WISE UP Training

What do people say to your kids about adoption? Do
your kids know how to W.I.S.E. Up! their friends, peers
and neighbors about adoption?

One of the tools developed by the Center for Adoption Support and Education to empower kids in their own world is the W.I.S.E. Up! program for handling comments and questions about adoption.
W.I.S.E. Up! gives children (and parents, too!) the power to choose how to talk about adoption with others! This tool can be used when children begin to hear that others are noticing some differences about how their family was formed.
We are evaluating the impact of the WISE Up! program with a research study.
Participation involves you and your child attending one of the 2-hour workshops listed below and completing a brief, once monthly at-home activity with your child for 6 months.
You and your child will also complete a short questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study.

Please contact us with questions or to register.
October 19th 2024 in Grand Rapids
Grades 1st-5th 10:00a to 12:00p
Dr. Emily Helder, Hope College
Psychology Department helder@hope.edu
OR (616) 395-7274