For Teachers: Adoption Biased Class Assignments and How to Fix Them

Preparing teachers for adoption in the classroom. Assignments
that are particularly hard for adoptive children and how to fix
them.


Teacher's Guide to Adoption
2nd ed., 2005
By Robin Hilborn


A resource document prepared by Robin Hilborn, editor of
Family Helper, to promote the t...
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Preparing Teachers for Adoption in the Classroom: There are Many Ways to Create a Child

Preparing teachers for adoption in the classroom.


Teacher's Guide to Adoption
2nd ed., 2005
By Robin Hilborn


A resource document prepared by Robin Hilborn, editor of
Family Helper, to promote the teaching of adoption in
schools


Many ways to create a child


Quite apart from ...
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For Teachers: Many Ways to Make a Family - Awareness For Ukrainian Adopted Children

For teachers awareness of adoption and other family situations is
critical to promoting healthy relationships in the classroom and
a positive learning enviroment. As this article states, just 4 in
10 families fit the traditional family mold. Please share with
your Ukrainian adopted child'...
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How to Speak With Your Ukrainian Adoptive Child's Teacher About Adoption

That time of year again.
As our adoptive children head back to school. Here are
some tips for how to speak with your child's teacher
about adoption.






by Kat...
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Ukrainian Adoptive Parents: The Ukraine Needs Our Ideas and Help!

The Ukrainian Embassy and Consulates are very worried that the
lack of reports could cause a backlash or closing of adoptions.
They thought that if adoptive parents led an effort to increase
reporting and find the nearly 5000 unaccounted for adopted
children it would be good PR for the US...
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Adoptive Parenting: Is A Behavior Caused By Adoption or Temperment??

This is a beautiful article by Dawn at Creating a Family. I
love it because I don't think there is any adoptive parent
that does not question if a behavior has its origins in the
fact that the child is adopted. Is it or isn't it? Or, as
this article says, is it...
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Event: Free Ukrainian Adoption Information Session: Adoption Process, Opportunity and Challenges - Sep 19 @ 7:30pm

Hopewell Presbyterian Church Hosts Free Ukrainian
Adoption Educational Program


Hopewell, NJ - Local adoption
business, Adoption Services International is holding a free
educational presentation Thursday, September 19, 2013 from 7:30 -
8:30 pm at the Hopewell Presbyterian ...
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Uncertainty of Adoption or Infertility Can Rob You of Living

I really like this article. It is short, but hits the point hard.
Waiting is hard and stressful, espcially for the planners among
us. Don't put your life on hold!!






Uncertainty of Adoption or Infertility Can Rob You of Living
creatingafamily.org August 7th, 2013 view origina...
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Adoptive Parents - How to Answer Tough Questions About Your Child's Birth Family

I love this wonderful article because it shows how hard
these questions are for adoptive parents and there chidren. Also,
that there are no perfect answers. Are we ever really prepared to
answer these questions?


What has been your experience?


Enjoy!


No one said adoption was easy...
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Could Ukraine Ban Foreign Adoptions Like Russia? Adoptive Parents May Hold The Answer

Could Ukraine Ban Foreign Adoptions Like Russia?


From the moment Russia issued its ban on adoptions for Americans,
perspective adoptive parents have been asking if Ukraine would
follow suit. To address this issue objectively it is best to look
at everything Russian officials and press h...
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FRUA Backs Importance of Post-Placement Reports for Ukrainian Adoption

Let's face it. Compared to other countries Ukraine requires relatively little of us: no social worker or agency post-placement visits, no cost for reporting, reports can be done online, and they are not long or tedious. This makes the fact that so few parents are filing these reports all the worse....
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Russian Adopted Children Travel Back: Confirm Propaganda, Misconceptions, and Kindness

Fifteen American families with adopted Russian children
visited Russia, the land of their birth. Harper Liles
and her mother tour Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg,
Russia, July 20, 2013 (pictured) are among them. What is so
clear in this artilce is how success...
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Event: Event for Ukrainian Adoptive Families: 22nd Annual Ukrainian Folk Festival in PA - Aug 25 @ 12:00pm

Celebrate your adopted child's wonderful culture:


Arts, dance, sounds and even flavors - the 22nd annual
Ukrainian Folk Festival on Aug. 25 2013 will have it all.


The event celebrates Ukrainian culture with an array of arts
and crafts, music, dance and food. Learn...
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Event: Ukrainian Festival: Perfect Activity for Ukrainian Adoptive FamIilies Irondequoit, NY - Aug 15-18

Celebrate your adoptive child's rich culture!





Irondequoit, N.Y. -


The St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Festival is marking its 41st year.


It has become a late-summer, family-friendly tradition
celebrating the culture of Ukraine, and draws not only from
greater Rochester, but also fr...
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Russia Applies Economic Pressures to Force Ukraine From Becoming Closer With the European Union

Putin does not want Ukraine integrating with the EU. He made that
very clear during a recent meeting. So, when Ukraine said they
wish to move ahead with the EU, Russia has suddenly found
"contaminants" in Ukrainian chocolate and banned it. A new take
on the Chocolate Wars. Sad. This comes...
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A To-Do List for Friends and Relatives of Ukrainian Adopting Parents

This article, written by Jody Cantrell Dyer, is more than just a
to do list. It is a "not to do" list too. Great ideas on how to
help support the adopting couple, but also great tips on what not
to do.


Enjoy!


As an adoptive mother and author, I participate in on-line
supportive co...
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Ukraine's Prosecuter General Audits Adoption Reporting: US Lack of Compliance Reason For Concern

Ukraine's Prosecutor General of Ukraine is very unhappy with the
reporting by adoptive parents, and the US reporting rate is
terrible!If anything will ever cause the Ukrainian government to
halt foreign adoptions, it is our poor record of sending in our
required reports. The US is embaras...
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Explaining My Adoption to My Biological Daughter

This is a lovely article. We so often worry about how to speak
with our adopted children about adoption. This is a unique take
on the opposite, an adoptee mother speaking with her biological
daughter about adoption. How similar and different are they?


Explaining My Adoption to My Biolog...
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