Resources & Education

Openness in adoption is used to describe the ongoing relationship and contact between the biological family and/or significant people in a child’s life prior to their adoption and the adoptive family (including the child) after the adoption is finalized. It is about maintaining positive, child-centred relationships. No matter where a child is adopted from, these relationships are part of a child's identity.

Helping a foster or adopted child stay in contact with members of his birth family can be time-consuming and sometimes emotionally draining. Facilitated contact, however, can be valuable for children. Openness in adoption tends to provoke some worry and many questions for prospective adoptive families and birth parents.

The biggest issue facing all adopted people is achieving a sense of identity that requires some connection to their biological parents. Understanding where you came from—all of who you are—helps you to be whole.This approach to openness takes hard work and practice.The biggest issue facing all adopted people is achieving a sense of identity that requires some connection to their biological parents.

All members of the adoption constellation can experience grief and loss at any given stage in their adoption journey. Many of our adopted children experience ambiguous loss. Adoptive parents need to exercise skill and sensitivity in dealing with their children and provide the necessary support to ensure children emerge from this stage as self-assured and confident adults.

All members of the adoption constellation can experience grief and loss at any given stage in their adoption journey. No one way of grieving is better than any other. Some people are more emotional and dive into their feelings. Others are stoic and may seek distraction from dwelling on an unchangeable fact of living. Every individual has unique needs when coping with loss..

All members of the adoption constellation can experience grief and loss at any given stage in their adoption journey.

We are a volunteer non-profit organization, part of the Parent Finders of Canada network with contacts across the country, the United States and Internationally. We provide information and support to help reunite family members separated by adoptiEach and every adoption reunion is unique and for this reason it is difficult to encapsulate all that can be involved in an adoption reunion.

In the early stages of adoption, parents must be extremely sensitive and responsive to their child’s needs, both the more obvious physical needs and the sometimes confusing and subtle emotional needs.Please visit the recommended links to gain a better understanding of attachment and bonding in adoptive families.

The terms ethnicity, race and culture are often used interchangeably. This can be confusing. It is helpful to understand that transracial adoption is a term that has been used to describe the placement of a child who is of one race or ethnic group with adoptive parents of another race or ethnic group. This results in a combining of cultures. The Evermore Centre expresses gratitude to the Lohse Familiy for their willingness to share. all three perspectives in a transracial adoption.

An academic read that provides a wealth of information on Transracial adopiton in Canada. The present statement looks at how children come to understand their racial identity, reviews the outcomes of transracial adoption and provides guidance on how best to support children and their families in transracial adoptions.

It has been shown that children do best when they are provided the truth about their lives.

Proceeding with making connections or reunification for any person in the adoption constellation should be done so with awareness, careful consideration, and planning. With many social media platforms available, almost any adoption has the potential for ongoing relationships, allowing direct communication between the adoptive family and the child with the birth family.