Adopting? How to adopt a child or baby

Everybody has some grandiose idea about the realities and what it would be like to foster children or adopt a child from foster care. Some people i

Trudy and Lyle LaBonte spend a lot of time with their adopted children’s birth parents. It’s part of open adoption. “My son’s birth

Oh, yes. Yes, they will.  Sometimes, adoptive families avoid talking about adoption. In history, adoption was seen as a shameful thing or somethin

6 Ways to Support a Birth Mother 1. Accept the Loss as a Loss There is this passage in The Girls Who Went Away, by Ann Fessler, where the mother de

TW: Suicide In 2014, a Portland-area psychologist was suspended after one of her young clients attempted suicide. The psychologist misdiagnosed the

I once had a deaf professor tell me that, as a deaf child, she had never seen or met a deaf adult. This meant that, in her childhood reality, deaf

So often we find information about adoption as presented to us by and from informative and knowledgeable adoption professionals and passionate in-t

Whether you are brand-new to the world of podcasts or have been tuning in for years, reFRAMED is one that’s definitely worth checking out. The Gl

“Where does my mom live?” I heard this softly whispered question coming from that small voice in the back seat of my van. “I’m not sure,”

On July 20th, 2021, Gladney University was happy to hold a virtual presentation (via Zoom) that covered the ever-growing concerns of LGBTQ+ youths