Pact Camp Videos

Adolescent Issues
featuring Joseph Crumbley and Gail Steinberg
$15.00
A one-hour workshop that begins with Gail Steinberg’s stories of her four children and their different reactions and pathways through adolescence that is followed by Dr. Crumbley providing a framework for the normal tasks that adopted tweens and teens must address and are likely go through. Includes a discussion of how and when to share difficult information from children’s stories.

Speakers: Gail Steinberg is the co-founder of Pact and co-author of Inside Transracial Adoption and the white Jewish adoptive parent of four children of all different races. Dr. Joseph Crumbly (office@drcrumbley.com) has been informed by his expertise as a clinician and his experience as a Black American, he the author of Transracial Adoption and Foster Care: Practical Issues for Professionals.
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African American Identity
featuring Joseph Crumbley
$15.00
A one-hour overview of how we understand a culture, any culture and how we approach it. He emphasizes the diversity within the culture and underscores the danger of seeing African American culture as a monolith. He also discusses the ways in which targeting and challenges faced by the community have resulted in changes and growth in the developed culture, training children to handle direct racism, creating connections to mentors & communities that reflect children’s experiences. Specific information about the importance of giving African American children a strong sense of racial pride and identification in order to ensure their safety and positive self-esteem.

Speakers: Dr. Joseph Crumbly (office@drcrumbley.com) has been informed by his expertise as a clinician and his experience as a Black American, he the author of Transracial Adoption and Foster Care: Practical Issues for Professionals.
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Talking with Children About Adoption
featuring David Brodzinsky
$15.00
A 90-minute discussion of how children understand adoption and how parents can talk with them in age-appropriate ways. He discusses the issues that adopted children need to process that are different than children who are born into their families. Special emphasis on research findings about approaches that work best for children in terms of processing their feelings and understanding their story.

Speakers: Dr. David Brodzinsky (Dbrodzinsk@comcast.net) is a clinical psychologist currently practicing in Oakland, CA, a researcher and author of Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. Introduction by Beth Hall, current Director of Pact.
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Using Books
featuring Gail Steinberg
$15.00
A one-hour session including insight into choosing books, using books to promote discussion with children with particular emphasis on books that allow adults to help children explore core feelings that are otherwise hard to talk about. Includes Mirrors & Windows, a booklet about using books with young children written by Pact for parents and teachers. Topics Include: Book Facts, Helping Children Love to Read at Different Ages and Stages, Choosing Books, How Reading Helps Children Process Feelings, Suggestions for Teachers with Adopted Students.

Speakers: Gail Steinberg is the co-founder of Pact and co-author of Inside Transracial Adoption and the white Jewish adoptive parent of four children of all different races.
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