Adoption-Competent Parenting
Understand how early loss shapes attachment, and build trust with a child who expects to be let down.
Get the Course for $49Intro offer. Instant access after purchase. Lifetime access.
Love is not always enough on its own
You give your child safety, routine and love. But they push you away, test every boundary, or seem to wait for you to give up on them.
For a child who has lost a family before, closeness can feel dangerous. Their behavior is a survival strategy that once kept them safe.
Adoption-Competent Parenting helps you understand that strategy, and gently show your child that this time is different.
Inside the course
- Module 1: Understanding the adopted or fostered brain
- Module 2: Building felt safety
- Module 3: TBRI in daily life
- Module 4: Co-regulation in the hard moments
- Module 5: The long haul: grief, identity, belonging and sustaining yourself
Along the way you'll learn:
- How early loss and trauma shape attachment
- Building trust with a child who expects to be let down
- Talking about adoption, birth family and identity with confidence
- Repairing the relationship after hard days
Learn on your own schedule
Every lesson is short and audio only, so it fits around school runs, work and bedtime. Each one is in my voice, the way I would explain it in a coaching session.
You get instant access the moment you buy, and the course is yours for life.
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Meet Maxine Golden
Maxine Golden is a Parent Coach and Clinical Director of the Center for Parent Coaching, Brainspotting & Therapy in Brandon, Florida. She has over 25 years of experience with foster, adoptive and court-involved families.
Her work draws on Brainspotting, Polyvagal Theory, TBRI and play therapy. She is also an adoptive mom, so she knows these hard days from both sides.
"Adopted children often expect the people they love to leave. Our job is to keep showing up until they believe we will stay."
This course is for you if...
- You are an adoptive, foster or kinship parent
- Your child struggles to trust you, even after years together
- You want to talk about adoption and birth family with more confidence
- You support adoptive families as a professional and want an adoption-competent lens
Questions
How do I access the course?
Straight after payment you'll get instant access to the course in your members area. You can listen on your phone, tablet or computer.
How long do I have access?
For life. Come back to any lesson whenever you need it.
Is it video or audio?
Audio. Every lesson is in my voice, so you can listen while you get on with your day.
Is the $49 price permanent?
$49 is an intro price. The price goes up to $97 after launch.
Trust is built one repair at a time. Let's build it together.
Get the Course for $49Intro price. The price goes up to $97 after launch.