Dear Kyrgyzstan Families:
I wanted to bring you up-to-date on what I know. The government is scheduled to release a document in October as to the status of international adoptions. We hope this means that they will finally re-start their program but no one seems to know for certain. It appears to our people that they will re-open but they caution that we need to wait until next month to see what is in the document. I am sorry that I do not have anything more definitive. I will let you know as soon as I have additional information.
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Russia Updates
Dear Russia Families,
This is a quick note to tell you that the adoption situation in Russia continues to improve. We have opened two new regions: Vladamir and Yaroslavl with another two we expect to confirm opening later this month. Vladimir and Yaroslavl are near Moscow.
We have been receiving referrals, with many families receiving referrals very quickly to their dossier being completed. I have another sibling opportunity if anyone is interested. I have two sisters born 12/04 and 12/05. If anyone is interested please let me know.
Warm regards,
Brent
Executive Director
This is a quick note to tell you that the adoption situation in Russia continues to improve. We have opened two new regions: Vladamir and Yaroslavl with another two we expect to confirm opening later this month. Vladimir and Yaroslavl are near Moscow.
We have been receiving referrals, with many families receiving referrals very quickly to their dossier being completed. I have another sibling opportunity if anyone is interested. I have two sisters born 12/04 and 12/05. If anyone is interested please let me know.
Warm regards,
Brent
Executive Director
Baby Clothes available
We have a blue baby snow suit (18 month) and a bag of clothes for infant girls. If you would like any of the items, please contact Adoption Options. You are welcome to come and pick it up! It's free!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Possible Disruption
Sadly sometimes adoptions do not work out. I have been approached by a family that adopted a Caucasian infant boy in 2004 from Russia. The litte boy has been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder. This family has taken good care of him but they have reached the limits of their care and have come to the heart breaking conclusion that he may be better cared for by another family that have the emotional resources to care for him. He is a beautiful young boy that is full of energy and enthusiasm. If anyone is interested in finding out more about this child or if you know of someone who may be interested please let me know.
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
Adoption Options, Inc
411 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone 619-294-7772
www.adoption-options.org
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
Adoption Options, Inc
411 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone 619-294-7772
www.adoption-options.org
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Adoptive Families' Photo Contest
Adoptive Families' 2009 Photo Contest! Enter now!
Grand prize winners chosen from two categories—candid and formal portrait—will win digital camera suites and deluxe photography packages.
Runners-up in various age groups will receive portrait packages.
For more information, please go to http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/photocontest/
Grand prize winners chosen from two categories—candid and formal portrait—will win digital camera suites and deluxe photography packages.
Runners-up in various age groups will receive portrait packages.
For more information, please go to http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/photocontest/
Monday, August 3, 2009
Helpful websites
http://www.babycenter.com
This website is a great source of information for parents with a toddler or small child. Baby center provides information ranging form height predictors, and growth charts to baby name ideas and great activities for kids. There are useful lists of questions like: “is it safe…, is it normal…, and ready or not”.
http://www.adoptionclubhouse.org/
This website provides information about both international and domestic adoptions. This website is set up to attract both parents and kids to use. There is a way that kids that were adopted can talk to other kids who have been adopted and form bonds over the internet. There is a link, for parents’ use, which provides access to talk and comment on the website with other families. There is another link for teachers and parents to use in regards to homework and other school work that children who were adopted might need help with, such as family trees and autobiographies. Additionally, there is kid-friendly adoption vocabulary, lists of famous people who were adopted, and lists of kid-friendly books and movies regarding adoption.
http://www.tapestrybooks.com
The Tapestry Books website offers a myriad of books about international as well as domestic adoption. They offer access to books for children who were adopted and also for their adopting parents. This website is a resource for information about prospective adoption clients, helping them with preparation and form realistic expectations. Their main resources are the books that they recommend but they also have an assortment of compact discs (CD), digital video discs (DVD), and e-booklets. There is a self help section where consumers may browse the website using simplified categories to find books, but they do offer a personal service directed toward recommending books to consumers.
http://www.adoptivefam.org/
This is the website for Adoptive Families Magazine and is quoted as an award winning national adoption magazine; it is the leading source of information for families before, during, and after the adoption process. There are links to their bookstore in addition to a page to write your adoption story. There are articles on many important adoption-related topics that can be found on the left hand side of the home page under “Quick Links”. They provide brief descriptions of many of the countries where kids are being adopted from such as: China, Russia, Ethiopia, and Korea. This website offers a multitude of information on many different topics under the adoption umbrella. Overall the website is very informational and educational.
This website is a great source of information for parents with a toddler or small child. Baby center provides information ranging form height predictors, and growth charts to baby name ideas and great activities for kids. There are useful lists of questions like: “is it safe…, is it normal…, and ready or not”.
http://www.adoptionclubhouse.org/
This website provides information about both international and domestic adoptions. This website is set up to attract both parents and kids to use. There is a way that kids that were adopted can talk to other kids who have been adopted and form bonds over the internet. There is a link, for parents’ use, which provides access to talk and comment on the website with other families. There is another link for teachers and parents to use in regards to homework and other school work that children who were adopted might need help with, such as family trees and autobiographies. Additionally, there is kid-friendly adoption vocabulary, lists of famous people who were adopted, and lists of kid-friendly books and movies regarding adoption.
