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	<title>Perspectives on Challenged Family Building &#187; waiting children</title>
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		<title>Why Love Isn&#8217;t Enough: The Potential Risks Involved in Adopting From Home or Far Away &#8211; Introduction</title>
		<link>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2010/08/12/why-love-is-not-enough-the-potential-risks-involved-in-adopting-from-home-or-far-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arleta James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Impact of Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoptee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare Information Gateway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex trauma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the impact of trauma on brain development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Introduction to a series of posts on related challenging topics (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.) The purpose of this series is to make clear that today’s waiting children—international and domestic—infants and older children—are a traumatized population. As will become clear over the next two weeks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While Families Wait: Ongoing Adoption Education for Prospective Adoptive Families</title>
		<link>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2010/04/20/while-families-wait-ongoing-preparation-for-prospective-adoptive-families/</link>
		<comments>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2010/04/20/while-families-wait-ongoing-preparation-for-prospective-adoptive-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arleta James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Ready]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoptee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoptees and speech development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adoption-competent professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoptive Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attachment and adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attachment parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth and adopted siblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth children and adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare Information Gateway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's mental health issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impact of adoption on birth children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North American Council on Adoptable Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the impact of trauma on brain development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a firm believer in pre-adoption preparation. As a professional who once served in a placement position, I understand the costs, staff time constraints, family time constraints and the competition that exists among agencies to recruit adoptive families. Yet, I firmly believe that these factors are not a license to take short cuts, nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time!: National Adoption Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2009/11/02/its-time-national-adoption-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2009/11/02/its-time-national-adoption-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arleta James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AdoptUsKids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Adoption Awareness Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Adoption Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North American Council on Adoptable Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[older child adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orphan Sunday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[post-adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school and adoption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://perspectivespress.com/blog/?p=2366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time! November is Adoption Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about adoption, adoptive families and the children who are in need of adoptive homes (North American Council on Adoptable Children, 2001.) This post is to provide ideas for those of you who want to do something in honor of this special month for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces</title>
		<link>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2009/08/03/2009-best-adoption-friendly-workplaces/</link>
		<comments>http://perspectivespress.com/blog/2009/08/03/2009-best-adoption-friendly-workplaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arleta James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 National Foster Care Adoption Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption and recruitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption benefits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attitudes and adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child specific recrutiment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wendy's and adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have likely eaten at a Wendy&#8217;s®. Beyond the old-fashioned burgers enjoyed with a thick, cold Frosty™, Wendy&#8217;s, via the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, is dedicated to increasing the number of adoptions from the American foster care system. In July, 2009, Wendy&#8217;s Wonderful Kids program was able to report that their organization [...]]]></description>
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