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 Connections Summer 2007
Read about one birthmother's journey through open adoption. How does a woman know if adoption is the right decision for her? Find advice from Leslie Foge, adoption therapist and author.
Connections Spring 2007
Families experience stress and excitement when they are in the process of completing an international or a domestic adoption. Adoptive parents discuss coping strategies that helped them to endure the adoption wait. Also read an FAQ about the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP), an update on the Hague Treaty and meet some new arrivals!
Connections Spring 2006
In this issue we explore how families decide on what type of adoption journey to embark on. Why do some families choose to grow their family through an internationally adoption while others complete a domestic one? Also read about what an adoption lifebook and how families begin to collect mementos and text for this important book that encourages communication and openness between the parent and child.
Connections Fall
2005
In this issue a birthmother tells her story about her decision to place her
newborn infant with an adoptive family. Adoption Connection calls this an immediate
hospital placement. Read about what professionals think and how they feel about
the last-minute adoption plan.
Connections Winter
2004/2005
In this issue find out more about creating a meaningful entrustment ceremony
and ritual in open adoption. Find our 2004 statistics, and get the facts about
infant care classes. Are they a good idea?
Connections Spring
2003
In this issue find ways to create birthmother matches through the help of the
internet. Find tips on getting started online. Also get information on financing
an adoption.
Adoption Can Be the Right
Choice if Experiencing an Unplanned Pregnancy
Leslie Foge, MA, MFCC, is a therapist and lecturer who has spent much of her
career helping birthmothers find strength and resolution in their choice for
adoption.
Coping With the Adoption Wait
What families don't know when they are busy working on their dossier or writing a "Dear Birthmother" letter is that soon they will be waiting.
The Adoption Assistance Program_(Q & A)
What is AAP and why do some adopted children qualify?
The Entrustment Ceremony:
Creating Meaningful Ritual in Open Adoption
We mark birthdays, baptisms, bar/bat mitzvahs and weddings
with a special ceremony, so why not an adoption?
International Versus Domestic
Before a family decides on what type of adoption journey to embark on they will ask themselves many questions: Do we adopt an infant domestically in an open adoption? Would we rather adopt an infant, toddler or older child through the foster/adoption public system, or from another country?
Creating a Lifebook for Your Child
A Lifebook, or adoption storybook, is a handmade scrapbook and keepsake that chronicles and illustrates a child's journey to his or her adoptive home. It is used as a source of information as well as a way to open up the discussion of adoption with a child.
Right
Here, Right Now: The Last-Minute Adoption Plan
Not all adoptions have pre-planning. Adoption Connection may
get a call from a hospital social worker and be asked to come
and meet with a woman who is in labor, or has just given birth,
to create an immediate adoption.
Infant Care Classes (Q & A)
More and more families are looking into taking an infant care workshop to better
prepare themselves for the joys and challenges of a baby's arrival.
The Internet: Creating Matches
Through Your Monitor
A lot has changed since De Stewart-Otto decided to post her "Dear Birthmother" letter
on the Internet back in 1997.
Increase Your Family, Not Your
Debt
Growing your family through adoption doesn't mean breaking the bank.
The New Post Adoption Contract
or "Kinship Agreement" (Q & A)
For many years birthparents and adoptive parents have entered into written
and verbal open adoption agreements.
Is It a Viable Option
to Adopt a Drug-Exposed Baby?
"We wanted to keep the door open to whatever adoption possibilities came
up," says Sue, the adoptive mother of nine-month-old Haly. "We felt
we could always say no later."
Adoption and Secondary Infertility
By the time their first child was four, Cecilia and Stan had experienced two
painful miscarriages and were diagnosed with secondary infertility.
Common Concerns in Open Adoption
For most people the road to adoption has many twists and turns. Beginning the
adoption process can mark a time of significant life change and transition,
which may lead to uncertainty and worry.
Adoption Support for Adoptive
Parents
Whether you are a new or experienced parent, Adoption Connection offers a variety
of helpful programs…
Getting to Know a Birthmother
(Q & A)
When a potential birthmother calls Adoption Connection, what questions do you
ask her?
The Big Day: What to Expect
During Labor and Delivery
Once adoptive parents have successfully made a match with a birthmother, they
begin planning for the big event.
Making a Match: Creating Strategies
for Finding a Birthmother
Once you've made the big decision to adopt a baby, how do you begin your search?
Birthmothers Need Someone Who
Will Listen
When Cricket unexpectedly discovered that she was pregnant, she decided immediately
to make an adoption plan for her baby.
The Many Forms of Open Adoption
Establishing a relationship with your child’s birthparents.
Talking to Your Child about
Adoption: Finding the right words at the right time
Knowing what and when to tell children about adoption doesn't come naturally
for most adoptive parents.
Bringing Up Baby: The Joys and
Demands of New Parents
Whether biological or adopted, bringing home a new baby is a special time in
a person's life, as well as a time of great change.
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