Polyamorous Families with Children: Continuing Education Training for Counselors, Therapists, & Educators October 17, 2025 1-4 pm Eastern US time Online Workshop
Do you want to know more about multiple-adult families so that you can serve their needs with greater cultural competency? This training uses empirical information from Dr. Sheff’s longitudinal study of polyamorous families with children to educate mental health and education professionals about the formation, childbearing, maitenance, and aging of polyfamilies. It includes parenting practices and children’s reported perspectives. Hosted by the Ackerman Institute for the Family, this workshop provides three units of continuing education credit.
Published by Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Sheff, PhD, CASA, CSE
One of a handful of global experts on polyamory and the foremost international expert on children in polyamorous families, Dr. Elisabeth Sheff has studied gender and
families of sexual minorities for the last 25 years. Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given more than 100 radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from CNN, the New York Times, and Vogue to National Public Radio, the Sunday London Times, the Boston Globe, and Newsweek. By emphasizing research methodology and findings in her discussions, Dr. Sheff presents the kind of public intellectualism that encourages audience members to think critically regarding gender, sexualities, and families.
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