Posts Tagged ‘resources’
How to Choose an Adoption Agency
One of the first choices you will make in adoption is choosing an agency. While some families choose to pursue adoption through an attorney or consultant, most prospective adoptive parents work directly through a licensed, child-placing agency. Here’s what to look for as you choose an adoption agency: Look for Hague Accreditation It is important…
Read MoreBefore You Apply for a Show Hope Adoption Aid Grant
Show Hope adoption grants address one of the primary barriers standing between waiting children and families—the rising cost of adoption. Today, Adoption Aid grants range from $8,000 to $12,000, covering approximately 25% to 35% of total costs. Before even opening the Show Hope Adoption Aid application, spend a few minutes gathering everything you’ll need. Here…
Read MoreHow to Talk to Your Friends and Family About Adoption
A favorite quote we have at Show Hope comes from our Co-founder Mary Beth Chapman. In speaking about adoption, Mary Beth has often said, “Adoption is gloriously hard.” Those four words hold such beauty, complexity, and truth. Yes, adoption is rooted in unconditional love, yet that love is born out of loss. In fact, many…
Read More4 Resources for Every Adoptive Parent
We’ve compiled a list of resources for every adoptive parent that provides research-based, practical help for the journey ahead.
Read MoreHonoring Birth Parents
As followers of Jesus, it is important for us to honor the birth parents of our children welcomed home through adoption. Even in the most complex situations, we must remember that birth parents have inherent dignity and worth, and to treat them otherwise would reflect anything but the love and grace of Christ. As our…
Read More6 Tips for Sensory-Avoiding Needs
Sensory avoiding is when a child or teen is hypersensitive to sensory input from the five primary senses or three “hidden” senses proprioception, vestibular, and interoception. To the untrained eye, a child who is exhibiting sensory-avoiding behavior may seem defiant—plugging his or her ears, closing his or her eyes, or running away. But Trust-Based Relational…
Read MoreHow Sensory Seeking Can Lead to Connection
Spinning, jumping, and swinging. Bear hugs and loud environments. Wiggles and squirming. These are just some sensory-seeking behaviors common in children and teens—not your child acting out or being unruly and disrespectful. Sensory seeking is when a child seeks out and even craves sensory input. Unlike children who are sensory avoidant—often overwhelmed by input—children who…
Read MoreHealthcare Coverage and Resources for Children in Foster Care
Children impacted by adoption and/or foster care often live with medical and special needs and have experienced early attachment injuries related to loss, abuse, trauma, and/or neglect. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, “Children and adolescents who enter foster care often do so with … medical, mental health, developmental, oral health, and psychosocial problems…
Read MoreWhat to Do While Waiting to Adopt
The adoption journey is one not to be taken lightly. From your early days of question-asking and information-gathering to the hours of paperwork and home study visits, endurance, strength, and most importantly, faith are musts. As Show Hope’s Co-founder Mary Beth Chapman often says, the adoption journey is “gloriously hard,” and for many, some of…
Read MoreThe Adoption Journey and Medical Special Needs: A Q&A With Dr. Jennifer Chambers From The Adoption Clinic at Children’s of Alabama
Please share with us a little bit about yourself. I am a wife, mom, and pediatrician. My husband is a pastor here in Birmingham, Alabama We adopted twin daughters from China when they were 11 months old. Nine years later, we adopted a 12-year-old daughter from China. These precious girls are now 17, 17, and…
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