As many of you know, WE tv is going to launch a new reality series this fall about open adoption. From their press release:
Each episode of ADOPTION DIARIES follows a different compelling story from the beginning stages, as a birth mother is faced with the daunting task of choosing her baby’s future family. Viewers follow [...]
Open Adoption Support
for families and individuals who support openness in adotion
We honor the connection adoptees have to both of their families. We recognize the love and joy as well as the losses and grief of adoption. We do not diminish one family in favor of another. We are flexible, understanding that needs and circumstances change. We set boundaries on the basis of what is best for our children.
We understand that open adoption looks like different things for different families.
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Conference addresses siblings in foster care
The North American Council on Adoptable Children will be in Columbus, OH this August and there will be at least one session of special interest to those of us interested in open adoption:
Thursday, August 13 — JJ Hitch, Maurice Webb, Wendy Wiegmann, and Lisa Wilson: “Brothers and Sisters in Foster Care: An Unbreakable Bond”
During this panel [...]
A twist on an open adoption court case
This one has to do with post-adoption relationships between adoptive relatives. From The Weekly Case Summary from The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University in Columbus, OH, week of July 14, 2009
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second Appellate District, reversed the juvenile court’s order that granted continued visitation rights to [...]
Loss, Responsibility and Trust
A pro-choice abortion clinic counselor writes about her experience at an adoption training at the Spence-Chapin agency.
Indeed it was quite an extraordinary thing to bring this group of providers together to explore, over two days, the myriad commonalities in the services that we all provide to women facing unplanned pregnancy. These commonalities persist whether our [...]
Off and Running Documentary
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hga5PvXTMAs
Story:
Documentary follows an African-American girl’s search for her birth mother within an adoptive family comprising a melting pot of race, culture and sexuality. Avery Klein-Cloud is a happy New York teenager who lives with her family and hopes to get a track scholarship to college. But as the documentary “Off and Running” reveals, Avery’s family [...]
Two Open Adoption Court Cases
The Weekly Case Summary from The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University in Columbus, OH
Week of June 18, 2009
From New Hampshire:
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire reversed the superior court’s order dismissing appellant grandmother’s petition for grandparent visitation, holding that although the grandmother had relinquished her parental rights to the grandchildren’s [...]
Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform
PEAR is a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who have come together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive families.
Our membership has grown via word of mouth to include adoptees, adoption professionals, and other persons interested in meaningful ethical adoption reform from the adoptive parent point of view.
We believe that the existing system needs strong reforms because it does not represent the best interest of the people most impacted by the system:the children and their families.
We are tired of being ignored.
We are through with being laughed at.
We are ready to fight.
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