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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
08/20/23
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Q: I’ve applied to adopt a waiting child from foster care. We are open to all races, kids up to age 13, and sibling groups up to 3 kids. We applied and then heard nothing. We also applied through AdoptUSKids and also heard nothing. I know the social workers are busy, but this is getting to be ridiculous. How do I get their attention without making them angry at me?
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This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Previous Episode
Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption
August 16, 2023
•44m
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Are you considering adopting a baby? Join us today to learn more. Our guests will be Karlee Wagner, a Program Supervisor for Infant Adoption and Birth Parent/Pregnancy Services at Children’s Home and LSS in Minnesota (CH/LSS); Erin Quick, the Founder and CEO of PairTree - the organization dedicated to helping families navigate private adoption in the healthiest way possible and mom of two through adoption; and Courtney Lott, the owner and founder of Faithful Adoption Consultants, a consulting service that seeks to walk adoptive families through the adoption process from beginning to end. She is a mom to eight children: six through adoption and two biologically.
In this episode, we cover:
- How many domestic private infant adoptions happen in the US each year?
- Average cost of adopting a baby in the US.
- Average length of time prospective parents wait for an adoption match.
- Creating a Family article: Adoption in the US: How Many? How Much? How Long?
- What is the domestic infant adoption process at your agency or organization?
- How does the process differ when using an adoption attorney rather than an adoption agency?
- How do domestic infant adoptions today differ from how many people think about adoptions?
- What type of expectant mom considers adoption for their child?
- How many adoptive parent profiles are usually shown to an expectant mom?
- What do you see that expectant moms or couples look for when choosing adoptive parents?
- Is it harder for single women to be selected by expectant moms or couples?
- Is it harder for same-sex couples or singles to be selected by expectant moms or couples?
- After an expectant mother or couple chooses an adoptive family, what is the next step?
- What type of counseling is available for expectant parents both before and after the adoption is finalized?
- What are the ways that different adoption agencies and attorneys handle birth parent expenses?
- How early in the pregnancy do adoption agencies and adoption attorneys match expectant moms with adoptive families?
- What does open adoption look like?
- What percentage of domestic infant adoptions in the US are open?
- What are some typical "special needs" that prospective adoptive parents may be faced with in matches? What situations are the hardest for adoptive parents to decide about?
- How much information will adoptive parents have in deciding whether they should accept a match?
- What factors influence the cost of adoption?
- What factors influence how long families wait for an adoption match?
- What’s your best advice if someone has applied to adopt an infant and is not getting selected by an expectant mom?
- Failed Adoption Matches: How Common? How Costly? How to Survive
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Next Episode
Problematic Sexual Behavior
August 23, 2023
•60m
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Do you worry about what is normal in your child's sexual development? Join us to talk with Roy Van Tassell , a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma and Director of Trauma and Evidence-based Interventions for Centene Health. He co-chairs the National Child Traumatic Stress Networks’ subcommittee on children with problem sexual behaviors.
Warning: We will be using anatomically correct words and talking about sex, so if this offends you or triggers you, you may want to skip this podcast.
In this episode, we cover:
Typical Sexual Development / Play
- What is typical sexual development in children as they age?
- What type of sexual play is considered “normal?”
- How should parents manage a child’s natural sexual development?
Problematic Sexual Behaviors
- What are Problem Sexual Behaviors in Children?
- What causes kids and youth to act in socially unacceptable or destructive sexual ways? What factors influence the development of these behaviors?
- Child vulnerabilities
- Behavior problems
- Emotional difficulties
- Developmental delays
- Low impulse control
- Family vulnerabilities
- Poor supervision
- Single caregiver
- Modeling of coercion
- Harsh parenting practices
- Physical abuse
- Domestic violence
- Modeling of sexuality
- Sexual abuse
- Modeling/exposure
- Nudity or poor family boundaries
- How common are problematic sexual behaviors?
- Suggestions for professionals and parents and how to respond to behaviors.
- What should parents and caregivers do?
- Rules for younger kids
- How effective is therapy?
- How to find a therapist?
- What training have they had in this area?
- Child development expertise (including sexual development)
Resources:
- Taking Action booklets (two booklets) – for children with problematic sexual behaviors (age 12 and younger) and one for 13+
- Resources at the National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth – really good resources for caregivers and parents.
- National Center for Exploited Children—for kids to understand safety—teaching them safety skills to protect their own body
- Amaze.org—videos for children
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- A.J.’s Story— A Book About Not OK Touches
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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