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Did You Know?
The average age for the children in foster care was 9.7 years. Average length of stay in foster care was 27.2 months. The largest percentage of children (47 percent) were in a nonrelative foster family home. Forty-nine percent had a case goal of reunification. 123,000 were awaiting adoption, down from 132,000 in FY 2007. (Children's Bureau AFCARS report, Fiscal Year 2008)
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We're Home! Now What? For Parents of Newly Adopted School-Aged Children
Your long awaited international arrival has happened and your new family is formed. Hooray! After the excitement has worn off, reality of this new life settles in.
Now what?
This course was designed to address immediate issues families face while getting to know one another. Practical suggestions included relate to:
- School placement
- The impact of previous life experiences
- Staying in touch with important people from the past
- Language
- Sleeping
- Eating
- Discipline
- Attachment
- Medical care
Adopting a Toddler or Preschooler?
You may be interested in We're Home! Now What? For Parents of Newly Adopted Toddlers/Preschoolers
Recorded Webinar
Love Me, Feed Me
Katja Rowell, M.D., aka the Feeding Doctor, will help you understand why eating and mealtimes can be so difficult, and share relationship-building strategies to help children do their best with eating.
