by kelsey | Apr 14, 2021 | Adoptees, Adoptive Families, News
ASCS launches 5 session virtual group “ADAPT” for teens ages 14-17! “ADAPT” was created through a partnership between CFS and ASCS for adopted teens and teens living permanently with caregivers. This virtual group will meet through the platform...
by kelsey | Mar 3, 2021 | Adoptees, Adoption Basics, Adoptive Families, Birth Parents, Professionals/Students, Prospective/Waiting Families
Navigating school and adoption can be challenging Once a child is 5 or 6 years old, the school environment plays a major role in their life. The child’s teachers and friends become a major source of the child’s interactions and relationships. As a parent...
by gffoi | Oct 28, 2019 | Adoptees, Adoptive Families
Sometimes teens struggle with the question, “Who am I?”. This process is called Identity Formation. Finding the answer often involves figuring out how they are similar to, and different from their parents. This task can be complicated for children/youth...
by gffoi | Oct 28, 2019 | Adoptees, Adoptive Families, Birth Parents, Professionals/Students
Post Adoption services refer to the many services that people may require following an adoption. ASCS can provide services to adult adoptees around search and reunion, the newly formed adoptive family, and also to adoptive families that were formed months or even...
by gffoi | Oct 28, 2019 | Adoptees, Adoptive Families, Birth Parents
The Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services are for adult adoptees, birth parent(s), adult children of adult deceased adoptees or deceased birth parents, and adoptive parents. Please read the Government of Saskatchewan Post Adoption Services Guide to learn...
by gffoi | Oct 22, 2019 | Adoptees, Adoption Basics, Adoptive Families, Birth Parents, Professionals/Students, Prospective/Waiting Families
What is permanency and why is it important for children and youth? A simple way of defining permanency for children/youth is stability but it is much more than that. Permanency for children/youth is an expansive term defined as positive healthy, nurturing...
