Adoption & Beyond
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Relaxation Tips for People Going Through the Adoption Process
The adoption process is stressful, but there are ways to mitigate that stress. From short- to long-term options, we have several ideas to help you navigate the stress.
4 tips on finding the right adoption & foster care support group for you
Adopting and doing foster care can be lonely in the world-at-large. Very few people know what it’s like to adopt, they don’t know about bonding or attachment issues, they don’t kn…
What is the cost of adoption from foster care?
What It's Really Like to Place Your Baby for Adoption
"I took her in my arms and walked down to where the expectant family sat in the waiting room. The walk seemed to last forever."
just not with them. What happens to birth mothers after the adoption hoopla?
“When you lose a family member and bury them, it’s closing a door,” she says. “When you place a child [in an open adoption]... You experience loss all the time.”
What Is A Home Study In An Adoption
When many are in the process of an adoption, they are told they need a home study. Many do not understand what a home study even is and how it works.
How adoption brought joy to these families
How to Handle Adoption Announcements
While adoption announcements can be a great way to notify others of your family’s growth, how should you really handle them? We wanted to give you a few tips on how to include the appropriate information at just the right time.
The Top 30 Questions About Adoption
Our adoption expert gathered a list of questions about adoption circumstances that adoptees most want to know about themselves and their birth families.
How to Navigate a Very Open Adoption
With adoption as my option, I never considered how open it could be. In fact, my idea of “very open” wasn’t all that open at all. I never dreamed that my adoption would be where it is today.
What is the difference between an open, semi-open, and closed adoption?
The International Adoption Guide
So you’re thinking about adopting a child from another country? Wonderful! International adoption...
The Adoption Triad: Why My Voice is Important
Although I have been around adoption most of my life, I wasn’t aware until recently of the term “ado...
I’m Sick of How the Mainstream Media Portrays Adoption
Anyone who is a part of the adoption community knows that the manner in which the mainstream media (...
Answering Awkward Adoption Questions
If you are any part of the adoption triad – birthparent, adoptive parent, or adoptee – you’ve most likely been asked some awkward or insensitive questions, even if it is just out of pure curiosity …
Special Needs Adoption Guide
The world of adoption is constantly changing, and one of the current trends is the rise of children...
Trends in Special Needs Adoptions
Why are there less “healthy” children or mild identified special needs available for international adoption? Many families come into adoption wishing to adopt a young, healthy child and it is sometimes disappointing when they realize that this is not usually … Read More
5 Tips for Making Virtual Adoptions a Success
Learn five tips for working with foster families to conduct virtual adoptions.
Top 7 Outreach Tips for Infant Adoption
Outreach is a necessary part of the infant adoption process for waiting families. But it can be hard to know where to start, or what to focus on. Below are the top seven outreach tips recommended by the social workers in our Domestic Infant program. If you’d like to learn more about our open adoption program, pleaseRead More
Why I Chose Foster Adoption
As long as it is done ethically, I am pro-adoption of all kinds. I believe there’s too much fuss ove...
