Unlike most surveys, we asked several open-ended questions. There were hundreds of helpful comments. Here is a representative list of recommendations by adoptive parents and issues that still need to be addressed. • The need to give parents a list of what type of interventions are available, what issues kids have and the order/timing .Screens need to continue throughout several …
Month: November 2009
PEAR Questions to US Department of State
PEAR has asked the following questions to Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Janice L. Jacobs during the Ask the State Department Celebrate National Adoption Month open questioning period that ends November 30. The State Department will be selecting questions and answering them on their website in December. 1. How can China be considered “Hague-compliant” with open trafficking rampant enough for …
ISS Report on Adoption from Vietnam
In November 2009, the International Social Service (ISS) released its “Report on Adoption from Vietnam”. The ISS is “an international non-governmental organisation that has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as well as with UNICEF and other intergovernmental bodies.” ISS helps individuals, children and families confronted with social problems involving two, or more, countries as …
UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert – Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Adoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues__________________________________________________________________November 24, 2009 The Kyrgyz government stopped processing all intercountry adoptions in October 2008 due to reports of corruption and fraud in the adoption process. The Kyrgyz authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into these allegations. At present, the Kyrgyz government is not processing any adoption cases, including at …
Nepal — a few simple reforms
Nepal — a few simple reforms A few simple reforms would go a long way to cleaning up Nepal’s adoption corruption: 1 — Ban abandonment paperwork. 2 — Enact a modern relinquishment law with a mandatory DNA test. 3 — Implement the Hague Convention. 4 — Close the worst children’s homes. In particular, the homes blacklisted by the French Foreign …
Canadian bureaucrats strand B.C. parents in Nepal with adopted daughter
By Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun November 20, 2009 Photo — Dr. Salima Shariff, a Surrey cardiologist, feeds the baby that she and her husband, Aziz Nurmohamed, went to Nepal to adopt. A Surrey, B.C., cardiologist is stranded in Nepal with her newly adopted child while she waits anxiously for Canada to issue documents so she can bring her daughter home …
Results of POSitive Study-Testing and Intervention sections
Analyses of testing, and interventions including parenting techniques will be available in 2010. Here are some general results. Testing The four most common screening tests that adoptees received include Hepatitis B and C serology (65%), HIV serology (64%), stool testing for ova and parasites (64%) and Tuberculosis screening (57%). The CDC outlines all of the recommended tests that international adoptees …
Nepali adoptions — the French warnings
Nepali adoptions — the French warnings. In recent years, the French Foreign Service has posted warnings about four adoption homes — Nepal Children Welfare Service Center (NCWSC), Swastik Women and Children Protection Organization (SWCPO), Nepal Children’s Organization (NCO — also known as Bal Mandir or Balmandir), and the Children Welfare Home (CWH). This sort of public blacklisting of children’s homes …
DOS Adoption Notice: CDC Recommendations Relating to Intercountry Adoption, Hepatitis
DOS Notice for Intercountry Adoptions:CDC and Prevention Recommendations November 18, 2009 On Hepatitis A Vaccinations and Hepatitis B Screening The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends hepatitis A immunization for household members (including babysitters or anyone who anticipates close personal contact) with arriving intercountry adoptees from countries where hepatitis A is prevalent. For more information from the …
Results of POSitive Study-Mental Health, Faith-based and school-based sections
Mental HealthPartial results are as follows. Thirty-four percent of respondents had their child screened or used mental health or attachment services. Of those, 86 percent pursued this based on their own assessment and 19 percent had a primary care doctor recommend it. Of those using mental health services (multiple professionals sometimes were selected), 42 percent used a psychologist with attachment …