A premier provider of training, consulting, coaching and resources for racial, ethnic
  and cultural  diversity in permanency.

  Founder and principle trainer, Robert O'Connor MSW, LGSW, has been leading transracial
  adoption training sessions and training engagements for more than 17 years.  He is a highly
  sought after child welfare and diversity consultant serving county, state, federal, for-profit and
  non-profits entities.

  Our team members are today and tomorrow's leaders in the child welfare and diversity fields.
  First hand experience in transracial adoption or multiculturalism provides our members with
  practical and essential insight into the needs of our clients.

  Robert O'Connor is an adult transracial adoptee of African-American descent.  He and his
  older brother experienced multiple failed adoptions and foster care prior to being transracially
  adopted at the age of four.  He grew up as part of one of the first generations of transracial
  adoptive families.  He has used his life experiences to move from state ward to state ward
  administrator, from special ed. student to college professor,  and from cultural isolation to
  practice innovation.   His is a story of perseverance, power, and promise.   

       What can be the impact of not knowing what you don't know? On children?
       On families? On effective practice?  On client outcomes?    

      Training                     "Can I over do the cultural thing?" (Transracial parent)

Cultural Competency & Bias Awareness, Diversity & Inclusion, Transracial adoption training are our specialties.

Child Protection, Health Care Facilities, Schools, Court Services, Foundations, Corporations.

 Customizable trainings for professionals and parents are available nationally and internationally. For scheduling and investment amounts, please call 612-702-4809.
Key Benefits:
Accurate
Informative
Practical
Capabilities:
*Conferences/Workshops
*International and Domestic Adoption Competent
*Adoption Agencies, CASA/GAL, Mandated Reporters, Counties, State Agencies, Federal    Trainings
*Foster and Adoptive Parent Associations
*Training and Technical Assistance
*Provides Speakers for Panels
*Tele-Training
 

 

Identify  ideas for New Initiatives-Recruitment and
Community Engagement, Racial Disparities and
Overrepresentation, Cultural Competency
Initiatives, Program Improvement Planning, Leadership and Change management.

Organizational Alignment and Individual Assessments

Our array of consulting services is focused on increasing the cultural responsiveness of institutions and the cultural competency of the individuals within them.

We provide services to both the public and private non-profit and for profit sectors.
Key Benefits: Use of our Strategic Action and Measurement Model (S.A.M. Model ™)
*Identifies strengths to be leveraged and weaknesses to be managed (Strategic)
*Provides a direction for growth and development (Action)
*Provides a baseline for measuring progress (Measurement)
 

    Coaching

Worker, parent, and administrator coaching can be an
extremely effective means of aligning actions with
intended outcomes. Coaching can take place wherever
you are located geographically.

Coaching Workers: We provide Executive and front line coaching assistance related to diversity and inclusion, community engagement, cultural competency and effective practice and or performance.
Coaching Parents: You may have heard that "love is not enough, it is necessary, but not sufficient." We recognize this as a truism. Parenting children of color, and specifically, transracially parenting children of color, can be very different than parenting white/Caucasian children.
Research and practice has shown that there is an additional set of parenting assets that are important for successful transracial parenting. Our unique transracial developmental approach helps parents and youth to succeed. When you don't know what you don't know, how do you get into the know? Answer: Coaching.

 

We use tele-coaching (over the phone), to support families anywhere a phone can go, especially helpful to rural families and families living across state and international lines.

Key Benefits:
Cost Effective
Culturally Responsive
Flexible and Competent