What to Know When You Adopt Through Foster Care
Marcy Bursac
Are you feeling drawn to adopt but your mind is afraid, confused, or overwhelmed by stories you've heard in the news and comments from other people?
As an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, I am often asked about the foster care adoption process. I often share my own stories and stories I've been told from those I know who have actually navigated this journey.
This is the basis for why this book came to life—to share real life stories with others who are considering adopting through the foster care system and to raise awareness about the 113,000 children who are currently waiting in the system for their forever family. Some profiles of these children can be found online; but, in order to adopt them, you need to first navigate through the licensing process.
There are over 45 topics in this book to help you with deciding and applying to go this route, getting through the training, home study, legal, and matching processes, and to equip you with practical insights for the parenting journey.
Inside you'll learn:
- what foster care adoption is and which children can be adopted
- why some families waited and how some pursued this path after facing infertility
- how some had to be persistent and how they endured the process
- tips for parenting children who have experienced neglect, trauma, alcohol exposure
- tips for parenting children who have mental health or medical needs
and more!
Duration - 4h 15m.
Author - Marcy Bursac.
Narrator - Marcy Bursac.
Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Marcy Bursac ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Are you feeling drawn to adopt but your mind is afraid, confused, or overwhelmed by stories you've heard in the news and comments from other people? As an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, I am often asked about the foster care adoption process. I often share my own stories and stories I've been told from those I know who have actually navigated this journey. This is the basis for why this book came to life—to share real life stories with others who are considering adopting through the foster care system and to raise awareness about the 113,000 children who are currently waiting in the system for their forever family. Some profiles of these children can be found online; but, in order to adopt them, you need to first navigate through the licensing process. There are over 45 topics in this book to help you with deciding and applying to go this route, getting through the training, home study, legal, and matching processes, and to equip you with practical insights for the parenting journey. Inside you'll learn: - what foster care adoption is and which children can be adopted - why some families waited and how some pursued this path after facing infertility - how some had to be persistent and how they endured the process - tips for parenting children who have experienced neglect, trauma, alcohol exposure - tips for parenting children who have mental health or medical needs and more! Duration - 4h 15m. Author - Marcy Bursac. Narrator - Marcy Bursac. Published Date - Sunday, 01 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Marcy Bursac ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:15
Dedication
Duration:00:00:18
Introduction
Duration:00:02:53
Foreward by Commissioner Andrea Sanders
Duration:00:06:38
Praise for What to Know When You Adopt Through Foster Care
Duration:00:05:17
Preface
Duration:00:00:31
Disclaimer
Duration:00:00:54
Background
Duration:00:00:43
Part One - Foster Care Adoption 101
Duration:00:00:06
Chapter 1: What Foster Care Adoption Is
Duration:00:01:53
Chapter 2: Who Adopts Through Foster Care
Duration:00:02:20
Chapter 3: What It Costs
Duration:00:03:46
Chapter 4: Types of Licenses
Duration:00:00:36
Chapter 5: Which Children Can Be Adopted Through Foster Care
Duration:00:04:16
Chapter 6: Other Ways to Help Waiting Child(ren)
Duration:00:02:31
Part 2 - Real Life Stories
Duration:00:00:25
Topic 1 - Deciding & Applying
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 7: How I Knew I Was Ready
Duration:00:07:06
Chapter 8: Why I Waited
Duration:00:04:42
Chapter 9: Adoption Was My Plan A
Duration:00:03:24
Chapter 10: As a Single Parent
Duration:00:01:28
Chapter 11: As a Single Parent (a second perspective)
Duration:00:02:01
Chapter 12: How My Significant Other and I Aligned
Duration:00:02:22
Chapter 13: I Was So Scared
Duration:00:04:05
Chapter 14: After Infertility
Duration:00:06:53
Chapter 15: After Infertility (a second perspective)
Duration:00:00:45
Chapter 16: After Infertility (a third perspective)
Duration:00:07:38
Chapter 17: The Therapy I Did
Duration:00:02:31
Topic 2 - The Training & Home Study
Duration:00:00:06
Chapter 18: I Felt Like I Was Nagging
Duration:00:02:27
Chapter 19: My Paperwork Got Lost
Duration:00:07:42
Chapter 20: It Was Overwhelming
Duration:00:05:10
Chapter 21: The Content Was Heavy
Duration:00:06:36
Chapter 22: I Didn’t Complete the Training the First Time
Duration:00:01:03
Topic 3 - The Legal Process
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 23: My Emotions Were Put to the Test
Duration:00:01:27
Chapter 24: Took Longer Than Expected
Duration:00:03:19
Chapter 25: The Case Goal Changed
Duration:00:02:33
Chapter 26: Biological Family Supervised Biological Parent Visits
Duration:00:05:35
Chapter 27: Maneuvering Biological Parents and/or Relative Visits Until the Adoption is Finalized
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter 28: I Had to Be Persistent
Duration:00:04:41
Topic 4 - The Matching Process
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 29: I Adopted Children I Fostered
Duration:00:04:13
Chapter 30: I Adopted a Child(ren) In My Family Tree
Duration:00:04:40
Chapter 31: Deciding Which Child(ren) to Apply For
Duration:00:03:26
Chapter 32: We Didn’t Gel
Duration:00:04:20
Chapter 33: I Wasn’t Picked for the First Child(ren) I Applied For
Duration:00:03:49
Chapter 34: Meeting for the First Time
Duration:00:05:39
Chapter 35: I Asked Friends and Family to Help Meet My Material Needs
Duration:00:02:11
Topic 5 - Parenting
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 36: Not in Birth Order
Duration:00:04:02
Chapter 37: Sibling Pairs
Duration:00:01:28
Chapter 38: Sibling Pairs (a second perspective)
Duration:00:02:02
Chapter 39: Sibling Groups
Duration:00:07:18
Chapter 40: Sibling Groups (a second perspective)
Duration:00:02:07
Chapter 41: Teenager(s)
Duration:00:05:11
Chapter 42: With Biological Child(ren)
Duration:00:01:36
Chapter 43: As a Single Parent
Duration:00:07:43
Chapter 44: As a Transracial Family
Duration:00:02:37
Chapter 45: Building a Relationship
Duration:00:05:04
Chapter 46: Deciding What Your Child(ren) Call You
Duration:00:02:12
Chapter 47: Child(ren) Who Have Experienced Neglect
Duration:00:05:30
Chapter 48: Child(ren) Who Have Experienced Trauma
Duration:00:02:49
Chapter 49: Child(ren) Who Have Been Alcohol Exposed
Duration:00:03:41
Chapter 50: Child(ren) with Mental Health Needs
Duration:00:03:02
Chapter 51: Child(ren) with Medical Needs
Duration:00:06:40
Chapter 52: Child(ren) with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Duration:00:03:37
Chapter 53: My Child Had a Medical Injury Before Adoption
Duration:00:03:37
Chapter 54: Child(ren) Who Have Been Sexually Abused
Duration:00:06:54
Chapter 55: Challenges of Adapting to Being a Forever Family
Duration:00:02:10
Chapter 56: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family
Duration:00:02:00
Chapter 57: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family (a second perspective)
Duration:00:03:49
Chapter 58: Keeping Contact with the Biological Family (a third perspective)
Duration:00:03:40
Chapter 59: Not Keeping Open Communication with the Biological Family
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter 60: Reintroducing My Child(ren) to Their Biological Family Down the Road
Duration:00:02:51
Chapter 61: Working Through Post-Placement Depression (PPD)
Duration:00:07:12
The End
Duration:00:00:04
Note to the Reader
Duration:00:01:56
Helpful Resources
Duration:00:00:13
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:23