What to Know When You Adopt Through Foster Care
Marcy Bursac
Are you feeling drawn to adopt but your mind is afraid, confused, or overwhelmed by stories you've heard in the news and comments from other people?
As an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, I am often asked about the foster care adoption process. I often share my own stories and stories I've been told from those I know who have actually navigated this journey.
This is the basis for why this book came to life—to share real life stories with others who are considering adopting through the foster care system and to raise awareness about the 113,000 children who are currently waiting in the system for their forever family. Some profiles of these children can be found online; but, in order to adopt them, you need to first navigate through the licensing process.
There are over 45 topics in this book to help you with deciding and applying to go this route, getting through the training, home study, legal, and matching processes, and to equip you with practical insights for the parenting journey.
Inside you'll learn:
- what foster care adoption is and which children can be adopted
- why some families waited and how some pursued this path after facing infertility
- how some had to be persistent and how they endured the process
- tips for parenting children who have experienced neglect, trauma, alcohol exposure
- tips for parenting children who have mental health or medical needs
and more!
Duration - 4h 15m.
Author - Marcy Bursac.
Narrator - Marcy Bursac.
Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Marcy Bursac ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Are you feeling drawn to adopt but your mind is afraid, confused, or overwhelmed by stories you've heard in the news and comments from other people? As an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, I am often asked about the foster care adoption process. I often share my own stories and stories I've been told from those I know who have actually navigated this journey. This is the basis for why this book came to life—to share real life stories with others who are considering adopting through the foster care system and to raise awareness about the 113,000 children who are currently waiting in the system for their forever family. Some profiles of these children can be found online; but, in order to adopt them, you need to first navigate through the licensing process. There are over 45 topics in this book to help you with deciding and applying to go this route, getting through the training, home study, legal, and matching processes, and to equip you with practical insights for the parenting journey. Inside you'll learn: - what foster care adoption is and which children can be adopted - why some families waited and how some pursued this path after facing infertility - how some had to be persistent and how they endured the process - tips for parenting children who have experienced neglect, trauma, alcohol exposure - tips for parenting children who have mental health or medical needs and more! Duration - 4h 15m. Author - Marcy Bursac. Narrator - Marcy Bursac. Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Marcy Bursac ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Dedication
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Introduction
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Foreward by Commissioner Andrea Sanders
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Praise for What to Know When You Adopt Through Foster Care
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Preface
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Disclaimer
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Background
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Part One - Foster Care Adoption 101
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Chapter 1: What Foster Care Adoption Is
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Chapter 2: Who Adopts Through Foster Care
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Chapter 3: What It Costs
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Chapter 4: Types of Licenses
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Chapter 5: Which Children Can Be Adopted Through Foster Care
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Chapter 6: Other Ways to Help Waiting Child(ren)
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Part 2 - Real Life Stories
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Topic 1 - Deciding & Applying
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Chapter 7: How I Knew I Was Ready
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Chapter 8: Why I Waited
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Chapter 9: Adoption Was My Plan A
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Chapter 10: As a Single Parent
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Chapter 11: As a Single Parent (a second perspective)
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Chapter 12: How My Significant Other and I Aligned
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Chapter 13: I Was So Scared
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Chapter 14: After Infertility
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Chapter 15: After Infertility (a second perspective)
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Chapter 16: After Infertility (a third perspective)
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Chapter 17: The Therapy I Did
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Topic 2 - The Training & Home Study
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Chapter 18: I Felt Like I Was Nagging
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Chapter 19: My Paperwork Got Lost
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Chapter 20: It Was Overwhelming
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Chapter 21: The Content Was Heavy
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Chapter 22: I Didn’t Complete the Training the First Time
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Topic 3 - The Legal Process
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Chapter 23: My Emotions Were Put to the Test
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Chapter 24: Took Longer Than Expected
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Chapter 25: The Case Goal Changed
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Chapter 26: Biological Family Supervised Biological Parent Visits
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Chapter 27: Maneuvering Biological Parents and/or Relative Visits Until the Adoption is Finalized
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Chapter 28: I Had to Be Persistent
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Topic 4 - The Matching Process
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Chapter 29: I Adopted Children I Fostered
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Chapter 30: I Adopted a Child(ren) In My Family Tree
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Chapter 31: Deciding Which Child(ren) to Apply For
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Chapter 32: We Didn’t Gel
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Chapter 33: I Wasn’t Picked for the First Child(ren) I Applied For
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Chapter 34: Meeting for the First Time
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Chapter 35: I Asked Friends and Family to Help Meet My Material Needs
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Topic 5 - Parenting
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Chapter 36: Not in Birth Order
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Chapter 37: Sibling Pairs
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Chapter 38: Sibling Pairs (a second perspective)
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Chapter 39: Sibling Groups
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Chapter 40: Sibling Groups (a second perspective)
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Chapter 41: Teenager(s)
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Chapter 42: With Biological Child(ren)
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Chapter 43: As a Single Parent
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Chapter 44: As a Transracial Family
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Chapter 45: Building a Relationship
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Chapter 46: Deciding What Your Child(ren) Call You
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Chapter 47: Child(ren) Who Have Experienced Neglect
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Chapter 48: Child(ren) Who Have Experienced Trauma
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Chapter 49: Child(ren) Who Have Been Alcohol Exposed
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Chapter 50: Child(ren) with Mental Health Needs
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Chapter 51: Child(ren) with Medical Needs
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Chapter 52: Child(ren) with Reactive Attachment Disorder
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Chapter 53: My Child Had a Medical Injury Before Adoption
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Chapter 54: Child(ren) Who Have Been Sexually Abused
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Chapter 55: Challenges of Adapting to Being a Forever Family
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Chapter 56: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family
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Chapter 57: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family (a second perspective)
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Chapter 58: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family (a third perspective)
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Chapter 59: Not Keeping Open Communication with the Biological Family
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Chapter 60: Reintroducing My Child(ren) to Their Biological Family Down the Road
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Chapter 61: Working Through Post-Placement Depression (PPD)
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The End
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Note to the Reader
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Helpful Resources
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Ending Credits
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