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Foster Parenting and AdoptionAdditional Topics
Articles
10 Tips to Kickstart Your Self Esteem!
Boosting self-esteem.
A Child's Plea
Poem on foster care.
A Group Effort?
One family's problems with foster adoption.
A History of Meeting Needs
The existence of adoption.
A Parent's Perspective
A foster mother shares her experiences with a RAD child
A Safe Place
Care for foster children.
A Story of Feet
An orphaned girl's story from hospital to home.
A Student Asks Lezli About Negatives in Adoption
Lezli answers a student's question about adoption.
A Wonderful Adoption Story
Story of a foster adoption.
Accepting Your Kid's Friends
Your children and their friends.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words?
Words and deeds.
Activities
Activities for foster children.
Adding Two to Your Heart
Author's feelings on adoption.
ADHD -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Behaviors of a child with ADHD..
Adoption - How Long Will It Take?
Information on the length of the adoption process.
Adoption and Loss:
Review of a book on adoption grief.
Adoption Covenant and Placement Ceremony
A short statement of agreement between the adoptive and birth parents.
Adoption Expenses - Employee Benefits Programs
Information on employee benefits for adoption.
Adoption From Foster Care, 1999
Foster care adoption.
Adoption Readiness Groups Prevent Disruptions
Information about adoption readiness groups.
Adoption Terminology
Definitions of common adoption terms.
Advocating For Kids
Recruitment for adoption and foster care.
After The Honeymoon
After the first two weeks with a foster child.
Agency Practices Can Encourage Foster Parents to Adopt
Information on foster parent adoption.
All Families are Not Created Equally
Tips and considerations for adoptive families.
All Things Are Possible
A birthmother/adoptive mother shares her story.
Am I Ready to Become a Foster Parent?
Becoming a foster parent in Alaska.
An Adoptive Mother's Grief
Adoptive mom tells of her son.
An Advocate's Lament
Poem on foster care.
Attachment Therapy Does Work!
Effectiveness of attachment therapy.
Avoid Power Struggles with Your Teens
Power struggle, control, and your teen.
Baking Bread as Therapy
Baking bread as therapy.
Basic Reciprocity
Attachment disorder and the family.
Becoming a Foster Parent
Foster parenting.
Bedtime
Dealing with bedtime.
Bedtime Challenges:
Tips for bedtime.
Behavior Control with a Behavior Plan for Foster Children
Behavior issues.
Bonding And Attachment: How Does Adoption Affect A Newborn?
Post adoption depression.
Building a Program So Families Come, Stay... and Recruit Others: Keys to Retention
Information about the experience of foster parents.
Calling the Police
Foster children and police.
Calming the Rebellion
Question and answer on rebellion.
Can Adults be Adopted?
The question of whether or not adults can be adopted.
Candy Drug Hits the Streets
Drug.
Caring For A Sick Child
How to care for a sick child.
Changing One Little Life
Foster children
Child of Destiny
Moses was a child of destiny.
Children Know...
Poem on foster parenting.
Children of Alcoholics:
Children in the homes of alcoholics.
Children Who Abuse
Children and abuse
Children With Problems!
Problem children.
Choices: A Single Mom Speaks Out
Single mom's story of adopting children.
Cody's Heart
Poem.
College Tuition Waiver and Scholarship Programs
Information on adoption subsidies for higher education.
Common Questions on the Adoption Tax Credit
Q & A on the adoption tax credit.
Community Involvement
Getting the community involved in your child's development.
Community Leaders Support Recruitment after 'Journey Home'
Information on community leaders becoming involved in adoption and foster care.
Community Service - Volunteering
Volunteering.
Contact Disturbs Kids
Birth mother with past history of abuse continues to contact birth children after adoption is final.
Corn Pie
A short foster care story.
Creating a Family by Birth and Adoption
Discusses effects of adoption on the family.
Danny the Disrespectful Kid
A child's undesirable behavior.
Dental Care
Children and dental care.
Developmental Re-Parenting
Adjusting parenting style.
Dispelling the Myth - Fos-Adoption Encourages Healthy Growth
A foster parent reminisces.
Disruption or Dissolution
Dissolving an adoption.
Dr. Van der Kolk A Hit At ATTACh Conference - Part II
Adopted children and attachment.
Education and the Child of Trauma
School learning experience.
El Cuidado de Crianza y la Adopción para los Niños que Esperan
Information surrounding foster care and adoption.
Every Child Deserves A Home
No child is unadoptable.
Excellence in Action:
Services for families caring for drug or HIV affected children.
Experienced Parents Mentor and Retain New Families
Information about using parents as peer mentors for families.
Exploding Some Myths
The confrontation of negative portrayals of older child adoption.
