Teen Adoptees
College Search for Adoptees — Tips for Parents
The college search process can bring up unique emotions and challenges for adoptees. Here are themes parents may expect and 5 tips for how to help their child, based on our interview with Kate Peltz, Director of College Counseling.
Read MoreTips for Supporting LGBTQ Kids in Adoption
Many of our adoptee clients are exploring their gender and sexual identity, and we feel it is vital for foster and adoptive parents, social workers, mental health workers, teachers and other individuals who work with fostered or adopted children and teens to be aware of the challenges, needs and best practices for working with SOGIE issues.
Read MoreWho are we? Searching for Identity
How does the world see me? Who do I want to be? Every teenager begins to ask these questions. For the adopted, teen identity can be even more complicated!
Read MoreThe Masks We Wear
An adoptee may find that he or she wears a mask, showing a face to the outside world that is often only a snippet of the individual’s internal workings. Inside-Out Masks like this one provide a creative process for exploring and expressing identity.
Read MoreThe Power of Words: Being Mindful About Adoption
Adoption is more complicated than people may know or expect. Without realizing it, words carry heavy weights that have the capacity to knock someone down. But words also have the ability to build strength within someone and lift them up.
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