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Transcripts of adoption chats with adoption authors, artists, experts in several fields including international adoption, child development, adoptee issues, and adoptive parenting, and families regarding attachment disorder, open adoptions, and more.
Author of Adoption Nation, and adoptive father, Adam Pertman, joined us for an hour of chat covering a wide spectrum of adoption issues.... [more]
Sheila is a birthmother, artist, sculptor, and now filmmaker. She talked about her film, Unlocking the Heart of Adoption.... [more]
Child development expert Rita Taddonio fielded questions about racial bullying, parent presentations, adoptees who don't want the teacher to know, and much more in this chat with adoptive parents.... [more]
Merryl Klein, CSW, of Spence-Chapin, answered questions about how special needs infant placements are handled through their agency, types of needs, program costs, openness, and procedures. Chat Transcript.... [more]
The National Early Intervention Program is a federal entitlement, available for all children, including those adopted though domestic and international adoption. Child development expert Rita Taddonio has the details.... [more]
The first step to international adoption involves a basic understanding of adoption and what it will mean to your family. Beginning with basic questions to ask yourself, move into questions about selecting a particular country, age restrictions, adoption by gays, and refusing a referral.... [more]
Whether you add adopted children to your family before or after having biological children, questions about the arrival of a new sibling, sibling interaction, and family dynamics arise.... [more]
Delays or difficulties in language development can be the result of many factors, including lack of muscle development, institutionalization, and even the confusion of a bilingual environment.... [more]
Child development expert Rita Taddonio addresses questions from adoptive parents about behaviors in the toddler years and whether or not they're adoption-related.... [more]
Expert Toni Williams of Spence-Chapin chatted with parents about the basics of open adoption, making contact with birthfathers, and how an agency works with expectant parents.... [more]
Ronny Diamond of Spence-Chapin answered questions about all kinds of siblings: bio and adopted, adopted, siblings in closed and open adoptions, and more.... [more]
Adoption educator Ronny Diamond, MSW, answered questions from adoptive parents about how and when to talk to their children about adoption. From kids too young to understand to the "you're not my parent" comment, we covered it all!... [more]
Naming your child can be a difficult decision to make for any parent. When you are considering a name for a child you are adopting who already comes with a name, either given to the child by his or her birthparent(s) or by someone in an orphanage, the decision can become more difficult, often involving unfamiliar people and cultures.... [more]
You have been preparing for this moment for months - perhaps years, but for your child, the move from an institutional setting to family life is confusing, and will be very different from life in an orphanage. Practical suggestions for parents and a Q&A session with child development expert Rita Taddonio.... [more]
Transcript of our chat with parents of children with Reactive Attachment Disorder: challenges, treatment, diagnosis, helpful books and Web sites.... [more]
Our guests were Jody and Donnita, the adoptive and birth mothers of two boys in a closed, special needs adoption. They spoke with us about how they opened their adoption. Come listen in.... [more]
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