Training & Workforce Development
ANCHOR Learning Academy
Adapted learning tracks for birth parents, support group leaders, peer mentors, clinicians and therapists, and community service partners — each grounded in the ROOTS framework.
Learning Tracks
Understanding Loss
- • Ambiguous loss
- • Disenfranchised grief
- • Adoption grief
- • Trauma and loss
Identity and Adoption
- • Parenthood after placement
- • Motherhood and fatherhood identity
- • Identity rebuilding
- • Open adoption
Trauma and Recovery
- • Trauma-informed healing
- • Nervous system regulation
- • Resilience
Healthy Bonds
- • Open adoption relationships
- • Continuing bonds
- • Maintaining connection
Certification Tracks
ROOTS Foundations
Introduction to birth parent grief.
Facilitation
Group leadership training.
Clinical Applications
Advanced therapeutic interventions.
Peer Mentor Certification
Lived-experience support training.
All content includes video, audio, articles, and reflection activities. The Facilitator Resource Center offers a full six-module training system, interactive case studies (Tanya, Marcus, Elena, Danielle, Reggie, Alicia, Keisha), practice scenarios, facilitation scripts, reflection exercises, and assessment tools.