Update on The Hague Convention and U.S. Adoptions
For a number of years adopting in the USA has been one of the most popular choices for our clients. It is one of the few options for adopting a newborn infant. After the USA ratified the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption on April 1, 2008, there was a great deal of uncertainty about if and how this could continue. We are pleased to say that this has now been favourably resolved.
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Infant Development Program
The Infant Development Program serves families of children birth to three years old with a developmental delay or disability, as well as children at risk of developmental delay. Funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the program is free of charge and available in all communities throughout BC.
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Recent Changes for Applicants to the Philippines
As of May 1, 2009 the Philippines has put a moratorium on accepting applications from parents who want to adopt children 0-2 years of age, with or without medical/developmental concerns. This moratorium is due to the large number of unmatched approved adoption applications of Prospective Adoptive Parents in that age category. ICAB has stated that it will resume accepting new applications in this category, after it has processed at least 50% of the existing families in our current list.
The Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project - Why is it important?
The following was reproduced from the College of Education & Human Development University of Minnesota website: 2009Jan15
The Minnesota / Texas Adoption Research Project (MTARP) is a longitudinal research study that focuses on the consequences of variations in openness in adoption arrangements for all members of the adoptive kinship network: birthmothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children, and for the relationships within these family systems.
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The Period of Purple Crying
Information reproduced from BC Children's Hospital Prevent SBS British Columbia website: 2009Jan15
The Period of PURPLE Crying® program aims to change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of primary and temporary caregivers towards early infant crying, especially inconsolable crying, and its link to shaken baby syndrome.
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