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April XX/

Feature Articles in the
April / May 2000 Issue:
Volume 2 Number 5

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SPOTLIGHT on China

• Agency Profiles
  -Various Agencies

• Guidelines for Adopting in China
  -Jean Nelson-Erichsen, LSW, MA, Diplomat

• Return to China
  An adoptive mother recounts her amazing journey back to China as a volunteer escort
  -Betty Brickson

• Creating Cultural Opportunities
  One mother's determination to build a cultural school for her daughter & tips to starting your own school
  -Betty Brickson

• Research Reflects Positive Pictures of Adoptions from China
  Findings of a survey conducted by Family & Children's Agency (FCA)
  -Kara-Lynn Pekar, MSW

• An Update on Health Issues in Children Adopted from China: Part I
  -Jane Aronson, MD

• Dropped from Heaven: Twins Reunited
  An amazing story of sisters nearly separated and the heroic efforts made to keep them together
  -Cory & Marlene Barron

• What Do We Tell Them?
  Talking about your child's adoption story in the context of Chinese adoptions
  -Jane Brown, MSW

• The First Night Home
  Becoming part of the family
  -Mary Marcia Lee Norwood

• Chinese Foster Mothers
  The life of a foster mother
  -Melody Wen Zhang, MSW

• China Adoption: A Possible Dream for Singles!
  -Susan S. Barron, MSW, LCSW

• Resources for Families Touched by Chinese Adoption
  -Various Organizations & Resources

Legislative Update: New Visa Law Benefits Korean Adoptees
-Susan Soon-Keum Cox

Coming Full Circle
An adoptive family returns to Korea to meet the President and First Lady
-Peggy & Amy Scherr

She is Your Birth Mama
A mother reflects on meeting her Guatemalan son's birth mother
-Kimberly A. Hill

Would We Do It Again?
A mother recollects the joys and sorrows of adopting her daughter from Romania
-Christine Goldstone

Heroes and Heroines of Adoption: Cherie Clark
The founder and executive director of International Mission of Hope
-Trish Maskew & Jan King

Poem: Yours
A mother's tribute to her son
-Nanacy Jean MacFarlane

The Spirituality of Adoption
Dispelling myths of adoption
-Judith Costello, MA, ATR-BC

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