Dealing with the Stress of the Holidays
DEALING WITH THE STRESS OF THE HOLIDAYS By HELEN ADRIENNE, MSW, ACSW, BCD The stress of the holidays is a topic that has appeared with regularity in articles and newsletters
MAKING A CONNECTION THROUGH DNA
Visit Kinsearch Registry Internationally adopted children being matched and connected to their siblings by DNA testing have been all over the news and adoption listserves over the last year
Words have Meaning: Respectful Adoption & Person First Language
Words Have Meaning I first learned about the use of Respectful Adoption Language (RAL) from Patricia Irwin Johnston more than twenty years ago. RAL refers to attribution of “maximum respect,