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[FONT="Century Gothic"]I will write more when I have a few minutes but wanted to just ask all parties in open adoptions:
If your agency offered a service, like aftercare, would you participate in something like that?
Getting together to see what is working and what might not be working from all sides?[/FONT]
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No, I wouldn't.
In our situation - we found things MUCH easier when things were left to just us (us meaning dh,myself and birthmom).
I don't know how I'd feel if things were different between us.....but I can tell you my first gut reaction is no way.
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Leigh -
I think we were good and think we were fine without such a service. I could see how it could be beneficial to those who might not have the greatest communication. I had that service by continuing counselling from the agency and attending bparent support groups. If needed though our agency would provide such a service to those parties wishing to participate, it's just not a formal program so to speak.
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I am not sure to tell you the truth.....I didn't like my agency much (and I don't think DD's birth parents did either) so I don't know.
It may also be that we have an "agreement" that we always abide by so I guess if we weren't abiding by it (for some reason), I could see using the service.
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I would - not like a workshop for MY OA, but a "Tell us how we're doing" type thing...sure!
The only way to learn for the future is to learn from the past. I would be happy to share the mistakes made in order to keep someone else from going thru them.
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I would - not like a workshop for MY OA, but a "Tell us how we're doing" type thing...sure!
The only way to learn for the future is to learn from the past. I would be happy to share the mistakes made in order to keep someone else from going thru them.
[FONT="Century Gothic"]This is what the agency is thinking about doing. Right now we have an agreement in place, however, when most of it is up to me to do I don't feel like they are doing much with it.
It would be to see how the agreement is working and if there are things that need to be "tweaked" in one way or another.
E would like to do this, she and the other woman from the agency don't care about being paid but right now the agency doesn't have the funding for such a thing. I would like to do this but I am so scared of a meeting, together, whatever you care to call it, to say yes. E said that she doesn't just want to have the final post placement visit and let that be it. K, the agency owner, feels the same way.[/FONT]
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