What is Adoption
Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities an...
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My husband and I are just starting the exploration into adoption after a few years of failing to conceive on our own. We will be going to an orientation in another week or so and then will hopefully begin to fill out all the paperwork. I realize all agencies/states are different, but just to get a better idea of things I was wondering if anyone could/would share their experiences with:
The home study? What types of things do they ask you? What do they look for in your home? The parent profile? What did you include? How many pictures and of what? Open Adoption? How open? Thanks! Posted on 09/30/09, 11:09 am |
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DH and I are planning to adopt through foster care through the state. We had our home visit yesterday. She brought our paper work and went over it with us. Then she walked through our house. Basically she was looking to make sure it was fairly clean, cleaning products/chemicals were kept out of child reach or had a baby lock on the door, no fire arms in house, smoke ditectors in appropriate places, carbonmonoxide detector if any gas appliances, 2 exits to every room (door and window), evacuation plan and meeting place in case of emergency, and that we had the appropriate space to have a child. Most of this stuff we had to have yesterday but other things like the evacuation plan they help us do in class. Hope this helped you. 
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I agree with everything above and would only add to be sure to have plug covers on all lower outlets and have baby gates to put at the top and bottom of stair wells.
As far as the profile the more photos the better, and include family type photos showing fun things as well as relaxing things, We included lots of pics of our nephews and family gatherings. be sure to include captions for each picture. Don't go overboard on the profile you can tape the pics to copy paper hand write your captions and then make copies to put in a binder type folder, you will want about 5 copies. open adoption would be for you to negotiate with the birthmom, in our case as an example The birthmom wanted contact/photos up to the age of four. The second one wanted contact/photos up to the age of 18 So it varies but go with what you are comfortable with. Hope this helps. Mark
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Hey I too agree with everything above. We adopted 2 little boys from the foster system and have been foster parents for 4 years. Its a great experience with many ups and downs. I was really nervous about the home visits ect.. but for us they really were a breeze the social workers are nice and willing to help. I'm sure you will do great if you have any questions or anything feel free to email me I dont know if you are planning to go with the state or do foster care but we have learned alot had many cases and some unusual circumstances so I 'd love to talk with you
Good Luck Nicole
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Dh and I are in the middle of our homestudy. In Canada you have to complete a program called PRIDE first before you start the homestudy. The course was expensive $1500 (compared to IVF it is a steal). It was great because it put our minds at ease about open adoption and the benefits for the child. You have to wrap your mind around the fact that this will be your child, however he/she will come with a background and history that you have to acknowledge and embrace.
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