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New Jersey Resource Guide for Families and Children

New Jersey Resource Guide for Families and Children

The purpose of this Guide is to provide contact information to families in need of services and to assist them in understanding the resources that may be available to them. The Resource Guide also aims to assist individuals who advocate on behalf of children such as law guardians, CASA volunteers, case managers and others who… [read more]

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NJ Children System of Care, Youth and Family Guide.

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Now That You’re A Family: A Guide to Adoption Issues and Services

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NJ ARCH has created a useful handbook to help you with your adoption needs. This easy-to-read 34-page handbook covers issues in adoption including: lifelong adoption, behavioral and developmental needs, and adoption resources. To view and print an electronic, PDF version of this handbook, please click on the handbook cover to the left. If you would… [read more]

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NY: No home of their own: Shortage of foster homes reaches critical levels

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: No home of their own: Shortage of foster homes reaches critical levels Albany Democrat-Herald – December 18, 2016 It’s been a familiar story as Linn and Benton counties have mirrored two statewide trends for at least the past five years: a shrinking number of certified foster homes… [read more]

Openness in Adoption – From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections

Openess in Adoption

This report is the first in a series the Institute plans to publish that will address the phenomenon of openness in domestic infant adoptions. It summarizes research knowledge on the topic and presents findings from a survey of 100 infant adoption programs in the U.S. regarding their practices around openness and the qualities that facilitate… [read more]

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Parental Rights in Special Education

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New Jersey Administrative Code for special education (N.J.A.C. 6A:14) and the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) are laws that ensure children with disabilities a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. An important part of these laws provides parents with the right to participate in their children’s education. You and… [read more]

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Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents

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Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler

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Children ages 3 to 5 are limited in how much they can understand about adoption. Like all young children, adopted children are naturally curious and may ask many questions. They are also growing and changing rapidly. As their abilities develop, so will their understanding of their place in their families and communities.

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Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child

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School-age children—those between the ages of 6 and 12—learn critical skills and gain interests that carry into adolescence and adulthood. Adoption can add layers of complexity to a child’s normal developmental tasks. You can support your child by learning as much as possible about the impact of adoption on your child’s emotional growth and overall… [read more]

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Parenting Your Adopted Teenager

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The teenage years bridge the transition from childhood to young adulthood. It is a time of enormous change and development, when youth forge an identity and embrace new interests. Adoption adds complexity to the normal development of teenagers, regardless of whether they were adopted as infants or when they were older. This factsheet is designed… [read more]

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