Category: adoption
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Cerebral Palsy Guide
Did you know? For every 1000 children born in the United States, 7 of them will suffer some kind of birth injury? A birth injury, occurs during the birth of a child, or just after birth, and many times is the result of a medical mistake that is made. To clarify, a birth injury is…
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Understanding Ambiguous Loss
For nearly seven years now, I have suffered the grief from losing my son in 2004. I have been paralyzed, lost, and trapped in the pain since 2004. I have grieved, or so I thought. Maybe I didn’t grieve. I really don’t know for sure, since this sort of thing was not part of my plan…
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Videos:Foster care from the child’s point of view
PART 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu4nldTcpt8&feature=related] PART 2 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbrk_Rd8xEU&feature=related] PART 3 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNIlXOALJjo&feature=related] PART 4 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8C9W5JewDI&feature=related]
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How to Bond With Your (Foster) Child
Top 10 Five Minute Bonding Activities From Carrie Craft, Your Guide to Adoption / Foster Care. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! These activities are not for every foster/adoptive parent or every foster/adoptive child. Only do what is comfortable for you and your foster/adopted child. Keep in mind: Child’s Age – Chronological and Emotional Child’s History…
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Editing the layout
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll probably notice the changes as I am playing around with the layouts available. I would love some input on what you like best? What information you might be looking for but can’t find. I would like to do what I can to enhance your visit…
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Child agency touts progress
Foster kid adoption rate has improved in S.A. region, but much wor Web Posted: 10/03/2007 12:00 AM CDT Nancy Martinez Express-News Child Protective Services has in the past 21/2 years seen a higher turnover among caseworkers, taken on more cases, removed more children that it can place and seen a large gap in the number…