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Testimonials
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| Meet A Few of Our Training Staff |
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 Dr.
Rita Laws, is a parent by adoption and birth and preiously a foster parent.
Her 12 children range in age from 11 to 26 years old. Rita, who has a doctorate
in psychology, is the co-author of several books about adoption: "Adoption
and Financial Assistance," "Adopting and Advocating for the Special
Needs Child," "Adoption Digest: Stories of Joy, Loss and the Journey".
She lives and writes and spoils her grandchildren in rural Oklahoma. Dr.
Laws has written and had published over 600 articles. |
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 Scott
Alpert is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Licensed Marriage Family
Therapist in the state of California. Since 1994, Dr. Alpert has been teaching
a holistic approach to well-being. He began working with substance abusers
and those with a dual diagnosis (people with a substance problems and a
co-occurring mental illness). He has worked with clients that had HIV and
AIDS. Dr. Alpert worked at a residential facility in Malibu where his clients
included the rich and famous, those with chronic substance problems and
debilitating mental illness – including multiple personalities. Dr.
Scott has also worked with learning disabled adolescents. Since 2002 he
has worked with people in crisis. Dr. Alpert currently lectures on holistic
health and crisis management. He has developed and facilitates seminars
on the subject. Dr. Alpert has just completed a book: Crisis Management
Step – By – Step that is available at amazon.com. |
Mary
& Allen Goodearle. Mary is a foster parent trainer, consultant and
author. Mary and her husband, Allen, fostered over 40 children, and are
the parents of seven adopted children and two biological children. Mary
is a former Child Protection Social Worker, Foster Care Coordinator, and
State Adoption Social Worker. She taught classes in Foster Care and Adoption
at a community college for nine years and trained in partnership with
the University of Wisconsin providing workshops and seminars for both
foster parents and social workers. Mary holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology
and Psychology, and a Master's Degree in Human Services Management and
Public Administration. 
"Creating
A Healing Environment for Children” is a course which has grown out
of many years of research by Karyn Purvis, Ph.D. and David Cross, Ph.D.
Karyn and David are co-founders of the Adoption Project, which is an outreach
program of the Developmental Research Lab at TCU, directed by David. The
Adoption Project consists of research and intervention; student, parent,
and professional training; as well as advocacy in the greater child-welfare
community. The Hope Connection is the centerpiece of the Adoption Project
and consists of a five-week summer day camp for at-risk adopted children
and their parents. The camp program is unique in that it is a research-based
intervention and has gathered dynamic data for six years, which have been
used to empower adoptive parents and their children. David was a foster
child himself, and Karyn served as foster parent to many children in addition
to having two adopted grandchildren of her own. In addition to working
in the Adoption Project and Hope Connection, David and Karyn work actively
in child advocacy and speak frequently at parent and professional meetings.