Recap of PS MAPP meetings 1-2

So time  and time again we have been asked what we like most about the classes and what makes the biggest impact on us. It has taken some time to think about this and re read what we have done in some of the classes but this is the bottom line of what we have come up with as the most memorable. The truth is in some of this, that the information is NOT always birds and sunshine. we deal with the same case studies every single week and have some to know these kids. The bad news is that the things that have happend to these kids are mind blowing, tear wrenching, oh my goodness how does someone in their right mind allow that to happen to an infant, child, well, anyone for that matter! ok, enough of my opinion on part of this world's population. Class #1: Learning all of Iowa's state laws about adoption and foster parenting. Learning the child's rights, and learning our rights as an adoptive family or "forever family". Class #2: The impact of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional maltreatment, and neglect on a child's development. Helping the premature baby or infant who is prenatally drug exposed or that has FAS(fetal alcohol syndrome) attach and develop.  So much information for us to all take in just 6 short hours