AFSN supports and strengthens adoptive families.
Adoption is a unique way to form a family, and sometimes families need a unique kind of support to make it work. We give adoptive parents access to a community of people who can provide answers and share experiences.
Adoption Support Groups
When adoptive parents are asked what support would be the most helpful, they almost always respond with talking to another parent like themselves who “gets it”. Our support groups are set up to meet that need. Our groups are based on the North American Council on Adoptable Children’s guide for nurturing adoptive parent groups and the Circle of Parents® model for groups. Our groups are facilitated by one of our Adoptive Parent Consultants and parent led.
In addition to support groups facilitated by AFSN staff, we provide technical assistance and referrals to ANY adoptive parent support group in the state. AFSN houses a comprehensive county-by-county listing of foster, adoptive and kinship support groups across the state.
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AFSN holds memberships with the North American Council on Adoptable Children and the Michigan Nonprofit Association. Most importantly, AFSN maintains ties with adoptive parent support services and professional service providers throughout Michigan in order to refer families to the resources that best fit their needs. Since 2015, AFSN has trained 84 adoptive parent leaders from 33 counties in a leadership curriculum designed in partnership with the Michigan State University School of Social Work. These leaders reached 1600 adoptive parents through one-on-one parent support, in-person support groups, fun family networking meetups, trainings and educational events in 2015.
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