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Sending your child off to school can be difficult, especially if you’re nervous about how she ...
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We walked into the small, overheated room and 11 years melted away. Our daughter’s foste...
Sending your child off to school can be difficult, especially if you’re nervous about how she will interact with her classmates, teachers and school administrators. But, if you prepare and communicate, your child’s time in the classroom doesn’t have to cause mel...
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We walked into the small, overheated room and 11 years melted away. Our daughter’s foster mom looked at the 11 year old standing in front of her and started to cry. All of a sudden we were one giant group hug. I could only think to say, “She’s ok, she&rsqu...
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On his personal blog about adoption, fatherhood, and lessons learned, WACAP CEO Greg Eubanks shares about the relationship he and his youngest son have been working to recreate. With his son’s permission, he offers a few thoughts, with hindsight and from a trauma...
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Just three days before finals week, senior Annie Doig left for China to visit her native country for the first time in 17 years. “I have always wanted to visit China to see where I was born and from. I was adopted when I was eight months old, so it was my first time back in...
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This article was originally published March 31, 2014. More than ever, families are needed for waiting toddlers in South Korea! Adoption was part of Jayna Shepherd's life from Day One. "I grew up in a family of 10 siblings. Eight were adopted from various countries: Vietnam,...
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This is the second part of a series encouraging adoptive parents and adoption service providers to reconsider our perspective and reset our thinking about the purpose and goals of the home study. Executive Director Myriam Avery and Director of Social Services Debby Fields from Ag...
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The landscape of international adoption has shifted dramatically since the early days when families were primarily bringing home young children with few known special needs. But the need for a high quality home study process that appropriately evaluates, educates, equips and supp...
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On a weekly basis, our agency receives many inquiries from families wishing to adopt healthy infants internationally. As I type my responses to these families, I know most will be surprised and disappointed by what I have to tell them: There are almost no sending...
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If it takes a village to raise a child, it goes without saying that parents need the support of their community along the way—especially when tough questions obscure the answers. Here’s one such question, asked by an adoptive mom whose child was struggling with attach...
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It takes a dedicated and resourceful parent to adopt a child with special medical needs. At Spence-Chapin, we guide families in how to make an informed decision about their family’s particular medical openness and offer support and resources before,...
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