/First Steps for Strengthening Adoptive Families/ is a DVD-based training program to teach adoptive parents and professionals about working with adopted children. /First Steps/ helps parents and professionals: * Understand the important concepts of attachment, attunement, and regulation in the context of the adoptive relationship. * Learn ways to strengthen any adoptive parent-child relationship. * Learn tools and techniques to manage anxiety, improve behavior, reduce fears, increase self esteem, and more. * Use narratives (therapeutic stories) to help adopted children. /First Steps/ can help adoption agencies comply with Hague Accreditation Standards
