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.

Counselling Services – Link to the counselling services section of our website

Counselling provides a therapeutic process to facilitate change, healing, and growth. A counsellor/therapist can work with you collaboratively to create action-focused strategies to help you reach your desired goals.
Challenges
Grief & Loss
Impact of Adoption
Infertility
Trauma
Waiting & Decision Making

Grief and Loss Resources – Link to the grief and loss section of our website

Grief and loss are linked to adoption in many ways. Both are considered to be CORE issues in adoption and permanency (see the Seven Core Issues section of resources for more information). All members of the adoption constellation can experience grief and loss at any given stage in their adoption journey.
Grief & Loss
Impact of Adoption
Infertility
Parenting Adolescents
Parenting Teens
Trauma
Waiting & Decision Making

YANA Saskatoon

Struggles with fertility and the grief and loss that accompanies it is often connected with adoption. Recognizing the value and importance of working through these losses prior to engaging in the adoption journey is important.
Grief & Loss
Impact of Adoption
Infertility
Trauma
Waiting & Decision Making

Child Welfare Information Gateway

The North American Council on Adopton (NACAC) is a National organization that is a trustworthy place to find information about adoption and adoption related issues
Challenges
Child Welfare
Impact of Adoption
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Parenting Adolescents
Parenting Teens
Permanency
Policy & Practice
Special Needs
Waiting & Decision Making

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)

The North American Council on Adopton (NACAC) is a National organization that is a trustworthy place to find information about adoption and adoption related issues
Challenges
Child Welfare
Impact of Adoption
Intercountry Adoption
Multiracial Families
Permanency
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

Adoption Council of Canada

Permanency for children/youth is an expansive term defined as positive healthy, nurturing relationships with adults who provide support (emotional, financial, moral, educational, and other kinds) and unconditional commitment over the course of a lifetime. To learn more about permanency in Canada visit the Adoption Council of Canada website.
Child Welfare
Impact of Adoption
Permanency
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Permanency for children/youth is an expansive term defined as positive healthy, nurturing relationships with adults who provide support (emotional, financial, moral, educational, and other kinds) and unconditional commitment over the course of a lifetime. See the Dave Thomas foundation for adoption Canada to learn more.
Child Welfare
Impact of Adoption
Permanency
Policy & Practice
Waiting & Decision Making

Government of Saskatchewan Post-Adoption Services Guide

The Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services are for adult adoptees, birth parent(s), adult children of adult deceased adoptees or deceased birth parents, and adoptive parents. Please read the Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services Guide to learn more.
Adoptees
Birthparents
Child Welfare
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Search & Reunion

Post-Adoption Registry

The Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services are for adult adoptees, birth parent(s), adult children of adult deceased adoptees or deceased birth parents, and adoptive parents. Please read the Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services Guide to learn more.
Adoptees
Birthparents
Child Welfare
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Multiracial Families
Policy & Practice
Search & Reunion

Post-Adoption Services

The Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services are for adult adoptees, birth parent(s), adult children of adult deceased adoptees or deceased birth parents, and adoptive parents. Please read the Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services Guide to learn more.
Adoptees
Birthparents
Child Welfare
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Policy & Practice
Search & Reunion

Post-Adoption Advocacy

The Evermore Centre is striving together with other National organizations to build better post adoption support services for the adoption community in Saskatchewan. Please stay connected with us so you can be informed of new services and support.
Child Welfare
Policy & Practice

Post-Adoption Support

Post Adoption support can help address the effects the impact that loss and trauma can have on children and youth who have been adopted. Children and their families also require support to address special needs. Family members require as much support as possible to strengthen their relationships and focus on attachment and bonding. Thank you. to PART – Practice and Research together for granting us permission to use this article.
Attachment & Bonding
Challenges
Culture & Identity
Impact of Adoption
Parenting Adolescents
Parenting Teens