Event Description:  Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) is a post-Master’s curriculum created by the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) with the assistance of a National Advisory Board of adoption experts. It is a comprehensive, evidence-based training designed exclusively for licensed mental health professionals, providing clinical knowledge and skills needed to effectively serve the adoption and kinship network.
TAC is designed to increase families’ and individuals’ access to adoption competent mental health professionals and to improve the well-being of adopted children and youth and their families.
Through classroom and remote instruction as well as clinical case consultation, TAC students master 18 areas of knowledge, values and skills that are critical to adoption-competent mental health services.

The cost of the training is $900.00 per participant. If you provide clinical services to adoptive children or families in the following counties,you are eligible for a full scholarship for the training: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Stanly, Union, Watauga, Wilkes. If you are a scholarship recipient, the cost is a $50.00 registration fee.

To apply, please complete the application form and return to Lindsay Mitchell at lmitchell@catawbacountync.gov or Catawba County Social Services PO Box 669 Newton, NC 28658 Attn: Lindsey Mitchell by December 2, 2022.