This webinar sets the stage for the Clinical Certificate Program in Adoption. The focus will be on contemporary trends in adoption and the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption. Other topics that addressed will include stress and coping models in adoption, family life cycle tasks in adoption and the implications for post-adoption service. Through use of case study, multimedia, PowerPoint and lecture participants will gain a greater understanding the psychological benefits and risks associated with adoption, the common correlates in adoption disruption and dissolution and the clinical indicators of adopted children and adoption related loss. [Required for Adoption Certificate Program]