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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care

02/04/24

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Question: Is it possible to adopt a child from another state, provided that all parental rights were terminated on both mother and father’s sides? What extra complications or legalities do families adopting out of state face?
Resources:

Adopting a Child Out of State (Parent Training Education Course)
Foster Care Adoption
Domestic Infant Adoption
Working with an Adoption Attorney

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How to Create a Compelling Adoptive Parent Profile

January 31, 2024

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47m

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How can you create an adoptive parent profile to help you stand out and show what makes you unique? To find out, join our guests Erin Quick, the Founder and CEO of PairTree and an adoptive mom, and Jess Nelson, the profile creation provider at Pairtree and a two-time birth mom.
In this episode, we cover:

What are Adoptive Parent Profiles?
What other names might they go by?
Each agency or attorney has their own preference, but the goal is to be yourself and to represent your family honestly.
What are the different ways that agencies use profiles?
Do agencies share your home study with the expectant mom or couple?
How many profiles is an expectant mother or couple usually given to look at?
Does each adoption agency or adoption attorney have different info they want you to share?
What are the elements of a “good” profile?
What should be on your cover?
What sections/topics should you include?
Should you discuss your thoughts on openness in adoption?
Is a “closing “important?
How many pictures should you include in an adoptive parent profile?
Are captions to the pictures important?
Quality of the pictures.
Should you include a video if your adoption portfolio is digital?
What type of pictures should you avoid?
How to handle pictures with alcohol in them?
Is there anything different you would suggest for single prospective parents? female and male
Is there anything different you would suggest for LGBTQ+ prospective adoptive parents?
How do you show your family support when you do not have a close family because of death or estrangement?
What if your house or apartment does not look good or does not photograph well?
What format should you use: hardback book, booklet, online, or stapled together?
How many copies should you print?
How important is the adoptive parent portfolio in the expectant parent’s decision-making?
What is the experience like for an expectant mom or couple to go through profiles.
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Adoption Microaggressions Parents Need to Know About

February 7, 2024

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43m

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What are the microaggressions or stigmas in the world of adoption and how do they impact adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents? We talk with Dr. Amanda Baden, a Professor and the Doctoral Program Director at Montclair State University in the graduate counseling program and a licensed psychologist in private practice in Manhattan. She is an adult adoptee from Hong Kong and an adoptive parent of a daughter from China.
In this episode, we cover:

What are microaggessions in general and how do they apply to adoption?
These microaggressions apply to all members of the adoption kinship network (adoptees; adoptive parents, grandparents, siblings; first/birth parents/grandparents).
Where do some of the unconscious attitudes and stigmas toward adoption come from?
Common microaggression themes for adoptees:
- biology is best/normative is based upon the belief that biological ties are superior, more permanent, and more authentic than ties formed through adoption or foster care
- bad seed adoptees or damaged goods
- grateful adoptees, a third theme, refers to the idea of adoptees as both lucky and privileged to have been adopted
- cultural limbo and invalidation of heritage
What are some of the microagressions against birth parents?
What are some of the microaggressions against adoptive parents?
Lack of intent to hurt.
How can microsaggressions impact the mental health?

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