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Adoption Issues with Amy
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Amy Daly is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a degree in Social work. She is presently working on her Masters in Family/Child Counseling
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Amy is a member of American Association of Anger Management, American Association of Christian Counselors and is nationally certified in Anger Management. |
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Amy counsels with children & teens. Amy was adopted herself and knows the questions that young and old have on their mind. She knows what it was like to come live in a new land with a chosen family, and away from her own country.
Specializing in Children Affected by Adoption Issues, Divorce recovery, Domestic Violence, and all aspects of Adolescent Anger. She works closly with Hillside and their adoption facility. |
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Understanding
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Adoption over all
Resources on all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, including adoption from foster care. Includes information for prospective and adoptive parents; information about searching for birth relatives; and resources for professionals on recruiting adoptive families, preparing children and youth, supporting birth parents, and providing postadoption services.
Overview
The adoption process, selected resources, and frequently asked questions.
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory
Provides State-by-State contact information for a variety of foster care and adoption-related organizations and services including public and licensed private adoption agencies, support groups, and more.
Types of adoption
Domestic adoption, including foster care, kinship, infant, customary, and independent/private adoptions; intercountry adoption; and interjurisdictional placement.
For prospective adoptive parents
How to adopt, the home study process, financial assistance, legal considerations, and potential challenges.
Foster care adoption
Strategies and programs, recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families, children waiting for adoption, legal issues and laws, and National Adoption Month.
Recruiting, preparing, & retaining foster/adoptive parents
Recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents, including specific populations.
Preparing & supporting children & youth
Preparing and transitioning children and youth into permanent families, maintaining connections, talking about adoption, and school issues.
Supporting birth parents
Information for birth family members on adoption planning and maintaining connections with children who are adopted. Information for professionals on supporting birth parents.
Postadoption services
Adoption assistance, outcomes of postadoption services, and help for adoptive families, including understanding potential challenges and obtaining birth or adoption records.
Search & reunion
Searching for birth relatives, obtaining birth and adoption records, understanding the impact of adoption, and finding support groups. |
Adoption and School IssuesFactsheet for Families
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
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| Year Published: 1993 |
Like all children, adopted children spend a good portion of their waking hours in school. Because school is such an important aspect of children's lives, adoptive parents, like all parents, want their child's school experience to be a positive one. When your child has a problem at school, you might find yourself wondering: Is this a problem related to adoption, or is it a "generic" developmental, educational, or school system problem common to all children?
This factsheet will look at three areas. The first is how adoption impacts a youngster in school. We will discuss if, when, how, and why to talk about adoption with school personnel. Second, we will examine some specific educational problems that are common to adopted children and how to advocate for the educational and support services that they might need. Third, we will suggest ways to help students, teachers, principals, and other school personnel to become more sensitive to adoption issues.
At the end of this factsheet there is an information sheet on positive adoption language that can be given to school personnel. There is also a resource section that provides names of consultants with expertise in adoption and school issues, adoption training curricula and programs, relevant audiovisual materials, and a bibliography. Child Welfare Information Gateway staff members would appreciate hearing about any other resources in the area of adoption and school issues. Please contact us at Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau/ACYF, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20024, or call 703.385.7565 or 888.251.0075.
Table of Contents
1 - How Adoption Impacts Children at School
2 - Preschool/Kindergarten
3 - Elementary School
4 - Junior and Senior High School
5 - Specific Educational Concerns Associated with Adopted Children
6 - Learning Lag, Learning Problem, or Learning Disability?
7 - Increasing the Adoption Sensitivity of School Personnel | |
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Adoption over all
Resources on all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, including adoption from foster care. Includes information for prospective and adoptive parents; information about searching for birth relatives; and resources for professionals on recruiting adoptive families, preparing children and youth, supporting birth parents, and providing postadoption services.
Overview
The adoption process, selected resources, and frequently asked questions.
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory
Provides State-by-State contact information for a variety of foster care and adoption-related organizations and services including public and licensed private adoption agencies, support groups, and more.
Types of adoption
Domestic adoption, including foster care, kinship, infant, customary, and independent/private adoptions; intercountry adoption; and interjurisdictional placement.
For prospective adoptive parents
How to adopt, the home study process, financial assistance, legal considerations, and potential challenges.
Foster care adoption
Strategies and programs, recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families, children waiting for adoption, legal issues and laws, and National Adoption Month.
Recruiting, preparing, & retaining foster/adoptive parents
Recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents, including specific populations.
Preparing & supporting children & youth
Preparing and transitioning children and youth into permanent families, maintaining connections, talking about adoption, and school issues.
Supporting birth parents
Information for birth family members on adoption planning and maintaining connections with children who are adopted. Information for professionals on supporting birth parents.
Postadoption services
Adoption assistance, outcomes of postadoption services, and help for adoptive families, including understanding potential challenges and obtaining birth or adoption records.
Search & reunion
Searching for birth relatives, obtaining birth and adoption records, understanding the impact of adoption, and finding support groups. |
Adoption and School IssuesFactsheet for Families
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
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| Year Published: 1993 |
Like all children, adopted children spend a good portion of their waking hours in school. Because school is such an important aspect of children's lives, adoptive parents, like all parents, want their child's school experience to be a positive one. When your child has a problem at school, you might find yourself wondering: Is this a problem related to adoption, or is it a "generic" developmental, educational, or school system problem common to all children?
This factsheet will look at three areas. The first is how adoption impacts a youngster in school. We will discuss if, when, how, and why to talk about adoption with school personnel. Second, we will examine some specific educational problems that are common to adopted children and how to advocate for the educational and support services that they might need. Third, we will suggest ways to help students, teachers, principals, and other school personnel to become more sensitive to adoption issues.
At the end of this factsheet there is an information sheet on positive adoption language that can be given to school personnel. There is also a resource section that provides names of consultants with expertise in adoption and school issues, adoption training curricula and programs, relevant audiovisual materials, and a bibliography. Child Welfare Information Gateway staff members would appreciate hearing about any other resources in the area of adoption and school issues. Please contact us at Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau/ACYF, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20024, or call 703.385.7565 or 888.251.0075.
Table of Contents
1 - How Adoption Impacts Children at School
2 - Preschool/Kindergarten
3 - Elementary School
4 - Junior and Senior High School
5 - Specific Educational Concerns Associated with Adopted Children
6 - Learning Lag, Learning Problem, or Learning Disability?
7 - Increasing the Adoption Sensitivity of School Personnel |
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