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The Honestly Adoption Podcast: “What Are Post-Adoption Services And Why Do Parents Need Them?”

A 30 minute podcast where two adoptive parents host an interview and discuss the different post-adoption services that adoptive parents may need and how they can benefit by utilizing these services.

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Therapy Chat: “195: The Trauma of Adoption”

This episode considers how attachment trauma can affect adopted children and adoptive parents. The hosts also discuss how adoption can change relationships within a family and between the family and their community.

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Adoptive Families Association of BC: Adoption Education Program Online

“The AEP-Online program is designed to provide prospective adoptive parents with a strong foundation of knowledge for caring for their adopted child. This program fulfills the legal requirements for adoption education in British Columbia. The AEP-Online Foundations takes place over 15 weeks and covers the legal, social, and emotional aspects of adoption. Because the program is online, lessons are taught through a variety of media and assignments can be completed at your convenience.”

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NCFA: “Educational Webinars for the Adoption Community”

These webinars by the National Community for Adoption cover a wide range of topics: post adoption, school based support for adoptees, Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), LGBTQ competency for adoption professionals, as well as financing adoption. They have a library of on-demand webinars designed to meet the needs of today’s adoption professionals and offer supportive education to adoptive families.

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The World I Live In: “I am a mother, grandmother and a birth mother”

A birth mother speaks on her decision to give up one of her children.

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NCFA: “Is Anyone Out There?: Finding Support as a Birth Mother”

“A first person perspective from a birth mother on adoption, loss, and finding support after birth. She explains the loss felt after placing her child for adoption, and how she found support by speaking with another mom experiencing the same feelings.”

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Creating a Family: “Helping Your Adopted Child Handle Adoption Microaggressions”

“Short article that identifies different variations of microaggressions that are particular to adoption. It also teaches strategies to instill confidence and coping strategies for children when handling microaggressions.”

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Adoption: The Long View Podcast

“The host Lori Holden is an adoptive mom herself and her children are in contact with their both parents. Lori explores and examines all different aspects of being a mom and an adoptive mom. While not everything she mentions may be agreed with by all parents, her lived experience may resonate more with parents than a clinical standpoint.”

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NCFA: “What You Should Know About Choosing Adoption”

“This article has short drop down answers to FAQs relating to questions birth parents and parents looking to adopt may have about adoption.”

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NCFA: “Being a Birth Mom Changed the Way I Parent”

A birth mom reflects on giving up her first daughter to adoption, and giving birth to two children after.

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