Navigating the Holidays – Planning Ahead for the Joys and Challenges of the Season

Join us for a 1 ½ hour group to explore navigating the holidays with families built by adoption, kinship, or foster care. We will offer some guidelines and tips to help support honoring family traditions and to build new traditions to meet the needs of all family members. There will also be opportunities for us to hear from you about what has or has not worked when celebrating holidays. Group will be led by Abby Doff, Sarah Sullivan and Barb Franck of CASE.

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WHEN: Monday, November 27th  from 6:00-7:30 PM(EST)

WHERE: Zoom

COST: FREE!

Navigating the Holidays - Planning Ahead for the Joys and Challenges of the Season
Join us for a 1 ½ hour group to explore navigating the holidays with families built by adoption, kinship, or foster care. We will offer some guidelines and tips to help support honoring family traditions and to build new traditions to meet the needs of all family members. There will also be opportunities for us to hear from you about what has or has not worked when celebrating holidays. Group will be led by Abby Doff, Sarah Sullivan, and Barb Franck of C.A.S.E.

ABOUT THE FACILIATORS:

Abigail Doff graduated from McDaniel College where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. While at McDaniel, she worked as a direct support professional for more than two years with adults who had intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Additionally, she held an internship position for one year at the Child’s Advocacy Center in Frederick County, Maryland working closely with a multi-disciplinary team to address reports of child maltreatment.  She is currently pursuing her graduate degree at the University of Maryland – Baltimore School of Social Work. Abigail chose to intern at C.A.S.E. because she enjoys working with children and families and hopefully making a difference in their lives.

Sarah Sullivan is completing her final year of the MSW program at Texas State University. She completed her foundation internship with Communities in Schools of Central Texas where she provided school-based interventions to elementary aged students.  Sarah earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor in Human Service Studies from Elon University in North Carolina.

Barb Franck, LCSW-C, serves clients through teletherapy throughout the states of Virginia and Maryland. She received her undergraduate degree in English and Art History from Florida State University. She earned her Master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Maryland, and her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.  Barb has over 20 years’ experience working with youth and families, both as an adoption-competent therapist and as the former Clinical Director of an agency providing wraparound services to families raising children with emotional and behavioral challenges. She has extensive experience in the field of adoption and specializes in issues of grief and loss, identity, diversity, and transracial adoption. Barb is an adoptive mother of two.