BECOMING THE VILLAGE YOUR ADOPTEE CAN TRUST
8-Week Adoptive Parenting Consultation Group
[REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR EVENINGS MAY 2025!!]
Hoping to be a parent your child can trust? Concerned about how to build stronger connections within your family constellation? Wondering how to answer questions about birth family, identity, mental health, Adoption Literacy, and beyond? As an adoptee I’ve been navigating this journey for over 40 years, and I’ve designed this 8-week group experience to support adoptive parents as you approach these nuanced and ever-evolving dimensions of trauma-sensitive caregiving.
Our next consultation season begins May 2025.
What’s Included:
8 weekly live sessions over Zoom (90 minutes each; choose to observe or present your questions, receive live coaching and constructive feedback from adoptee and therapist Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC, along with fellow members of the group
Limited space per cohort for personalized attention
Private online community for ongoing support between sessions
Weekly implementation guides and reflection prompts
30-minute individual consultation with Cam
6-month access to recorded sessions for review
Immediate access to Cam’s online-course “10 Parenting Strategies to Help Adoptees Navigate Race & Culture” [ten video modules paired with an interactive discussion guide]
Instant download of the four-part adoptee workbook “This Is Why I Was Adopted”
Meet Your Personal Trainer
Access weekly education and community support curated exclusively by adoptee and licensed clinical counselor Cam Lee Small. Reserve your seat to begin cultivating Adoption Literacy in your home today, enriching your family’s journey for seasons to come.
Receive expert guidance to respond to your adoptee’s stage-specific needs
Stay calm and focused during moments of stress and confusion
Nurture ongoing, healthy development for you and your family
7 Day Money-Back Guarantee
Not loving it within the first session? It’s on the house.
Grow alongside a community of parents.
Feedback from parents:
“Opened the door to a whole new way of looking at transracial adoption for me.”
“This workshop has made me more mindful as an adoptive parent to what our son may experience as he gets older and more mindful of how I can prepare myself as the one who gets to walk alongside of him.”
“Half the battle is finding constructive ways to talk about hard things. This workshop has provided just that. We are so grateful for this unique & gracious context!”
“The balance of provocations/prompts, group sharing, and Cam’s insights/responses, connecting what we shared back to larger principles and constructs and his own experiences as a professional and adoptee, including a focus on the diversity of adoptee responses and needs.”
The #1 Challenge.
Most adoptive parents simply want the best for their children. But the daily process can leave them feeling overwhelmed or confused. Afraid they’ll get it wrong or maybe even make the same mistakes their parents did. Leading their child to put their trust in others to meet adoptee-related needs.
It’s not because they’re bad parents! It’s because they’re not equipped with the right language and tools.
That’s why I created the Adoptive Parenting Consultation Group (previously known as Campfire Workshop).
It’s all rooted in this one vision of Adoption Literacy… a world in which those who experience the trauma of being separated from their family are met by a village to help them tell that story… and heal from it, too.
Connect Wherever You Are.
Sessions hosted weekly and virtually on Zoom
Tuition for 8 sessions (90 minutes each) of live education and support: $799
Register Now for May-June 2025
***[use code AP2025 for $100 early bird tuition rates; ends 4/18]***
Age-specific resources
Live Q&A each week with Cam.
Ongoing support
This three-month community deep dive extends well beyond a one-and-done webinar.
Lifelong adoptee-specific
Relationship dynamics experienced in new dimensions in all ages and stages of the adoptee journey.
Learning that Goes With You
Adoption is a lifelong event. Your education needs to be, too.
There will be plenty of resources, long-established and currently developed, to receive, review, and practice together during the 8-week consultation season.
If you’re someone who’s eager to continue growing as a parent and ally, it’s gonna be great to meet you here.
Tuition for 8 weeks of education and support: $799
Where You’ve Met Cam
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How It Works
I know your commitment as a parent is non-stop.
I’m here to help you do your parenting job the best you can while feeling deeply refreshed, convicted, and empowered along the way. You do so much for your family! That's why I take this time to restock your resources and refuel your energy.
