PEAR Ethics Alert – China Special Needs Programs PEAR has been alerted to some very concerning issues surrounding China’s special needs adoptions. We believe that adoption service providers (ASPs) are stepping up the recruitment and engaging in unrealistic practices due to their financial pressures as well as pressure from CCCWA to place SN children via a rumored reward program: 1 …
Category: Child Welfare
The Importance of Reporting and Where to Report Negative Experiences
The Importance of Reporting and Where to Report Negative Experiences PEAR has always been concerned about the well-being of children. We are also concerned about honesty and integrity in the adoption process. It has been our experience that there is a vast underreporting of unethical, dangerous, and/or illegal practices in the child welfare community, and as a result PEAR encourages …
Why PEAR does not support new adoption cases or airlifts of children from Haiti at this time:
This week, a member of PEAR, Julia Rollings, spoke eloquently of the reasons why international relocation and adoption of Haitian children is not appropriate at this time: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/play/-/6725923/haitis-orphans/#fop While many US citizens are moved by the sight of children in distress and feel the need to press the US government toward adoption or massive airlifts of children, we must remember …