Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2009

IN THIS ISSUE:

May is Foster Care Awareness Month
Adoption Tax Credit Increase
Fostering Connections Act Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Summer Camp

Book Review

Books related to the topic of The Blended Family. Book Review of "Keys to Parenting an Adopted Child."

Ask the Experts

Leslie Barda, Project Supervisor of Scholarships, Foster and Adoptive Family Services, offers advice about possible private, public and FAFS scholarships that may be available to a teen who used to be in foster care.

Volume 6, Issue 1, November 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE:

National Adoption Awareness Month
Angels in Adoption Awards
National Adoption Day
A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption
Celebrating Five Years of NJ ARCH

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Parenting/Foster Parenting. Book Review of "Finding the Right Spot."

Ask the Experts

Dana W. Fried, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a family that was feeling stressed due to the recent economic times and was asking for suggestions to help protect the children from feeling the chaos in the home.

Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Going Back to School: Tips for Adoptive Parents
National Adoption Month and Day

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Birth Mothers Who Have Placed Their Babies For Adoption. Book Review of The Third Choice: A Woman s Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption , Why Didn t She Keep Me? Answers to the Question Every Adopted Child Asks , and "A Birth Mother s Day Planner."

Ask the Experts

Nina Peckman, Staff Attorney, Advocates for Children of NJ (ACNJ), gives advice to a parent whose child is struggling in school about how to seek special services through the school district. Ms. Peckman also directs them to special education rights information.

Volume 5, Issue 2, March 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE:

NJ Adoptees Access Bill
The Hague Convention
Adoption Tax Credit
New Kinship Care Website Launched
Summer Camps and Adoption Conferences

Book Review

Books related to Birth Mothers Who Have Placed Their Babies For Adoption. Book review of The Third Choice: A Woman s Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption , Why Didn t She Keep Me? Answers to the Question Every Adopted Child Asks , and "A Birth Mother s Day Planner."

Ask the Experts

Gloria Smith, LCSW, Children's Aid and Family Services, offers advice to a 40-year- old adopted adult who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. She wanted advice about how to search for her birth family mainly to obtain medical information.

Volume 5, Issue 1, November 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:

National Adoption Awareness Month
Angels in Adoption Awards
National Adoption Day
Farewell from Our Director, Barbara Rall
A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Bullying Behaviors . Book review of The Warning Signs of School Violence - Know how to Respond and Before Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior."

Ask the Experts

Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to parents who adopted children from the Division. One of their children's birth parents began to inquire about private visitations with the child without the agreed upon communication through the Division. Ms. Rall gives advice to those parents about how to possibly deal with the situation.

Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Adoption and the Schools
How to be an Adoption Advocate in your School
Risk and Promise: A Handbook for Parents Adopting a Child from Overseas
Watch Your Language: Speaking Positively
Kinship Legal Guardianship (KLG) Counseling Services

Book Review

Books Related to the Topic of School . Book Review of "Raising Brothers and Sisters without Raising the Roof."

Ask the Experts

Hollee McGinnis, MSW, offers advice to a family who adopted their child from Guatemala about possible ideas for a Homeland Tour.

Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:

May is Foster Care Awareness Month
Kinship Legal Guardianship: A Growing Trend For Permanency
A New Adoption Handbook, "Handbook of Adoption: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners and Families"
Spotlight On: Suburban Essex Foster and Adoptive Family Services
NJ ARCH Announces New Message Board
Summer Camps
Heart Gallery Update

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Foster Care. Book Review of "The Women Who Raised Me."

Ask the Experts

Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a grandmother who is raising her grandson and was given the option to either adopt him or to continue with Kinship Care. Ms. Rall offers advice on the differences between adoption and Kinship Legal Guardianship.

Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Who Mentored You? Thank Them and Pass It On!
Supporting Youth in Foster Care Through Mentoring
On-Line Mentoring: Virtual Mentoring (vMentor) program from Orphan Foundation of America (OFA)
Summer Camps
Tax Credit Tip
Celebrating Black History Month (February)
In the Spotlight: Post Adoption Support Group of North Jersey

Book Review

Books Related to the Topic of Feelings of Adoptees during the Adolescent Stage . Book Review of "Adopted Teens Only: A Survival Guide to Adolescence", and "The Secret of Me, A Novel in Verse."

Ask the Experts

Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offered advice to a 25-year- old who was adopted as a baby. She was recently told by her mother that her birthmother placed a letter in her Division file. This woman wanted to find out how she could obtain a copy of that letter. Ms. Rall offered advice as to how to proceed with the process.

Volume 4, Issue 1, November 2006

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month
National Adoption Day
New Jersey Angels in Adoption Awards
In the Spotlight: Rainbow Families of New Jersey
A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption
NJ ARCH Celebrates Third Year Anniversary

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Birthparents. Book Review of "The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade."

Ask the Experts

Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to parents who adopted a child from Russia at seven months old. The child was now four years old and showing signs of grasping the English language but not letters. The child was severely malnourished for the first two years of life and then placed in an orphanage for the next two years until he was adopted. The family was wondering if his history could have anything to do with his learning delay. Ms. Rall offers recommendations to this family.

Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2006

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Adoption and the Schools: The Dreaded "Family Tree"
Recommended Books and Resources
Educating Children To Be Part of The Adoption Community
Spotlight On: Adoptive Mothers Club of Morris County
A Forest of Family Trees

Book Review

Books related to the topic of Search and Reunion. Book Review of "A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life."

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a family who adopted a child and moved to a new community. They debated about whether to tell the new school and their friends that their child was adopted.

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