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Volume 2, Issue 1, November 2004

November 2004

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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • November is National Adoption Awareness Month
  • NJ ARCH Celebrates One Year Anniversary
  • New Jersey Angels in Adoption Awards
  • A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption
  • In the Spotlight: Chosen Children s Charities, Inc.

Book Review

Books related to Gay and Lesbian Adoption. For Adult,  Fatherhood for Gay Men ,  The Velveteen Father ,  Gay Dads ,  Beyond Acceptance ,  The Lesbian Parenting Book ,  Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption ,  Gay Parents/Straight Schools ,  Issues In Gay and Lesbian Adoption , and  The Kid are recommended. For children,  How My Family Came to Be  Daddy, Papa and Me was reviewed.

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a family who adopted two children; one child's birthmother continues to communicate with her child while the other child's birthmother has not communicated in almost two years. The children are asking questions about the differences and Ms. Rall offers advice as to how to deal with the situation.

Volume 1, Issue 4, August 2004

August 2004

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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Adoption and the Schools: Dear Teacher
  • Division of Youth and Family Service (DYFS) Transformation Plan Described
  • In the Spotlight: Morris County Foster Parents Association (MCFPA)

Book Review

Review of videos related to the topic of  Transracial Adoption by Dr. Joseph Crumbley , D.S.W.

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a 35-year- old woman who was just recently told that she was adopted. This was only after the adoption agency sent her a letter indicating that her birth mother was interested in making contact with her. After confronting her parents about the fact that she was adopted, they finally admitted that she was indeed adopted. The woman's emotions were out of control and Ms. Rall offered some advice as to how she should proceed now.

Volume 1, Issue 3, May 2004

May 2004

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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • May is National Foster Care Month
  • Post Adoption Counseling Services (PACS) Success Story
  • In the Spotlight: New Monmouth And Ocean County Support Group

Book Review

Books related to the topic of International Adoption including  Adoption From China ,  Our Baby From China - An Adoption Story ,  When You Were Born in China and more.

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to parents who adopted a child whose birth parents were addicted to drugs. Now that their son is ten years old, they are not sure whether they should share this history with him.

Volume 1, Issue 2, February 2004

February 2004

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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Adoptees' "Right to Know" Bill
  • Free Post Adoption Counseling Services Available
  • Be a Buddy Mentor
  • In the Spotlight: Connected Hearts Adoption Triad Support (CHATS)
  • Come Chat With Us
  • On-Line Adoption Education

Book Review

Books related to the topic of  Birthmothers. Book Review of  Dear Birthmother which helps to dispel the long-held old myths of the birthmother experience. Also talks about open adoption as opposed to closed adoption and the effects on all parties of the adoption constellation.

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a couple who completed fertility treatments and are being encouraged to adopt a baby. They were asking advice as to how to proceed.

Volume 1, Issue 1, November 2003

November 2003

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IN THIS ISSUE:

  • NJ ARCH Web Site Launched
  • NJ ARCH-A Dream Come True. Congratulations! We Did It!
  • New Jersey Angels in Adoption Awards
  • In the Spotlight: Concerned Persons For Adoption (CPFA)
  • National Adoption Day

Book Review

Books related to the Topic of  Adopted Children. Book Review of  Raising Adopted Children explores the differences between the adoptive family and the non-adoptive family.

Ask the Experts

Barbara Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice about how to help adopted teens who may be angry, depressed and/or express other behavioral issues.

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