Faith-Based Agencies Unite for City-Wide Adoption Sabbath
Information about faith-based organizations and adoption.
Faith-based Communities Respond to the Call
Foster parenting vs. adoption.
Financial Resources for Waiting Child Adoptions
Inforamtion about financial resources available for those adopting forster children.
For Cheyenne
Poem about foster care.
For Daniel - My Foster Son - A
Special needs foster care.
Forever Families in Many Forms
A foster parent tells of an experience with a foster child.
Forsyth County Launches New Recruitment Campaign
Information on community and agency plan finding adoption placements for waiting youth in North Carolina.
Foster Care
Helping foster children.
Foster Care
Child foster care.
Foster Care and Adoption for Waiting Children
Information surrounding foster care and adoption.
Foster Care in West Virginia
Foster parenting in West Virginia.
Foster Care National Statistics
Statistics.
Foster Care Specialists by State
List of specialists.
Foster Care to Adoption
Opinions on adoption issues from each of 8 children.
Foster Home Care or Orphanages?
Debate over institutional care.
Foster Parenting: Celebrate the Vision
Celebrating the hardwork and dedication of foster parents.
Foster Parents and Their Responsibilities
Foster parents' responsibilities.
Foster Parents Are Remarkable People!
Successful foster families.
Foster Parents' Rights
Foster parents' rights.
Fosteringham
Poem by a foster mother about her foster son.
From Child Maltreatment to Delinquency
Correlations between child maltreatment and youth crime.
Games to Play Anywhere and Everywhere
Ways to amuse your child.
Gearing Up For School
Children, parents, and school.
Get A Life
Taking time for yourself.
Getting Children to Write Thank You Notes
Gratitude and manners.
Getting Real
Becoming a 'real' family.
Getting Your Child to Open Up to You
Helping children be open and free in conversation.
Getting Your Home and Family Ready for Your Foster Child
Preparing for a foster child.
Gimmee!
Children and money issues.
Going Back So You Can Go Forward
Reuniting with foster parents.
HHS Releases First Child Welfare Outcomes Report
Information about state progress reports related to child welfare.
Homes for Black Children Recruits through Courtesy and Community Connections
Information on how a home for African American children recruited adopting parents.
Honesty
Being a foster parent.
Honeymoon Period
The first two weeks.
Hope for Children Bill Adoption Tax Credit 2001
Information on the Adoption Tax Credit, 2001.
House Rules
Making rules.
How Do I Know Right from Wrong.
Questions from a foster child.
How to Deal with a Rude Teenager
The less compliant teenager.
How to Find and Keep Families for African American Children
Information on recruiting adoptve families.
How to Make Positive Behavior Changes
Behavior.
How to Manage Verbal Abuse
Dealing with verbal abuse..
Hurting Children: A National Shame
A wake-up call.
I Am Considering Adopting A Child from Foster Care. Where Do I Start?
Adopting children from the foster care system,
Imagining Our Fathers
Other ideas about home schooling.
Improving Health Coverage for Children Exiting Foster Care
Health care for children exiting foster care.
Insurance
Insurance information.
Is Foster Parenting for You?
Foster Parenting.
It's for You for Mother's Day
A mother's appreciation of Mother's Day
It's the Children's Rights, Join in the Fight
Adoptable children and negative publicity.
I'm Not Ready to be a Foster Parent.
Steps to becoming a foster parent.
Kinship Foster Parents:
Foster children living with relatives.
Legislative Alert
Legislation on foster care.
Long Term Treatment
Empowering the parental role.
Looking for Mr./Ms. Goodworker, Part 1:
Choosing a social worker.
Looking for Mr./Ms. Goodworker, Part 2:
Foster parent associations.
Love Takes Time to Grow
How love can grow.
Main Factor Inhibiting Foster Child Adoption
Hinderance to foster care adoption.
Make a Difference in This World
An adoptive mother tells of her children.
Making A Connection
Using short-term consequences for a child's behavior.
Maybe This Christmas Will Be Different
Maybe this christmas will be better.
Memories of My Childs Creative Genius
Children and art.
Mi Familia
Strengthening kinship.
Missouri Foster Care System
The mark left on foster parents.
Mom
Poem on being left.
Morgie
Poem on adoption.
M' Doption Day Dress
Poem on adoption.
Neurodevelopmental Therapy/Attachment Therapy
Improving neurological functioning.
New Hope for Kids in Foster Care
Changes in law make foster adoption more popular.
New Research Explores Multiple Placements And Criminal Behavior
Foster care.
New Study Looks at Success Rates of Adoptions of Children from Foster Care
Outcomes for children who are adopted from foster care.
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