This space is for you if you’re:
Not sure how to respond to your child’s emotions and behaviors…
Confused about questions your child has been asking recently…
Navigating new dimensions related to your child’s life stage…
Not connecting with your child the way they need you to…
Open to a different adoptive parenting approach but want to get it right…
Here’s what you get when you join the Adoptive Parenting Consultation Group:
A TWO MONTH journey of weekly 60-minute sessions over Zoom (choose to observe or present your questions, receiving live coaching and constructive feedback from adoptee and therapist Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC, along with fellow members of the group.
Instant download of Cam’s four-part workbook for adoptees, “This Is Why I Was Adopted”
Immediate access to Cam’s online-course “10 Parenting Strategies to Help Adoptees Navigate Race & Culture” [ten video modules paired with an interactive discussion guide]
Clarify your parenting skills through an 8-week series of adoption-related themes and learning modules [meet virtually and weekly 8 times; with resources to engage in between sessions]
Cam draws from his role as an alum and consultant for University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare to help you review and discuss core concepts you need to support your child and family
Create a 5-part support plan that will support your adoptee wherever they’re at in their journey; for this season and far beyond
Do all this from the comfort of your living room
Can’t attend each meeting in person? Live recordings sent to your inbox, available to watch for 6 months
7 Day Money-Back Guarantee. Not loving it within the first session? It’s on the house.
What’s said here stays here. What’s learned here leaves here.
You’ll find yourself among peers in this 8-week deep dive as we intelligently and compassionately address practical needs related to caring for a child on the adoption and permanency spectrum.
Here’s what folks from my adoptive parenting community have learned from our time together.
Parent Supported
“The learning itself is invaluable, but the cohort model of learning with a group of fellow adoptive parents is really incredible.” -Community Participant
"The framework Cam teaches will absolutely change the trajectory of our family." -Community Participant
“All of it has been valuable and really well thought out. The variety of personal stories, dramatic representations and clinical insights is really well rounded.” -Community Participant
“I’ve enjoyed the atmosphere of non-judgement while we are all learning together. That all of us are at different stages but all relate to the immense learning we all have to do to support our kids.” -Community Participant
"We really appreciated specific ideas and information on how to really engage in the parenting model. We are seeing massive changes in our home already!" -Community Participant
Meet Cam
Cam Lee Small, author, clinician in private practice, and dynamic advocate for mental health and Adoption Literacy, brings lived experience and professional expertise to the forefront of his mission. His work has been featured by TEDx Minneapolis, CBS Minnesota, National Council for Adoption, Christianity Today, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, and Center for Adoption Support and Education.
Cam is both an alum and training facilitator for the cohort-based Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate, which includes over 70 hours of continued education delivered through University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare - to increase the number of qualified permanency and adoption mental health and child welfare professionals across MN who are able to work in collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and multicultural contexts.
Cam’s community-based vision for adoptee-informed advocacy is evident through his 1:1 counseling services, live workshops and support groups, Masterclass trainings, and his unique blend of content creation/collaboration across digital and grassroots platforms. His book The Adoptee’s Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment addresses the intersection of adoption, mental health, and social responsibility. Cam's personal insight stands honestly next to his professional acumen, making him a transformative force within the adoptee community and throughout the fields of advocacy and mental health.
Personal & Professional
"In the classroom he blends a depth of clinical experience with firsthand perspective to draw meaningful connections between mental health and the lived experience of adoptees in a way that is applicable and engaging." -Elizabeth Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW | University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Community Sharpened Together
“One of the biggest take aways for us is the tools for how to serve our son! We are practicing each day and he is constantly showing affection and coming to us to initiate conversations that he used to just keep inside. This training is such a gift to our family!” -Community Participant
Adoption isn’t a one-time event.
Your child’s post-adoption support shouldn’t be either.
The Adoptive Parenting Consultation Group is a fellowship of real people, committed to real and lasting growth, not just for themselves but for each other, their growing families and those growing within them, and for the dynamic needs in their local communities to which they’ve been called to see and serve.
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