complex history, or sibling struggles just to name a few.

If you have any questions, or simply want more information, please send us an email at [email protected]

10/07/2021

Holt is holding our final online 6-week Parent Support Clubs for this calendar year starting next week!

These are the sessions being offered:

Parent Support Club - Preschool (for parents of current 3-6 year olds)
Starting Wednesday, October 13 at 11am PST (one hour long)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parent-support-club-preschool-edition-2-all-6-meetings-tickets-166828529623

Parent Support Club - School Age (for parents of current 7-12 year olds)
Starting Wednesday, October 13 at 1pm PST (one hour long)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parent-support-club-school-age-edition-2-all-6-meetings-tickets-166828228723

Parent Support Club - Teen (for parents of current 13-18 year olds).
Starting Thursday, October 14 at 4pm PST (one hour long)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parent-support-club-adopted-teen-edition-2-all-6-meetings-tickets-166827911775

Here's a description:
What will The Parent Support Clubs look like? There will be two of Holt’s PACE social workers who will facilitate each group. Each of the six weeks we have designated a topic to address that particularly pertains to your child’s developmental stage. These issues may include (dependent upon age group): development (typical and adoptee specific), communication, behaviors, TBRI principles, felt-safety, school issues, building community, adoptee identity, and racial identity. All of these will be looked at through the adoption lens and there will be time for lots of discussion. Our hope is that you can learn from both the PACE social workers and the other adoptive parents in the group. It’s a time for you to both explore what your child needs during this stage of life and also share with others what parenting insights you might have gathered through your lived experience. We want this to be an interactive time for all attending. And most of all we want it to work for you and meet your needs.

It costs $99 for the six weeks and you can sign up on the links above.
*note: in order to facilitate the group we need a minimum of five families registered

Let us know if you have any questions!
[email protected]

05/26/2021

Urgent Action Needed on Behalf of Waiting Children & Families - Lifesong for Orphans

Urgent call to action to bring children from China home! Deadline is tomorrow evening! 5/27/21

Please follow this link to learn how you can connect with your Representative and ask them to sign off on this letter and help families travel to complete their Adoption! https://lifesong.org/2021/05/urgent-action-needed-on-behalf-of-waiting-children-families/

Hundreds of children in China are stuck in limbo and are unable to come home. Can you help? A letter is circulating, but the deadline is fast approaching.

05/25/2021

Homepage | house.gov

Homepage | house.gov

Answers to frequently asked questions and guidance from the Office of Attending Physician, Committee on House Administration, and Sergeant at Arms.

03/23/2021

Registration for the 2021 Virtual CAFFA Parenting Through Adoption Conference is OPEN!

Registration for the 2021 Virtual CAFFA Parenting Through Adoption Conference is OPEN!

You don't want to miss this! 2021 Virtual CAFFA Parenting through Adoption Conference We're very excited to announce that registration is now OPEN for the 25th adoption education conference on Saturda

03/12/2021

The Nutritional Status of Individuals Adopted Internationally as Children: A Systematic Review

The Nutritional Status of Individuals Adopted Internationally as Children: A Systematic Review

Since 1955, international adoption has been a way of finding homes for children who have been orphaned or abandoned. We aimed to describe the nutritional status of individuals adopted internationally and their long-term nutritional and health outcomes. We searched four databases for articles publish...

03/10/2021

The Parent Support Club - Presented by Holt's PACE Program (All 6 Meetings)

The Parent Support Club - Presented by Holt's PACE Program (All 6 Meetings)

A six-week parenting support group presented by Holt's Post Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) Program. Adopted Tween/Young Teen Edition.

03/04/2021

Introducing - The Parent Support Club

Follow the link below to register for Holt's Parent Support Club! It is only $99.00 per family and spots are limited!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parent-support-club-presented-by-holts-pace-program-all-6-meetings-tickets-142753917811

02/26/2021

The Parent Support Club - Presented by Holt's PACE Program (All 6 Meetings)

The Parent Support Club - Presented by Holt's PACE Program (All 6 Meetings)

A six-week parenting support group presented by Holt's Post Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) Program. Adopted Tween/Young Teen Edition.

02/11/2021

BREAKING NEWS!
We are super excited to announce that registration for Holt Camp at Home is now OPEN!

This summer Holt Camp is going to be bigger, better, AND bolder. You don’t want to miss out!

Click the link below to register for camp today!
https://holtadopteecamp.campmanagement.com/p/request_for_info_m.php?action=enroll

02/02/2021

Creating Your Adoption Community

Creating Your Adoption Community

01/28/2021

Join us LIVE on February 2nd at 12:00pm PST to learn our top three tips for creating your adoption community! Two Holt adoption professionals, one an Adoptee and one an Adoptive Parent, will share their perspectives on the topic.

Hosted by Holt's Post Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) & Post Adoption Services (PAS) Teams

12/12/2020

Encourage the positive
Anytime we use corrective principles with our children it should be followed by five positive statements. It is powerful to practice character praise – praising things like creativity, humor, kindness, focus, calmness, etc – more that the physical attributes or external accomplishments of your child. Consistently praising your child for correct behavior, even the smallest step, will yield big results! By acknowledging the positives it not only praises them for the good thing they just did but it also teaches them that this is how they should behave in the future. It is important to be very intentional in looking for the positives even during corrective moments. For example: “Wow, I really like how well you are paying attention. Now can you use your words to tell me what you need?” Praise is an integral part of TBRI.

If you are interested in personalized support and coaching on how to implement TBRI principles with your child please contact us at [email protected].

If you use code: TBRI, you will receive 50% off your three coaching sessions (code is good through end of December).

12/11/2020

Make it Right
When your child hurts someone, it is important to address it immediately and firmly. By interrupting the unwanted behavior and giving the opportunity for a re-do and to make amends with the person they hurt, it will help them achieve success. They can Make it Right by apologizing, and even going so far as to do something thoughtful or positive that demonstrates kindness. After teaching them what it means to Make it Right, you can just say this phrase and they will understand what to do. Please note that it’s important to label the behavior as bad or unwanted, while still making the child feel loved and accepted.

If you are interested in personalized support and coaching on how to implement TBRI principles with your child please contact us at [email protected].

If you use code: TBRI, you will receive 50% off your three coaching sessions (code is good through end of December).