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 | Talking to Your 3-to-5-Year-Old About Adoption by Susan Saidman
Practical suggestions for beginning the adoption conversation with pre-schoolers. Includes sample conversations, suggested reading list. Makes an excellent handout.
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Talking to Your 6-to-8 Year Old About Adoption by Susan Saidman
Tips for keeping adoption conversations going during the early elementary years.
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 | Talking With Your 9-12 Year Old About Adoption
This is the time to establish your role as advocate and coach.
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| Adoption and School |
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Explaining Adoption to Classmates
Distribute this handout to other parents at your child's school, or send it home with his classmates after an adoption presentation.
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Tackling Tricky Assignments
Understanding the learning goals and specific challenges of common tricky assignments will help parents and children alike find the best solutions.
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"How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade" by Amy Klatzkin
Using a favorite doll and a logic children can follow, here's a how one mother enlightened her daughter's curious class. Includes a list of useful resources about adoption and school and tips for talking about adoption in the classroom.
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"Dear Teacher"
Even a teacher sensitive to adoption may benefit letter to help you compose your own.
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A Memo to My Fellow Teachers by Leonlida DiTomasso
Advice by a teacher and adoptive mom about how to create an adoption-friendly classroom.
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Adoption in the Classroom, a teacher handout
A two-page tear-out-and-save guide for teachers on adoption in the classroom. Includes a resource guide for parents and recommended books for the school library.
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| Adoption Law |
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Post-Adoption Paperwork
Here's how to obtain the documents you need to verify that the international adoption is final and that your child is a legal U.S. citizen.
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The Adoption Tax Credit: a Q&A
by Mark McDermott, JD
Updated For 2008! A look at the most common questions regarding the adoption expense tax credit, including its provisions for international and domestic adoption. Useful for both you and your accountant.
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Adoption Law: At the Hospital by Peter Weirnicki, JD
The legal steps surrounding your child's birth when you adopt domestically.
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Readoption Explained by Peter Weirnicki, JD
What is readoption? How does it relate to citizenship and why should new international adoptive parents consider it, regardless of the laws in their state?
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| Adoption Medicine |
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Adoption Medical Travel Guide
Evaluating a referral, pre-adoption preparation, post-adoption checkups, and more.
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Do We Need a Therapist?
How to decide — and how to find one.
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How to be an Adoption Advocate by Katherine Mikkelson
Road-tested tips for those who want to educate and enlighten others about the facts of adoption.
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Positive Adoption Language
The way we talk—and the words we choose—say a lot about what we think and value.
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30 Ways to Celebrate Adoption
Expand awareness through these actions, one idea for every day
of November's National Adoption Awareness Month.
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8 Great Reasons to Adopt Now
Distribute this handout and spread the word: Giving your heart to a child is joyful and rewarding.
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"Adopt-A" Programs by Amy Klatzkin and Cathy Breen
Excellent sample letters any parent can use: Amy Klatzkin's letter urging her local zoo to drop the "Adopt A" slogan from the title of its animal sponsorship program, and Cathy Breen's letter explaining her objection to the local library's use of "AdoptA" language.
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How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits by Elizabeth Mair
For working parents, the need to take time off without pay may put adoption beyond their financial means. Here's a road map, including
a sample letter, for approaching your employer to request adoption
benefits.
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 | The Truth About Domestic Adoption: by Eliza Newlin Carney.
Misconceptions about domestic adoption abound. The author confronts the myth that domestic adoption is rare, expensive, and risky with her own experience and the facts. Includes statistics about the cost and timing of domestic and international adoption.
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