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Level Up Your Adoption Competency Skillset

This 3-session, 6-hour interactive course will dig into one of the most challenging yet critical areas of adoption competence: working with family systems.

From empowering parents to managing family dynamics to considerations of all children, this course will be heavy on practice with peers to increase skills and confidence as well as understanding of what to prioritize in treatment when.

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FACULTY: Laura Ornelas, LCSW & Lynne White Dixon, LCSW

DATES: Thursday, November 13, 20, and December 4, 2025

TIME: 12–2 PM EST | 11 AM–1 PM CST | 9–11 AM PST

COST: ~~$350~~ Early Bird! $315

Use promo code ACADEMY10

to receive the Early Bird registration discount!

Promo code valid until 10-31-25.

About C.A.S.E. Academy Faculty

Laura Ornelas, LCSW

Laura Ornelas, LCSW has been working in the field of foster care and adoption for 30 years and has been instrumental in the startup of multiple programs throughout California. In 2018, Laura joined C.A.S.E. to launch the C.A.S.E. Academy – Elevating Clinical Practice In Permanency for mental health professionals.

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Lynne White Dixon, LCSW

Lynne White Dixon, LCSW has spent over 40 years as a therapist, trainer and consultant. She’s provided clinical services to children, adolescents, young adults and their families in the areas of community mental health, child welfare and adoptions, private practice and higher education.

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The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health, ensuring the well-being and permanence of children, families, and individuals connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care. We work across every level of the permanence ecosystem—delivering direct services, training professionals, and driving systems change—to ensure families stay together and thrive. Our approach is rooted in Adoption Competence: a deep understanding of the unique experiences shaped by loss, identity, trauma, belonging, and more.

Founded by families in this community, C.A.S.E. has been advancing this mission since 1998. We believe every child deserves lasting connection, and every family deserves the support to make it possible.

Learn more: adoptionsupport.org.

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Center for Adoption Support and Education, Provider #1972, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/3/2025 – 3/3/2026. Social workers completing this course receive a total of 6 CEs - 1 General, 3 Clinical, 1 Ethics, and 1 Social & Cultural continuing education credits.

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For questions, concerns, or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact
Lauren Lynch at lynch@adoptionsupport.org.

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