February 2019

Principal and Adoptive Mother Speaks on Supporting Our Kids- Impact of Childhood Trauma in Ontario Schools Teaching is my profession of choice and I am a lifelong learner who has always been...

Written by a mother through adoption. Over the past couple of years I've written a few times about the mental health of children and youth who have a foster care and/or adoption history from my...

Written by: a Family Formed Through Adoption. We were already adoptive parents when we adopted M, he was almost 12. M had some mental health issues, had been diagnosed with ADHD and was finishing...

Written by: a Family Formed Through Adoption. Inevitably, an entirely preventable tragedy will strike our anger-driven, drug-addicted 16-year-old son, at which point the horrified status quo will...

A Better Way Forward: Open Adoption and its Benefits for Adopted Children and Their Adoptive and Biological Parents Written By: Susan M. Doran Despite the beliefs of many people to the contrary,...

If you have experience with adoption you know first-hand how amazing, difficult, heart-breaking and life-affirming it can be. Millions of words have been written about how difficult adoption can...

By Angela Krueger, Adoptive Parent, PRIDE Trainer and Parenting Educator Every Fall I face the new school year with almost the same amount of anxiety and excitement as my kids, anticipating...

Personal stories of adoption are very powerful tools to normalize the idea of adoptive families and help people think honestly about the joys and pitfalls of adoption. If your life has been...

This year, you can come dressed up as your favourite super hero or villain to participate in our costume contest (or just for fun)! We’ve coaxed Batman out of his lair and he will be...

Reprinted with permission from Adoptalk, a publication of the North American Council on Adoptable Children (www.nacac.org). by Kari Fletcher, NACAC parent support specialist As a new school year...