The Importance of Trauma-Informed Care with Transracial Adoptees
Presenter:Jaime Weatherholt, LICSW, CHt
Time: 1 hour CE
What You’ll Learn
Course Objectives
- To define the parties involved in adoption
- To educate on the history of adoption and the transracial adoption timeline
- To understand the attachment and/or trauma experienced by transracial adoptees
- Discuss the critiques of transracial adoption throughout history
- To reflect & improve how you work with and treat transracial adoptee clients and/or patients
How it works
Course Summary
This course will help participants define the parties involved in adoption and educate on the history of adoption and the transracial adoption timeline. Additionally, this course covers understanding the attachment and/or trauma experienced by transracial adoptees and the critiques of transracial adoption throughout history.
Jaime Weatherholt, LICSW, CHt
- Master of Social Work at University of Washington
- Owner: Enlightened Counseling & Healing LLC
- Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
- Certified Hypnotherapist
- Certified in Past Life Regression
- Clinical Experience
- In-home caseworker for adults with SPMI
- Child & family therapy for Level 3 schools, serving children with behavioral issues
- Outpatient therapy for adults with SPMI, trauma, anxiety, mood disorders
- Medical social work
- Co-Host to The Shrink Show Podcast
