The Dyslexic Advantage

by Brock L. Eide, MD, MA and Fernette F. Eide, MD

Presentation and Book Signing

Wednesday, March 21  7:00pm - 9:00pm 

Island Wood, 4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island

206-947-8769

 

Advanced Tickets 

(giftsandchallenges,eventbrite.com) 

$10, Students Free  

Tickets at the door: $15  

$30  Includes copy of book 

$35  Includes copy of audio book 

Sponsored by: 

Just Know Coalition 

Eagle Harbor Book Company 

Life’s a Poodle 

Rovelstad Architects 

Gifts and Challenges 

Parent Network

 

Getting in Touch 

Developing the bond with your baby 

Getting in Touch is a group for parents who have recently welcomed a baby into their family 

through adoption. It focuses on deepening the connection between parent and child through  

the use of infant massage, group support and guided discussion. 

Each of the six weekly 90-minute sessions includes quiet time for infant massage, with a focus  

on helping parents read babies’ signals and increasing the enjoyment of both parent and baby. 

Each session includes simple guided relaxation techniques to help parents manage stress and  

discussion time for group members to share their concerns in a supportive environment. 

Discussion topics will include: 

• bonding and attachment 

• your adoption experience and your relationship with your child’s birth family 

• expectations and reality–the transition from the experience you imagined 

to the reality of day to day care for your baby 

• privacy versus secrecy-handling questions and assumptions that friends and family 

have about your child’s history and birth family 

• the process of bonding with your baby and aspects of the adoption experience 

that pose challenges to feeling fully like mom or dad 

The group is led by Diane Lostrangio, LICSW. Diane has provided pre and post adoption services  

to foster and adoptive families for over twenty years and has post graduate training in infant  

mental health and infant massage techniques. She is also an adoptive parent. 

Infants participating in the group should be between 1 month and 7 months of age.  

Getting in Touch sessions take place at Cooper House on Capitol Hill (near Group Health 

Hospital); cost for the 6 session group is $180. 

For more information about Getting in Touch, or to register, contact Diane Lostrangio 

at 206.799.4736 or dlostrangio@cooperhouse.org.