Today's guest blogger is Andrea Brubaker. “Please Don’t Tell Me I’m Lucky To Be Adopted” Washington Post Written by Shaaren Pine Published: January 9, 2015 Topic: Inter-country adoption Inherent Loss: “Please don’t tell me I was lucky to be adopted” reflects a common sentiment of adoptees who are often given the impression that they [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shannon Abbott. In the article Adopting Through Foster Care: A Less Expensive Alternative by Susan Johnston the author seeks to promote adoption through foster care by shedding light on information that may not be known about this option. Many potential adoptive parents are aware of the great potential cost that comes [...]
Today's guest blogger is Steve Mincey. Minnesota’s Adoption Bill The article I will be reviewing is “The Minn. Adoption bill up for Senate” published on March 12, 2013 on MPR News by Sasha Aslanian. This article discusses a new proposed bill to increase Minnesota’s adoption rate from foster care. The current bill in place [...]
Today's guest blogger is Matt Burbage When the media discusses adoption, it tends to focus on the perspective of the adoption industry or the adoptive parents. Yet, this depiction doesn’t tell the full story. In fact, Laura Barcella illustrates that there is another very important narrative that tends to get discounted, in her recently published [...]
Today's guest blogger is Emma Lofgren. The article titled: Aboriginal adoptees suing Ottawa, was an article from The Canadian Press dated February 9th, 2015. The article discusses a class action suit against the federal government for damages of emotional trauma and loss of culture due to what is called the “60’s Scoop.” The 1960’s marked [...]
Today's guest blogger is Ashley Jones. In Adoption and Genetics: Implications for Adoptive Parents, E. Kay Trimberger shares her personal story of adoption. Her story is one in which the discussion of genetics and adoption are linked together, with the idea that ‘nature versus nurture’ is an important topic in the realm of adoption. Trimberger, [...]
Today's guest blogger is David Glesener Preventing Re-entry into the Child Welfare System, a Literature Review of Promising Practices by Northern California Training Academy Document web link: http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/res/pdf/PreventingRe-entry.pdf This resource guide is a systematic review of evidence based and promising practices to address the high rates of re-entry into foster care—children that have left [...]
Today's guest blogger is Hannah Burton. Article Title: From the System to the Street: The factors and figures behind the so-called “foster care to prostitution pipeline” Author: Lauren Kirchner Date Published: February 12, 2015 This article focused on children who have runaway or aged out of the foster care system and their relationship with [...]