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	Understanding Birth Family Relationships Preview Description Testimonials Related Courses Share Parents can ensure their children's well-being by communicating with them openly about their biological family, facilitating contact, and helping them find closure. This class explores the range of openness in adoption, the birth connection, and birth relationships. At the end of this course, you will be able to: understand the difference between an "open adoption" and a "closed adoption" describe the "birth connection" and the "birth relationship" define empathy and compassion appreciate the benefits of an open relationship with the children's birth family understand how to build a bridge of contact with the children's birth family I thought this was a really fantastic course. Especially for an online course. I had a hard time and was unsuccessful in holding back the tears. I hope to take this again as my little gets older and closer to an appropriate age. SK Working Together with Primary Families Explores the benefits and challenges of building a working relationship between foster and primary families, and offers strategies for developing respectful, positive communication. [Also available in Spanish] Share this with friends. Link to share: This course explores children's birth family relationships, including: the range of openess in adoption compassion and empathy closure benefits of an open relationship 2 credit hours, $10.00 per person