by Gayle Swift | Aug 3, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Anyone connected with adoption knows that transitions tend to unsettle adoptees. Some posit that it echoes the primal loss of their being separated from their birth families. Regardless of how they connect to this profound loss, transitions do operate as trigger...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 26, 2017 | General Discussion
Last week Sally Ankerfelt and I participated in Families Matter: Exploring Solutions in Adoption and Foster Care the topic for the NACAC Conference 2017. We also had the privilege of presenting a workshop on faith Communities as a Source of Healing and Connection. We...
by Gayle Swift | Jul 20, 2017 | General Discussion
It’s conference time and Growing Intentional Families Together coaches Sally Ankerfelt and Gayle Swift have traveled to Atlanta to attend NACAC’s Annual conference. They will be presenting a workshop: Faith Communities as a Source of Healing and...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 14, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
In our latest podcast, Coaches Susan David and Joann DiStefano offer tips on how to Adoption Attune your relationships with your child aged zero to seven. Three additional episodes will follow: Adoptees and the Middle School Years; Supporting Your Adopted Teen; No...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 7, 2017 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Parenting in the Eye of the Storm by Katie Naftziger, LICSW has written a readable and practical book. Katie is both a therapist and a transracial adoptee originally from Korea. Subtitled, “The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years,”...
by Gayle Swift | May 3, 2017 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, General Discussion
GIFT coaches Susan David and Joann Distefano host a podcast called “Essentials for Adoption-attuned Parenting* If you haven’t tuned in, you are missing out on valuable tips, strategies and insights for navigating your family’s adoption journey. Susan...
