Resources & Education

Adoption-related resources and information

Raising healthy children is hard! Especially for families and children who have experienced trauma, intergenerational loss, and the impacts of colonization. Browse our library for topics related to adoption, permanency, and parenting children with unique needs.

Children Learn What They Live

If you want your child to value relationships and learn how to create and sustain meaningful, loving human connections — you are their most important teacher. Allison Davis Maxon, LMFT, is a clinician, educator and advocate specializing in attachment, trauma and adoption/permanency. She is passionate about creating systems of care that are strength-based and trauma-informed.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Parenting Teens
Special Needs

Developing Emotional Attachments In Adopted Children

It is helpful for adoptive families to have a good understanding of the difference between healthy secure attachments and insecure attachments. This article will help you understand more about developing emotional attachments in adopted children.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Special Needs

Institute of Child Psychology

It is helpful for adoptive families to have a good understanding of the difference between healthy secure attachments and insecure attachments. ICP was founded to educate parents and professionals on issues pertaining to children’s mental health, and to promote the psychological and emotional well-being of children and adolescents.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Special Needs

Nurturing Attachment

It is helpful for adoptive families to have a good understanding of the difference between healthy secure attachments and insecure attachments. A child's relationship with a consistent, caring adult in the early years is associated later in life with better academic grades, healthier behaviors, more positive peer interactions, and an increased ability to cope with stress.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Special Needs

About Attachment

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.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Special Needs

Meet the Lohses

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.
Adoptees
Culture & Identity
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Waiting & Decision Making

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.
Adoptees
Child Welfare
Culture & Identity
Indigenous
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

Children and Youth First Principles

In response to a recommendation of our office, the Government of Saskatchewan adopted these principles in February 2009 as part of its plan to strengthen the province's child welfare system. It is hoped that the Government of Saskatchewan will fulfill its commitment to our youngest citizens by using the Principles as a mandatory guide for child-serving ministries to examine current and new legislation, policy, practices and programming
Child Welfare
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

The Convention on Rights of a Child Infographic

Every child in Canada and around the world from birth to 18 has rights. Rights are what children should have or be able to do to survive, thrive and meet full potential. This resource/poster will help you understand.
Child Welfare
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

The Convention on Rights of a Child

Rights are what children should have or be able to do to survive, thrive and meet full potential. All rights are equally important and are connected to each other.The rights of children need to be at the forefront, especially when decisions are being made for them. This is especially true in adoption. This is a simple navigational tool guides the user through the Convention and its supporting documentation.
Child Welfare
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

Candian Mental Health Association

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewan Division – CMHA SK – is one of the oldest and largest community-based human services organizations in Saskatchewan.
Adoptees
Challenges
Impact of Adoption
LGBTQ2S
Parenting Teens
Special Needs
Trauma

Mental Health

Many sources support the idea that adopted children face a higher risk of mental health disorders. The Canadian Mental Health Association states that in any given year 1 in 5 Canadians will personally experience a mental health issue or disorder. Many sources support the idea that adopted children face a higher risk of mental health disorders. Many children in care have experienced trauma to one degree or another. Adoptive parents need to look after their own mental health needs as well.
Adoptees
Challenges
Child Welfare
Impact of Adoption
LGBTQ2S
Parenting Teens
Policy & Practice
Special Needs
Trauma