Summary: The Adoption Process
According to the Lutheran Family Services website (2017) there are eleven steps to the adoption process, each which are part of the planned change process. The eleven things are: meet with an LFS counselor, fill out an application, set up interviews, conduct and complete the home study, participate in adoption classes, work with LFS staff to complete a family book, wait in the adoptive pool, get matched with a birth mom (and her family), take the baby home after it is born, receive regular support and provide reports to the court, finalize the adoption after six months.
Initially, there appears to be a lot of nerves and anxiety when an adoptive couple is meeting with a LFS staff and when they are filling out the application and setting up …show more content…
During the stage, the adoption counselor is writing up the assessments and home study. In doing so, she is seeking out areas of concern in which there might be some questioning related to the couple or individual being able to parent. Depending on the adoption counselor, this sage might be intertwined with the assessment. I preferred to intertwine the assessment and planning, which allowed me to write parts of the home study as we engaged in the process. If there is an area of concern, it needs to be addressed and discussed with the clients, and if need be, the adoption process will stop while the couple is seeking out the assistance that is …show more content…
An implementation that is domestic with a two-year-old looks a lot different from a typical domestic adoption. In this specific situation, the child needed a prior transition. Before the child was permanently placed with the adoptive family, the adoptive family had a few play dates and a sleepover. For this family, implementing a child in the home was not as easy. The two-year-old did not have structure prior to living with the family he does now, so the adoptive family had to be strict with his structure and work through attachment and other issues that arose as well. In fact, about a week after being placed with the child, the couple came into the office because they were close to giving up. However, they were able to work through it and the little boy is doing much better
Initially, there appears to be a lot of nerves and anxiety when an adoptive couple is meeting with a LFS staff and when they are filling out the application and setting up …show more content…
During the stage, the adoption counselor is writing up the assessments and home study. In doing so, she is seeking out areas of concern in which there might be some questioning related to the couple or individual being able to parent. Depending on the adoption counselor, this sage might be intertwined with the assessment. I preferred to intertwine the assessment and planning, which allowed me to write parts of the home study as we engaged in the process. If there is an area of concern, it needs to be addressed and discussed with the clients, and if need be, the adoption process will stop while the couple is seeking out the assistance that is …show more content…
An implementation that is domestic with a two-year-old looks a lot different from a typical domestic adoption. In this specific situation, the child needed a prior transition. Before the child was permanently placed with the adoptive family, the adoptive family had a few play dates and a sleepover. For this family, implementing a child in the home was not as easy. The two-year-old did not have structure prior to living with the family he does now, so the adoptive family had to be strict with his structure and work through attachment and other issues that arose as well. In fact, about a week after being placed with the child, the couple came into the office because they were close to giving up. However, they were able to work through it and the little boy is doing much better