# Growing Intentional Families Together, LLC: Adoption Attuned Parenting  grows happier, healthier adoptive families

> GIFT Family Services offers expert adoption coaching for adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents\. Adoption attuned support before, during, and after adoptio

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## Pages
- [Growing Intentional Families Together: Adoption Coaching Certification Program]()
- [Home Page Gift Family Services \| Home]()
- [Featured Resources and Suggested Articles and Books]()
- [Podcast](): ADOPTION MATTERS is a podcast with real people sharing real stories and getting real about adoption from all three perspectives of the adoption triad\.


Join co\-hosts Kim Noeth, a birth mother, Sharon Butler\-Obazee, an adoptee, and Sally Ankerfelt, an adoptive parent as we explore difficult topics and share frank conversations guided by our commitment to truth\-telling and truth\-seeking\.  In each episode we discuss important issues using adoption attuned principles to help us navigate even the most sensitive topics with grace and respect\. Together, we model courageous communication, and help create a community where anxiety can be reduced, and mutual understanding can prevail\. Whether you are an adoptee, a birth parent or adoptive parent, or a member of the adoption constellation, we are excited to share our stories, insights and support\.  In this premiere episode, we interview Isaac Etter\. He is the recipient of our 2024 "Shaping the Future" Award in recognition of his work supporting adoptees\-\-especially transracial adoptees\. He is doing amazing work\. Please listen and learn what Isaac has to say about adoption, identity, and how parents can foster healthy dialog and identity development\.
- [Blog]()

## Posts
- [Birthdays: A TriSpective Timeline](): A TriSpective lens reveals multiple, coexisting realities experienced in an adoption\. Considering a TriSpective timeline starting with the child's first birthday\. The child’s and their parents' understanding of and feelings about the birthday will increase in complexity\. Life will alter how they feel about this special day\. Read more…
- [What the TriSpective Approach Taught Me About My Own Reunion](): The TriSpective framework\.\.\.doesn’t ask anyone to pick a side or rank whose pain matters most\. It just asks: what if we looked at all three perspectives at once, as parts of the same interconnected story?\.\.\.Maybe that’s the real value of TriSpective thinking: it doesn’t resolve the complexity\. It just makes room for all of it, at the same time, without anyone needing to be wrong\.
- [June, Fathers, NPE, and Its Aftermath](): What happens when you learn that Daddy is not your father? \(Or Mommy is not your mother? What are the emotional, physical, relational, psychological and Identity impacts? How can repair be built? Read more\.\.\. 
- [On Grief, Boundaries, Intimacy, and Adoption   ](): All constellation members experience adoption\-connected grief\. It’s also beneficial to understand that we experience this grief as individuals AND as an interconnected unit\. What impacts one of us, affects all of us\. That’s the essence of Tri\-Relational Interconnectivity\!
- [Lived Experience Offers Insights for the Adoption Constellation](): Adoption is not a solitary experience\. It is a family experience that exists within a system—one which Jean challenged us to improve\. She made several interesting points about what triad members need\.

## Products
- [Growing Intentional Families Together: Adoption Attuned Coaching Certification Program](): Growing Intentional Families Together: Adoption Attuned Coaching Certification Program is self\-paced with a new cohort beginning soon\. Enjoy the opportunity to practice with a supportive community of learners through our twice monthly live Zoom meetings\. You will receive all you need to feel confident in using your new skills to positively impact your clients within the adoption continuum\.
- [OPTION 1: “Is Adopting a Child Is Right for Me?”]()
- [OPTION 2: “Is Adopting a Child Right for Me?”]()
- [Exploring Package](): 4 one\-hour sessions
in person, video, or over the phone
Additional coaching available $150/hour
- [Comprehensive Package](): \*12 one\-hour sessions
in person, video, or over the phone
\*Add\-on of the Prepare/Enrich® Program
\(Adoption Option\)
$35\.00 paid directly to Prepare/Enrich®

## Courses
- [Growing Intentional Families Together: Adoption Coaching Certification Program\- Social Worker Specific]()
- [Preparing for an Adopted Child \(Three Parts\)]()
- [Mini\-Course Bundle]()
- [The Family Adoption Library]()
- [Adoption Matters\.  How to Talk About It\.]()

## Lessons
- [Get to Know You]()
- [Congratulations\!]()
- [Final Exam]()
- [Lesson 7 AACC]()
- [Lesson 6 AACC]()

## Topics
- [Download and/or print The Dictionary of Adoption Terms]()
- [Download Course Book]()
- [Lesson 3 Course Book]()
- [Lesson 2 Course Book]()
- [Print the Course Book and "Before You Begin"]()

## Quizzes
- [Lesson 4 Quiz]()
- [Final Exam]()
- [Lesson 7 Quiz]()
- [Lesson 6 Quiz]()
- [Lesson 5 Pretest]()

## Certificates
- [Certificate of Completion \- Adoption Attuned Coach]()
- [Certificate of Completion]()

## Divi Overlays
- [Expert Led Training]()
- [Course Adopting a Child]()
- [What is it like to adopt options]()
- [Gayle Bio video]()
- [Susan Bio Video]()

## Categories
- [General Discussion](https://giftfamilyservices.com/category/general-discussion/)
- [Blogs by Gayle Swift](https://giftfamilyservices.com/category/blogs-by-gayle-swift/)
- [Strengthening Family Relationships](https://giftfamilyservices.com/category/strengthening-family-relationships/)
- [Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool](https://giftfamilyservices.com/category/adoptive-parenting-skillstool/)
- [Post Adoption Challenges \& Behaviors](https://giftfamilyservices.com/category/post-adoption-challenges-behaviors/)

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