Built in Grace:
Learning to Do Better Together
Post-placement care because you shouldn’t have to face adoption’s unique challenges alone.
Adoption is a Life-long Journey
Adoptive families are often left to figure things out for themselves, scouring the internet for information, abandoned by the placing agency and feeling bewildered and alone. It shouldn’t be this way. That’s why we’re proud to be the first consultants to offer adoptive families ongoing post placement care.
The right knowledge, guidance and support can make it so much easier to navigate life’s challenges in a healthy way. Our post-placement care program provides you with a community of parents who understand what your family is facing, as well as what you need to do to continue to help your child grow and thrive.
We're Here to Help You
Weather the shifting and evolving birth parent relationship
Gain insight into birth mom grief and behavior
Learn how to set healthy boundaries
Find a community and support network
Understand adoptee trauma and how it can affect emotions, behavior, and their relationships
Support your adoptee in understanding their story and having a healthy identity
Supporting your transracial adoptee to build a strong cultural identity
Advocating for your transracial adoptee through cultural bias and microaggressions
Post-Placement Care Options
Monthly Care Group
Monthly care groups facilitated by an experienced social worker and adoption consultant on a private Zoom call on the 4th Thursday of the month.
- loving boundaries in an open adoption relationship
- understanding birth mom grief and how to respond
- helping your children understand different
- levels of openness when you have multiple adoptions
- answering adoptee questions and supporting them in closed adoptions
- maintaining cultural connections
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Workshops
Monthly workshops to provide adoptive families with quality Triad-centered information and education. Open to any family who has adopted.
One-on-One Calls
Have specific questions or need help with a sensitive topic? Book one-on-one sessions with Cradled in Grace founder and adoptive mom of 3, Kim Smith.
$110 for a one hour session, or a bundles of 3 sessions for $300
Meet the Facilitator
The group will be facilitated by Kim Smith, founder and Director of CIG. Kim has more than 15 years of prior experience as a professional social worker, leading educational and support groups, as well as 7 years of experience supporting Cradled in Grace clients.
Kim is also a mom the three children who came to her family through domestic infant adoption, with the oldest child now being 11 years old. Kim and her family have walked through 3 open adoption relationships as they have shifted and changed over the years.
She is parenting two transracial adoptees of two separate ethnicities. Kim has also seen the effects of adoptee trauma first hand, as she’s supported her sons through their own journey as adoptees.
Previous Post-Placement Care Classes Include:
Transracial Adoption with Hannah Matthews
Adoptee Identity & Trauma with Claire and Andrea
Racial Microaggressions With Amanda Justice of @Blackgirlwhitefamily
Navigating Open Adoption with Ashley Mitchell
We're here for you
Join the community that understands your family’s unique challenges.