Richard Delaney's article on Foster Children and the Schools - equally relevant for adoptive parents. Click here.

The International Adoption Clinic, a new resource at Children's Hospital Oakland.

  
 

Research and compare schools in your town. A very useful site for adoptive parents.
(not affiliated with Kinship Center or AFTER)

  
  Find Post-Adoption Resources in your community. Use our database search form.  
  Post-Adoption Support services are at the heart of the Policy Agenda of our federal lobbying group, Voice For Adoption. Click for the details.  
  The Seven Core Issues in Adoption. Essential reading for parents and professionals.  
 

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Sign up for our friendly San Jose support group! Parents Helping Parents. We are also now offering a new support group in Monterey, serving families who have or are adopting in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. Click here for more info.

 

   Are you the parent of a child adopted from Santa Clara or Monterey Counties?
You should know about the availability of a new service called Adoption Assistance Wraparound, designed to help you and your family with the behavioral and emotional challenges that happen in most adoptions. If your child was placed with you by Santa Clara or Monterey, and you were approved for the Adoption Assistance program (AAP), you may be eligible to participate. You do not have to live in those Counties to be eligible. Call our office to learn more, at 408-554-2550 ext. 0 to talk with Linda. Here's the Wraparound Standards, and a photo of our Wraparound Professionals. For much more info click to visit AdoptionWraparound.com. Other Bay Area County families can also be served on a case-by-case basis
 		  
  Think Group Homes or Orphanages are a good idea for children?
Better read this analysis.		   Important new research on cocaine exposure - good news!  
  Read and print Dr. Bruce Perry's highly recommended article, "Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children - the Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood".    Visit Dr. Perry's other articles on the effects of neglect on brain development, nature and nurture, the impact of physical abuse and many other related subjects. Also, online courses at ChildTraumaAcademy.  
  Our Event Calendar is updated  constantly, and if you have a local adoption-related event you'd like us to post just email it to us.  
  Santa Clara County has a helpful new site about fostering and adoption, at scc.gov.  
  Adoption in the Movies!
The recent release of several movies with  adoption themes ("White Oleander", ""Snowdogs", "Stuart Little" etc) prompted us to offer listings and reviews of adoption in the movies, including links to purchase them if available.
Also, ever wondered how adoption has influenced the families of the celebrities of the world? Here's a list of famous people touched by adoption. 		The Research Center is now linked into California's Foster Care data at UC Berkeley. Click on Research Center.
 AFTER is providing an entirely new service to helping adoptive families who have adopted Monterey or Santa Clara County foster children to maintain their child at home.  Click here to watch some presentations about Adoptive Family Wraparound, including our presentation made in August at the NACAC Conference in Vancouver.
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AFTER won the President's Award of Excellence for support of adoptive families (November, 2000). It was from the previous administration but we're still enjoying it! Click here to read Secretary Donna Shalala's press release with the details. We also were honored to receive a Commendation from the Board of Supervisors of  Santa Clara County the following month.

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