Parenting Education & Services

Therapeutic Services

Adoption Support and Preservation (ASAP) Program - The Adoption Support and Preservation Program (ASAP) and the Guardianship Support and Preservation (GSAP) programs are designed to support and promote a family’s success on every level and at every stage of the adoption and guardianship journey.
Animal-assisted therapy options around Knoxville.
- STAR– Equine-assisted therapy
- Hoof and Harness– Equine-assisted therapy
- Harmony and Horses– Equine-assisted therapy
- Paws for Kids– Emotional support dogs
Built2Bond - educate any adult to take a love-based approach with a "child forgotten" to end the cycle of childhood trauma
East TN Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation Center - Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physiatry
Therapeutic Preschool - serves children ages 4-6 who have suffered physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse or neglect, or have experienced a major loss or other traumatic events.

Support Groups & Services

Adoption Support and Preservation (ASAP) Program - The Adoption Support and Preservation Program (ASAP) and the Guardianship Support and Preservation (GSAP) programs are designed to support and promote a family’s success on every level and at every stage of the adoption and guardianship journey.
FUSE (Families-United-Supported-Engaged) - Monthly FUSE parent support groups are offered across the state of Tennessee. ASAP | GSAP FUSE groups are open to all guardianship, foster, and adoptive families.
Foster Parent Support Group for Knox County
Post-Adoption Support Services - Adoption can present unique challenges, even long after the adoption has been finalized. Whether you're an adoptee, birth parent, or adoptive parent, Bethany Christian Services is here for you—providing expert support built on decades of experience in the field of adoption.
The Adoption Connection
- Great trauma/support group resources for parents who are on the edge of compassion fatigue or giving up
- Free 30 Day Challenge - from Apathy to Empathy
- Online support group called The Village
- Very parent (specifically mom) focused, run by two adoptive moms

Educational Videos & Literature

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Recommended Books on Adoption

Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships, By Curt Thompson, Thompson, a Christian psychiatrist, looks at the mind-body connection and explains how understanding human stories can improve people's relationships with each other, God, and the world.

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents By Deborah Gray Attaching in Adoption is a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment.

Before You Were Mine: Discovering Your Adopted Child’s Lifestory, Carissa Woodwyk. An incredible book that provides deep insight and perspective on embracing your adopted child’s birth story.

The Connected Child, By Karyn Purvis. A must-read to help adoptive and foster parents to better understand how to build strong and lasting connections with their children.

Created to Connect Guide, By Amy and Michael Monroe and Karyn Purvis. A Christian guide created to help illuminate the biblical principles in The Connected Child.

Eyes Wide Open Workbook: The Pre-Marital Assessment For Couples That Are Looking To Unite For A Long And Happy Marriage, By Dave Parrott

How We Love Our Kids, By Milan and Kay Yerkovich. Based on research in attachment and bonding, this book gives practical advice on how better to meet your children’s love needs.

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma, By Deborah Gray

The Out of Sync Child, By Carol Stock Kranowitz. Comprehensive and clear information for parents on Sensory Processing Disorder

Parenting from the Inside Out, By Daniel J. Siegel. This book addresses how a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive.

The Whole Brain Child, By Daniel J. Siegel. An easy read (REALLY!) that provides valuable ideas on how to help children grow and heal emotionally through everyday interaction.

Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families, by Jayne Schooler

Children's Books with Adoption & Foster Themes

A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza

God Found Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson

I Wished for You by Marianne Richmond

Lily’s Story by Danielle Ignace

I’d Know You Anywhere, My Love by Nancy Tillman

The Skin You Live In by Michael J. Tyler

Wherever You Are, My Heart Will Find You by Nancy Tillman

The W.I.S.E. Up! PowerBook by Marilyn Schoettle

Tell Me My Story series by Raquel McCloud

The ABCs of Adoption and The ABCs of Foster & Kinship Care by Raquel McCloud