Partners Newsletter

Forgiveness In this issue of Partners, we chose to write about one of the more challenging topics related to adoption and foster care: the topic of “forgiveness.” It is something we […]

Exploring Culture In the world of adoption and foster care, we often talk about transracial and transcultural families; those families made up of members representing different ethnic groups or [...]

Family Tool Kits In this issue of Partners, we chose to focus on the stories of other families and their versions of the “tool boxes” they have used to this point […]

Family Connections We focused on family connections for this issue of Partners, because, in the world of adoption and foster care, the thoughts, feelings, and associated meanings about family and [...]

Parenting Strategies for Teens and Tweens that Enhance Development Adolescence doesn’t discriminate between birth children, youth in foster care, or someone who was adopted. When it comes to [...]

Adoption in the Classroom It’s that time of year: school’s in session, the air is getting crisp, summer activities are at an end, and homework and after-school activities are taking their […]

Keeping Your Buckets Full: Taking Care of Yourself in Good Times and Bad We have all been there. We are going along with our daily lives and everything feels good and […]

Adoption, Foster Care, Family . . . How Do We Use the Internet and Social Media? We live in a changing world. We don’t do research via books – we […]

Working Together for Forever–The Benefits of Working with Birth Parents This issue of Partners focuses on relationships. The triad of birth parents, children (whether foster or adoptive), [...]

Adopting Beyond Age Every year, hundreds of waiting children age out of foster care without a family or some kind of permanence. Prior to that, many of these youth have spent years […]