- Conscious Adoption: Tough Conversations with Astrid Castro is a 90 minute webinar sponsored by Holt International's Post-Adoption Services department designed to empower parents in navigating adoption-related topics with their children within the comfort of their own home environment. Through this webinar, parents will gain valuable insights and practical strategies to engage in meaningful discussions with their children and have a deeper understanding of how to talk about adoption. This webinar emphasizes hands-on activities to facilitate open communication and strengthen the parent-child bond.
Key topics will include:
- Names and Birthdays: Understanding the significance of names and birthdays in the
context of adoption. Exploring ways to celebrate and acknowledge these milestones
sensitively. - Adoption & Media: Analyzing representations of adoption in media and popular culture. Discussing how media influences perceptions and providing tools for critical thinking.
- Mother’s/Father’s Day: Exploring unique perspectives on Mother’s and Father’s Day in adoptive families. Celebrating diverse family structures and honoring different parental roles.
- Family Trees: Creating inclusive family narratives through the exploration of family trees. Emphasizing the importance of diverse family histories and connections.
Presenter: Astrid Castro
Astrid Castro, founder/CEO of Adoption Mosaic. For over three decades, Astrid has
served the adoption constellation through a variety of innovative programing designed
to highlight the adoptee experience. Prior to creating Adoption Mosaic, Astrid worked in
both the private and public sectors of various adoption organizations such the Oregon
Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), Holt International and Rocky Mountain
Adoption Exchange, to name just a few. Astrid is aware of the benefits of post-adoption
services for individuals and their families and seeks to bring these services to the
adoption community. Her life-long interest in adoption is rooted in her own adoption at
the age of four from Colombia (along with her older sister). Astrid has been in reunion since
December 2012 with her birth family in Colombia.
