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Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity

Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity

FromCreating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care


Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity

FromCreating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How can adoptive parents help their internationally adopted children develop a healthy cultural, racial, and ethnic identity? We talked with Dr. Hollee McGinnis, an assistant professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work who focuses on mental health and identity for international adopted people. She is also an intercountry adoptee from South Korea.Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)
Released:
Dec 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent trying to be the best parent possible to your precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week we interview leading experts for an hour talking about the topics you really care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: weekly podcasts, weekly articles/blog posts, resource pages on all aspects of family building at our website CreatingAFamily.org. We also has an active presence on many social media platforms. Please like or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.