Adoption Trauma

Adoption Trauma

Let’s be clear.. for the infant, child or teen, adoption is a traumatic experience. The trauma of forever losing one’s maternal and paternal family tree, lineage, cultural identity, genetic mirroring, relationships, siblings and other connections and will be...
What to do With all That Anger?

What to do With all That Anger?

Yes, it is true that children in care have been negatively impacted by abuse, neglect and multiple placements. Children in foster care arrive in their new families with pain, fear, anger, confusion and despair. The good news is that children change, grow and heal...
Searching for Birth Realatives

Searching for Birth Realatives

This factsheet provides an overview of the mental and physical process of searching for birth relatives, including activities common to birth relative searches, information access, and resources for conducting a search and/or reunion, if desired. Keep in mind that...