Adoption Group: Adoption as a First Choice

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Adoption as a First Choice

For parents who have chosen or are choosing adoption as their first parenting route—instead of or in addition to having biological children.

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Help voices of adoption be heard today!

Hello friends of adoption! I am a communication graduate student and adoptee doing research on adoptive family communication. I am conducting a survey which takes about ten minutes to complete…
- Posted by kristenhaberkorn to Adoption as a First Choice on Mar 25, 2019 at 2:15pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Help reduce adoption disruption and/or dissolution!

Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting a dissertation study investigating what…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Adoption as a First Choice on Feb 17, 2019 at 5:07pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Help improve adoptive parent support services!

Posting with permission… Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting a dissertation…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Adoption as a First Choice on Feb 04, 2019 at 5:05am | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Dissertation Survey

With permission I am posting the following: Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Adoption as a First Choice on Jan 17, 2019 at 2:31am | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Understanding the Process of Choosing to Only Adopt

Hello all, I’m certain I’d like to adopt, and pretty certain I am good with only adopting, but would like to hear about how people made that decision for themselves……
- Posted by Sasa McG to Adoption as a First Choice on Oct 19, 2017 at 1:55am | 3 Comments | Post a reply
PhD study, Need Married Moms

Topic: Perceptions of Competence and Satisfaction in Parenting Eligibility: 1) Married mom who adopted her first child that is now between 5 and 18 years. 2)…
- Posted by CoquatMom to Adoption as a First Choice on Jul 29, 2017 at 4:01pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Research Study

Please consider participating in a PhD research study on perceptions of competence and satisfaction in parenting. Eligible participants are married mothers who have an adopted first child that is between…
- Posted by CoquatMom to Adoption as a First Choice on Jun 01, 2017 at 3:17pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Older child adoption as a first choice

My husband and I have adopted 5 children at ages ranging from 8 to 14 from foster care. They are all now adults (ages ranging from 25 to 47) so…
- Posted by Leslie S. to Adoption as a First Choice on Dec 19, 2016 at 12:19pm | 17 Comments | Post a reply