A Transracial Curriculum Guide for professionals working with pre- and post-adoptive families includes sections for use with Below The Surface, a self-assessment for families considering adoption across racial and cultural lines. The videotapes "Visible Differences" and "Struggle for Identity" are described for usage in the curriculum although the videotapes themselves are not included with the Trainer's Guide.
This kit offers step-by-step outlines and instructions for planning workshops using Pact materials and two instructional videotapes exploring transracial adoption issues. The trainer's guide includes advice on how to use the materials, how to establish topic priorities and suggested exercises for pre- and post- placement families. Instructions include goals, trainer preparation, agendas and handouts. Modules for 12 individual workshops as well as all-day sessions are described. Pre-Adopt Series and Post-Adopt Series Planners as well as Full-Day and Half-Day Workshop Planners are suggested.
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"I offer my enthusiastic support of [Pact's] extraordinary programs... to support both parents who have adopted children of another race or ethnicity and the children who have joined their families through transracial adoption."
** Holly van Gulden, Adoptive Family Counselor and author of Real Parent, Real Children
"For nearly a decade, Pact has provided outstanding services to children of color in need of adoption.... Pact has consistently demonstrated its ability to develop and provide the highest quality of services to effectively meet the needs of these special children and their families."
Winna Davis, Acting Director, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Children, Youth and Their Families