A Month of Reflection & Celebration
Every November we honor and celebrate National Adoption Month. It’s an important time of year to recognize adoptees, birth families, adoptive families, and adoption professionals. During this month, we renew our commitment to providing the most comprehensive resources, education, and information to the families we work with. We also continue our commitment to centering adoptee voices and honoring the complex, lifelong journey of adoption.
We are here for adoptees and their families before, during, and after placement. Take the first step in your adoption journey by signing up for one of our free information meetings, get individualized parent coaching through our family support coach, or attend one of our adoptee or adoptee and birth parent support groups.
Adoption Articles & Resources
- 5 Questions You Should Ask Before You Adopt
- 6 Things Your Adopted Kids Need to Know by Age 6
- 8 Questions for Parents Thinking About Transracial Adoption
- Helping Your Adoption Child Handle Adoption Microaggressions
- How to Understand and Cope with Racial Trauma
- Thinking About Adopting a Sibling Group? Things to Consider First
- Check out a library of free educational webinars for current and prospective adoptive parents
Adoption Community
There are a number of publications that are taking time this month to reflect on adoption and how it is processed by adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families. We encourage you to visit the sites below and discover more resources by using #AdopteeVoices and #NationalAdoptionMonth on various social platforms.
Adoptive Families Magazine
| This subscription-based website offers high-quality stories and educational webinars focused on adoption and foster care throughout the year and during National Adoption Month.
angelatucker.com | Angela Tucker is a transracial adoptee with a large online platform dedicated to sharing stories about race, identity, and transracial adoption. Her website includes links to her podcast “The Adoptee Next Door” as well as educational information for adoptive parents and folks who work in the field of adoption. Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees through sharing deeply personal stories and actively mentors adopted youth.
childwelfare.gov | The Children’s Bureau’s National Adoption Month campaign seeks to increase national awareness of adoption issues, bring attention to the need for adoptive families for teens in the foster care system, and emphasize the value of youth engagement.
Visible Magazine | This online publication is committed to making storytelling accessible and inclusive. They actively privilege the work of those whose voices have been intentionally ignored or suppressed by traditional media outlets. While this website covers a variety of current event topics, its Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Stephanie Drenka, is a transracial adoptee, who helps uplift adoptee voices by publishing essays, poems, and op-eds written by adoptees.