http://www.tapestrybooks.com
The Tapestry Books website offers a myriad of books about international as well as domestic adoption. They offer access to books for children who were adopted and also for their adopting parents. This website is a resource for information about prospective adoption clients, helping them with preparation and form realistic expectations. Their main resources are the books that they recommend but they also have an assortment of compact discs (CD), digital video discs (DVD), and e-booklets. There is a self help section where consumers may browse the website using simplified categories to find books, but they do offer a personal service directed toward recommending books to consumers.
http://www.adoptivefam.org/
This is the website for Adoptive Families Magazine and is quoted as an award winning national adoption magazine; it is the leading source of information for families before, during, and after the adoption process. There are links to their bookstore in addition to a page to write your adoption story. There are articles on many important adoption-related topics that can be found on the left hand side of the home page under “Quick Links”. They provide brief descriptions of many of the countries where kids are being adopted from such as: China, Russia, Ethiopia, and Korea. This website offers a multitude of information on many different topics under the adoption umbrella. Overall the website is very informational and educational.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Kyrgyzstan Adoption Update
Dear Families,
Below you will find an update from the State Department regarding Kyrgyzstan. This update is directed to the families that are stuck but it has relevant information about the general issues in Kyrgyzstan and some hopeful promises. I will update you as I receive new information.
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
Dear Kyrgyz Adoptive Families:
I am writing from the Office of Children’s Issues to provide you with a brief update on recent developments regarding the pending adoption cases in Kyrgyzstan, following the visit of Kyrgyz officials in late May.
On May 27 three officials from the Kyrgyz government, Deputies Gulnara Derbysheva and Damira Niiazalieva, and Child Protection Expert Ekaterina Khoroshman, met with adoptive parents, adoption professionals, and government officials as part of a U.S. Government-sponsored international visitors program. The visit succeeded in helping these officials better understand, first-hand, the intense commitment that U.S. families have for their prospective adoptive children. The officials also learned about the standards and protections for adoptive children that are built into the U.S. intercountry adoption process.
After they returned home, these officials held meetings and interviews to address some of the questions and concerns that people in Kyrgyzstan had raised about intercountry adoptions. These officials are clearly following up on the promise they made to work for release of the sixty-five cases.
In June, the State Department also sponsored the visit of a U.S. adoption expert to Kyrgyzstan. This expert met with Kyrgyz government officials, private organizations, and individuals to answer questions about U.S. adoption law and to explain the support and protections available to adoptive children in the United States. During these presentations, the expert emphasized the importance of resolving the sixty-five adoptions currently pending for the well-being of the children.
Recently, the State Department received promising news that proposals regarding these sixty-five cases may be presented to the Kyrgyz Parliament in the coming days. As of this writing, no official action had yet been taken. It is not clear what concrete effect these proposals might have, since the Parliament itself apparently does not have the authority to resolve these cases. Further, Presidential elections are scheduled for July 23. Nevertheless, we welcome this interest and are optimistic that if the proposals are introduced and passed, they could initiate a more positive shift in momentum on the sixty-five cases.
I cannot yet report any specific, concrete developments either in Kyrgyz adoption policy or on any of the pending adoption case files. We, in the Office of Children’s Issues, will continue to follow this issue closely and will make every effort to report to you if there are any new developments.
Gerry W. Fuller
Adoption Division Co-Chief
Office of Children’s Issues
Below you will find an update from the State Department regarding Kyrgyzstan. This update is directed to the families that are stuck but it has relevant information about the general issues in Kyrgyzstan and some hopeful promises. I will update you as I receive new information.
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent E. Yoder, LCSW
Executive Director
Dear Kyrgyz Adoptive Families:
I am writing from the Office of Children’s Issues to provide you with a brief update on recent developments regarding the pending adoption cases in Kyrgyzstan, following the visit of Kyrgyz officials in late May.
On May 27 three officials from the Kyrgyz government, Deputies Gulnara Derbysheva and Damira Niiazalieva, and Child Protection Expert Ekaterina Khoroshman, met with adoptive parents, adoption professionals, and government officials as part of a U.S. Government-sponsored international visitors program. The visit succeeded in helping these officials better understand, first-hand, the intense commitment that U.S. families have for their prospective adoptive children. The officials also learned about the standards and protections for adoptive children that are built into the U.S. intercountry adoption process.
After they returned home, these officials held meetings and interviews to address some of the questions and concerns that people in Kyrgyzstan had raised about intercountry adoptions. These officials are clearly following up on the promise they made to work for release of the sixty-five cases.
In June, the State Department also sponsored the visit of a U.S. adoption expert to Kyrgyzstan. This expert met with Kyrgyz government officials, private organizations, and individuals to answer questions about U.S. adoption law and to explain the support and protections available to adoptive children in the United States. During these presentations, the expert emphasized the importance of resolving the sixty-five adoptions currently pending for the well-being of the children.
Recently, the State Department received promising news that proposals regarding these sixty-five cases may be presented to the Kyrgyz Parliament in the coming days. As of this writing, no official action had yet been taken. It is not clear what concrete effect these proposals might have, since the Parliament itself apparently does not have the authority to resolve these cases. Further, Presidential elections are scheduled for July 23. Nevertheless, we welcome this interest and are optimistic that if the proposals are introduced and passed, they could initiate a more positive shift in momentum on the sixty-five cases.
I cannot yet report any specific, concrete developments either in Kyrgyz adoption policy or on any of the pending adoption case files. We, in the Office of Children’s Issues, will continue to follow this issue closely and will make every effort to report to you if there are any new developments.
Gerry W. Fuller
Adoption Division Co-Chief
Office of Children’s Issues
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