Tag: post adoption services

Why Hague Convention States must take responsibility for  post adoption costs

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Lynelle argues Hague States must address post-adoption costs, regulating services, ensuring accountability, and preventing exploitation of adoptees.

The importance of engaging adoptees in the design and ownership of post adoption support services

On By lynellelongIn Adoptees Educate, Adoption Agencies, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australia, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Lived experience leadership, New Zealand, Post Adoption Support, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Transracial AdoptionLeave a comment

Lynelle shares on the importance of engaging adoptees in the design and ownership of post adoption support services, presented at the Hague forum in Nov 2024

Digging in the Dirt

On By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee vulnerability, Colombia, colourblindness in adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Difficult discussions in adoption, Family Preservation, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Politics of Adoption, Post Adoption Support, Rights in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

Abby emphasizes the importance of post-adoption services for healing adoption trauma, highlighting the need for community support, therapy, and resources to thrive.

Leadership in the Intercountry Adoptee Community

On By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption policy, adoption reform, Birth Country, Colombia, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Empathy in leadership, Family Preservation, Lived experience leadership, Post Adoption Support, Transracial Adoption, Trauma informed leadership, USALeave a comment

Abby Abby explores servant leadership in the intercountry transracial adoptee community, emphasizing empathy, healing, and empowerment in shaping adoption practices.