Helping adoptive and foster parents understand how to make their children feel seen, heard, and valued.  

Adoptive & Foster Parent Trainings

Isaac offers a variety of trainings for parents. He covers topics like and related to transracial adoption and offers workshops with his adoptive mother as well.

Note: These trainings are only offered to Identity partners.

Keynotes & Events

Isaac has a moving and heart-warming keynote that has been a hit at conferences across the US. He is always happy to share his story and advice at events and conferences.

Professionals Training

Isaac offers a variety of trainings for professionals. He covers topics such as transracial adoption and how to prepare parents for adoption and offers workshops with his adoptive mother as well.

Note: These trainings are only offered to Identity partners.

  • Isaac is an incredible voice within the adoption community. His story is one of resilience and he has found the most graceful and eloquent way of transforming his own pain into meaningful conversations for change in the transracial adoption community. I simply enjoy hearing Isaac speak. His story is honest, bold, raw, and disruptive. Each time that I have attended his workshops, I leave emboldened to really hold the line in keeping families honest and reflective as they consider adopting a child of a different race. As an adoption professional, I respect the charge that Isaac always gives to his listeners to see the adoptee as a whole being, and not just one aspect of who they are. He is a remarkable individual and I look forward to seeing how he continues to elevate this conversation on race and identity in adoption.

    Saara McEachnie​ , LCSW‑C, LICSW Director of Domestic Adoption Programs at the Barker Adoption Foundation

  • We had the privilege of having Isaac Etter train our staff over a Zoom call. He is professional, articulate and insightful. He not only shared his powerful story, he provided our staff with excellent resources, advice and suggestions. His honest, heart felt response to each of our questions made our staff feel at ease and his training highly effective. I have already recommended his services to adoptive parents and other agencies, and look forward to working with him again.

    Julie Erwin, Executive Director Adoption Assistance

  • Isaac Etter is a true champion for children and families. He effectively uses his knowledge, skills, and lived experiences to educate and empower others who support transracial foster children and adoptees. Isaac strategically utilizes the art of storytelling to connect with the audience. His presentation was informative, engaging, and inspirational! Thank you for your passion and heart for this work, Isaac!

    Tameka Caldwell, Family Support Project Coordinator at The Texas Alliance of Children and Families.

  • Isaac Etter was an excellent speaker at our staff workshop on transracial adoption.  He spoke movingly about his own experiences as a transracial adoptee and answered questions with clarity and kindness.  He gracefully engaged in a challenging conversation about the myths and misjudgments around transracial adoption.  Participants were universally moved and impressed by Isaac's openness and thoughtfulness. 

    Leigh Jackson, Director of Accessibility and EDI Programming at People's Light Theatre

  • I’ve attended workshops put on by Isaac & have had the distinguished honor of having him panel on conversations oriented around teens & identity and can attest he brings a level of compassion, humility, humor, and vulnerability to these spaces that are unmatched. His thoughtful reflections on identity, race, and adoption are both a calling in that challenge and a place of peace for anyone involved in the adoption constellation. His ability to integrate complex and nuanced concepts of adoption, family, and identity into conversational and disarming places of reflection are a gift to the adoption community and will continue to be an asset to generations to come.

    - Missy Herendeen​​ , LMSW, LGSW Adoption Competent Therapist at Barker Adoption Foundation

  • We had the privilege of meeting Isaac during our foster care training with Bethany Christian Services. He shared his own adoption story with such transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability that made him immediately relatable. His openness to sharing his knowledge, wisdom, and life experience on the topic of transracial adoption makes him a great resource. He is incredibly helpful!

    McClymont Family

OUR PARTNERS

Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center

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Texas Adoption Center

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Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange

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Children's Home Society of North Carolina

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ACF Adoptions

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The Barker Adoption Foundation

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Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center • Texas Adoption Center • Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange • Children's Home Society of North Carolina • ACF Adoptions • The Barker Adoption Foundation •

Contact us.

isaac@identitylearning.co
226 N Arch Street
Lancaster, PA 17602