NC Adoption Support Alliance Welcomes Summer!

 

Support – We all need it!

Providing support for adoptive and foster families is one of Adoption Support Alliance’s main goals. We have offered support groups for parents over the last year and had great success. We are now offering a unique opportunity for adoptive and foster children to receive support with our new Kids Club program this summer.

Kids Club is a way for adopted and foster children in elementary school and middle school to be in community with one another and spend time talking about what it means to be adopted. We will therapeutically work with the kids to help normalize the adoption experience all while having fun!

The ASA Kids Club will be held from July 18-22nd at the Project 658 building located at 3646 Central Avenue. The cost is $150 per child. The elementary aged students will meet from 9am-noon and the middle school students will meet from 2-5pm.

Reserve your spot by emailing us at info@adoptionsupportalliance.org. You may also reserve your child’s spot by clicking here.

Space is limited so sign up soon!

 

Adoption 101

Adoption Support Alliance is coming to Davidson on  June18th! We will be hosting our introduction to adoption at the Davidson Library (119 S. Main Street) from 1-4:30. The cost is $60 per couple or $50 per person. We will share information on the processes of domestic adoption and international adoption as well as look at issues of grief, trauma, birth family relationships and talking with others about adoption. Hear from adoptive parents about their personal experience and have your questions about adoption answered! Reserve your spot by June 10th by emailing us at info@adoptionsupportalliance.org. You may sign up directly by clicking here.

 

We Need Your Help!

ASA will be hosting a teen panel in August where adopted teens can hear from and ask questions of adult adoptees about their experiences as an adopted person. Erin and Charlie are meeting with adopted teens and parents of adoptive teens this summer to learn more about what they would like to know about the adoptive experience. If you are willing to talk with us, please contact us at info@adoptionsupportalliance.org.

News from Romania: ADOR COPII Visited by US Vice Consul Whitehead and Consular Assistant Marcu

The first day of spring brought the distinguished guests at the Ador Copiii Association. We were honored to receive the visit of Ms. Lindsay Whitehead, Vice-Consul of the United States Embassy in Bucharest, and Ms. Ilinca Marcu consular asistant, who participated at a support group organized with few adoptive families. On this occasion they could see a picture of the work we perform every day in the benefit of children who want a family, who risk losing theirs and those who, maybe, will never have one. Mrs. Lindsay Whitehead talked to each foster family present at the support group, showing real interest in the adoption procedure, the problems encountered and the clear steps that our Association did and do to change the legislation in this regard.

Ador Copiii's projects and their impact were also appreciated by Mrs. Ambassador Susan S. Jacobs, Special Advisor on Children's Rights in the US Government when the executive director , Mrs. Simona Czudar, was invited to meet with her in November 2015 at the US Embassy in Bucharest. In the context of developing relations based on trust, transparency , professionalism and passion for defending children's rights in order to modernize the adoptions' system, the meeting was particularly successful and we want to continue in this direction in the future.

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Hogwarts Adoption Support Forum and Blog - Very Interesting

Support Forum and Blog. 

What is Hogwarts Adoption?

• A way for parents (especially foster/adoptive) to engage with kids in their care and start conversations about difficult situations
• An opportunity for parents (especially foster/adoptive) to talk with other parents in the same situation, find support, and discover resources
• A safe place – foster/adoptive families will be encouraged; we understand that many families in these situations are being asked to deal with events they are not necessarily equipped to handle

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No To Foster & Yes To Permanent Families

Helping Kids Transition from Foster Care to Adoption

Source: http://www.creatingafamily.org/radioshow/helping-kids-transition-from-foster-care-to-adoption.html?awt_l=IgdWw&awt_m=3kQbjTAr6r4QyZ0

Highlights from May 9, 2012 Creating a Family radio show

Foster care is tough on kids, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is easy to transition to adoption. What can you do to make this move easier. Our guests will be Kim Phagan-Hansel, editor of Fostering Families Today magazine and The Foster Parenting Toolbox; and Madeleine Krebs, Clinical Coordinator at the Center for Adoption Support and Education with over 35 years of experience providing psychotherapy for families with foster and adopted children.

• Why are some children frightened or resistant to moving from foster care to an adoptive family?

• What type of behaviors are typical of this transition period?
• Is this transition easier if the child is being adopted by the foster family?
• Are children being bounced around from one foster home to another as much now as in the past?
• How can adoptive parents ease the transition with children adopted from the state or from orphanages abroad?
• How can foster families ease the transition when they are adopting their foster children?
• How can new adoptive parents reduce their expectations of themselves and of their children? Should they?
• Is concurrent planning confusing for foster parents/foster families?
• How to explain to a child why his foster parents do not want to adopt him?
• Why is it important to talk positively about our child’s birth parents?
• Should you talk positively about birth parents if they abused your child?
• When adopting from foster care, how can you maintain an open relationship with your child’s birth family, biological grandparents, siblings, and foster family?
• What questions should you ask the foster family when adopting a child they have fostered prior to the adoption?
• What are some things to do the first night and days home when adopting from foster care?

Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope With Trauma: A Guide for Pediatricians

The purpose of this guide is to support adoptive and foster families by strengthening the abilities of pediatricians to:

• identify traumatized children,
  
• educate families about toxic stress and the possible biological, behavioral, and social manifestations of early childhood trauma, and
  
• empower families to respond to their child's behavior in a manner that acknowledges past trauma but promotes the learning of new, more adaptive reactions to stress.