Adopting Internationally From a Hague-Compliant Country? Get Ready To Read!

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Mar 23 2010
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We finished our mandatory Hague-compliant adoption training.  Plenty of reading, videos and good information there and a bunch of stuff that we didn’t know.  We wished that we could have gotten to some of the reading earlier, but you have a set time period to complete the class.  So for others who may want to get a head start on the reading, we proudly present…

The Hague-Compliant Adoption Reading List:

  1. Intercountry Adoption – Where Do I Start?
  2. An Unmatched Set – Could I love a child who doesn’t look like me? Yes. More than I’ve ever thought possible.
  3. Tax Implications of Adoption
  4. Social Security Numbers For Children
  5. Cross-Cultural Adoption Advice: The Do’s and Don’ts for Grown-Ups
  6. Culture, Heritage and Stereotypes
  7. The China Doll – When Excessive Attention Sets Children Apart
  8. A Family Commitment
  9. Chinese orphan finds home in Calera with new mother
  10. The Top 10 Secrets of Successful Adoption Travel
  11. Bringing home a child just the beginning – Medical problems that accompany newest family member often add to complexities of international adoptions
  12. International Adoption Medical Clinics
  13. Medical Screening Recommendation – Your Child’s Health After Adoption
  14. Orphanage Care and Language
  15. Survey of Children Adopted form Eastern Europe
  16. Neuropsychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation of the Post Institutionalized Child
  17. International adoption: Concerns for pediatric providers
  18. Identifying Learning Problems in Adopted Children
  19. Autism_Overview – What we Know
  20. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Russian Orphanages
  21. Children’s Environmental Health
  22. Radiation Protection (from the US EPA)
  23. Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil (from the US EPA)
  24. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site
  25. Facilitating Behavioral Change in Adopted Children Suffering from Sensory Processing Disorder
  26. Adopting an Institutionalized Child: What are the Risks?
  27. Challenges Experienced by Intercountry Adopted Children
  28. Intercountry Adoptions Finalized Abroad: Summary of State Laws