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Education Information

Carolina Adoption Services offers excellent education programs to our clients before, during and after their adoption is complete. 

Our education offerings for clients include all-day and weekend-long seminars, evening classes, cultural and social events. Click here to view our education & cultural events calendar.

For families who are interested in learning more about international adoption in general, Carolina Adoption offers the articles below.  Please feel free to download and print selections from this site.

Articles from Adoptive Families               Magazine & Other Sources

General

Intercountry Adoption Article

Post Adoption Planning for Single Parents

When Partners Become Parents

The Adoptive Parent Preparation System

Health

Post Adoption Check Ups

Are Your Children's Teeth Healthy

Attachment Disorder Help Is Here!                                         

Special Report Nature-Nurture

The Importance of Pre-Adoption Vaccinations

Vaccines for International Adoption

Myths & Realities

It's The Law: Health Insurance for Adopted Children

Myths And Realities

Positive Language

How to Be an Adoption Advocate

             

Talking About Adoption Positive Language

Readopting

Readoption Explained

Readopting Your Internationally Adopted Child

Benefits of Readoption

Talking to Your Children

Positive Language

TalkingTo Your 3-5 Year Old About Adoption

TalkingTo Your 6-8 Year Old About Adoption

Tax Credits & Employee Benefits

Adoption Tax Credit Information

Adoption Tax Credit & You

Adoption Tax Credit Questions from Readers

Tax Credit

How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits

Teachers & Educators

Adoption in the Classroom

Dear Teacher

How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade

Memo To Teachers

Travel

10 Travel Tips For Adoption

Adoption Medical Travel Guide

International Adoption Reading List

The International Adoption Handbook : How to Make Foreign Adoption Work for You
Myra Alperson

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew—Sherrie Eldridge

 

How to Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions, Revised and Updated Edition for 2003—Jean Nelson Erichsen & Heino R. Erichsen

The Adoption Resource Book—Lois Gilman

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents—Deborah D. Gray

Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft—Mary Hopkins-Best

Adoption After Infertility—Patricia Irvin Johnson

International Adoption: Sensitive Advice for Prospective Parents—Jean Knoll & Mary-Kate Murphy

Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents—Hope Marindin, editor

Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent—Lois R. Melina

Making Sense of Adoption—Lois R. Melina

The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents, and Providers—Laurie C. Miller

With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over Age One—Margi Miller & Nancy Ward

LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child—Beth O'Malley

Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings—Cindy Probst

Are Those Kids Yours? American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries—Cheri Register, Ph.D.

Adopt International: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad—O. Robin Sweet

Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child—Holly Van Gulden

Talking With Young Children About Adoption—Mary Watkins & Susan Fisher

Holding Time—Martha Welsh