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 22, 2019 | Adoption Basics, Prospective/Waiting Families
Struggles with fertility and the grief and loss that accompanies it is often connected with adoption. It is important for people who have endured trauma and/or grief and loss due to infertility, recognize the value and importance of working through these losses prior...
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...
by gffoi | Oct 22, 2019 | Adoption Basics, Adoptive Families, Prospective/Waiting Families
We are working our way to building a better resource directory for anyone interested in searching for adoption related material online. At times it can be challenging to find reputable sites with trustworthy information. Following are some of the sites we believe are...
by gffoi | Oct 22, 2019 | Adoptees, Adoption Basics, Adoptive Families, Birth Parents, Professionals/Students, Prospective/Waiting Families
ASCS and the province of Saskatchewan welcomes all persons of any gender and/or sexual orientation/identity to apply to adopt domestically. In regard to international adoption, some countries may prevent persons who identify as being LGBTQ2S from adopting a child...
by gffoi | Oct 21, 2019 | Adoption Basics, Adoptive Families, Professionals/Students, Prospective/Waiting Families
It has been shown that children do best when they are provided the truth about their lives. It can be devastating for a child, youth, or even a young adult to find out they were adopted but had been told otherwise. We support families in talking to their children...
