Families are the best resource to heal traumatized children. This institute describes a therapeutic model for training and supporting foster and adoptive parents so that they can provide a healing atmosphere for children who have been sexually abused. The session also provides skills and support to professionals who serve or train these families.

Speaker(s): Sherry Anderson, Three Rivers Adoption Council, Pennsylvania • Kirsti Adkins, Lutheran Service Society of Western Pennsylvania • Wayne Duehn, University of Texas at Arlington

2 Disc set - approximately 65 - 80 mins. each