As I round the corner into the final leg of this 12 week course, I feel that I have a greater knowledge base on adoption, on what to expect, on the issues that the children may have faced, on the … Continue reading
Lately I am hearing that many adoptive parents choose to home-school their child/ren. The Adoption Education Program (AEP) that I am currently completing has shown several videos interviewing parents, or interviewing families, and out of the video footage shown and the parents represented – … Continue reading
Your 10 Favourite Things: An exercise in understanding children in care. Right now, take a moment to think about your 10 favourite things in this life as it stands today. These “things” could be people, places, pets, objects, pets, etc, … Continue reading
What is a surname anyway? Does it need to have a love connection to who you are today? So much of our everyday lives are identified by our surname, how connected should we be to that name and does … Continue reading
This powerful and confronting short film (of just under 13 minutes) shows a deeply moving insight into foster care through the eyes of a child. I was first introduced to this short film through a single parent adoptive support group on … Continue reading
Three weeks ago I started the final piece of the adoption approval puzzle, the Adoption Education Program (AEP) run by the Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC) – https://www.bcadoption.com/education. While I cant reproduce the content, or talk about it specifically … Continue reading
Online course offered by AFABC Presented by Randy Simpson and Cathy Gilbert Hosted by Erin Melvin, AFABC Rider: My notes here are written as the sessions flowed for me and are about the subjects that caught my attention. These sessions … Continue reading
As grateful as I am for the life I have now, for the person I have been, for the person I have become and am becoming, for the way I’ve always landed on my feet, and the way things always … Continue reading
When my social worker suggested an impromptu meeting after the second home study, I knew there was likely a ‘ruling’ from the things that were revealed.
To recap the second home study delved further into some of my background, where we discussed things like rape, my mother, being kicked out of home at 16, and some of the relationships I’d had since then.
At this meeting, my social worker suggested that to show that I’d come through all of those things and was now in this moment a healthy, stable, safe, option for an adoption placement, therapy would be required.
She asked me if I would consider this? Continue reading
Expectant Mother – Adoption Journey Series… ATTACHMENT IN ADOPTION Conclusion: the parts that resonated most with me. (Read Part 1 here, or Part 2 here or Part 3 here) Online course offered by AFABC Presented by Andrea Chatwin, MA, CCC … Continue reading