Hope Helder & Nam Holtz, LMSW
Category: Training for Adoption Competency
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1h 34m
Hope O. Helder, birthmother and author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Finding Hope: A Birthmother's Journey into the Light and Nam Holtz, LMSW, a therapist, transracially adopted person born in Korea, and award-winning documentary filmmaker of Found in Korea, discuss how we can improve outcomes for expectant parents considering adoption, ensuring access to more resources and unbiased options counseling. Improving the hospital experience for expectant mothers mitigates their trauma, and if they place, the trauma for their child, giving them, and the adoptive parents, a better chance at improving outcomes and creating a healthy open adoption triad.
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