Resources & Education
Adoption-related resources and information
Stages of Adoption Reunion
Search and reunion can be complicated whether you are an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent. Explore some of the many stages that adoptees can experience in the process of search and reunion.
Parent Finders Ottawa
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.
Adoptive Parents & Adoption Reunions
Search and reunion can be complicated whether you are an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent, Overall, adoption reunions can be exciting they can also bring significant stress – positive and/or negative..
Saskatchewan Post-Adoption Services Disclosure
Search and reunion can be complicated whether you are an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent.This guide provides information on Saskatchewan’s Post Adoption Registry Services. The services noted
apply if adoptions were granted in the province. If you were born in Saskatchewan but adopted out of
province, you are required to apply for services to the post adoption authority where you were adopted.
Navigating Your Post-Reunion Relationships with Birth Family
Search and reunion can be complicated whether you are an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent. Here are three simplified steps for navigating often complicated post-adoption reunion relationships with your birth family:.
Institute of Child Psychology
Children that have had an adoption plan made through the domestic adoption program have often experienced trauma in their past. it is critical to learn about trauma informed parenting. Visit this site to see top articles on parenting and trauma..
The Trauma and Adoption Connection
Children that have had an adoption plan made through the domestic adoption program have often experienced trauma in their past. This special needs supplement on trauma because, whether we like it or not, trauma is inextricably linked to adoption.
Parenting After Trauma: Understanding Your Child’s Needs
What can foster and adoptive parents can do to help children who have been adopted or are in foster care have often suffered trauma? They may see and respond to threats that others do not, and their brains may always be “on guard.” Many children have never learned to depend on consistent, reliable adults, and usual parenting practices may not work. It can be hard to remember that these emotions may happen with you, but are not about you. These strong feelings are in response to the traumas that happened before. Here are some helpful tips
Canada FASD Research Network
The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research network, with collaborators, researchers and partners across the nation. It is Canada’s first comprehensive national Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) research network.
FASD Diagnosis and Assessment Services
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to “describe impacts on the brain and body of individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Some children who are waiting to be adopted may have had previous prenatal exposure to drugs and/or alcohol. .
SK Prevention Institute
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to “describe impacts on the brain and body of individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is a non-profit organization, founded in 1980. Their focus is to reduce the occurrence of disabling conditions in children.
FASD Network of Saskatchewan
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to “describe impacts on the brain and body of individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol.Some children who are waiting to be adopted may have had previous prenatal exposure to drugs and/or alcohol. Families wanting to know more about FASD are encouraged to visit the FASD Network of
Saskatchewan or the SK Prevention Institute for more detailed information and support services.