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Hi,
If you have followed my previous thread, you will see that we are currently involved with a drawn out ordeal with a child and her kinship placement.
However, we are second inline for a child that just experienced disruption in a preadoptive situation. Her recruiter is from Wendy's Wonderful Kids. I do not know a lot about this organzition but it appears that S received a recruiter due to her situation? We have already met the child at a match party and there was chemistry. We understand the attachmant issues and problems that we will face and have a wonderful attachment therapist (actually on the board for RAD therapy nationwide) on standby. Therefore, I am sure that I will be looking for help in this later, but right now we are not even sure if we will chosen for best intrest. On the flip side - the recruiter did call to say, it is starting to look like the first family may not pan out (they were given priority becaus they are already involved in S life).
So, to get to the question - I would like to hear from those that have worked with this organization and input and thoughts. Red flags? Anything?
Thank you!
- I am a terrible with spelling and always have been - goes with my dsylexia, so I appologize to those that this bothers.
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I can't say specifically Dave Thomas Foundation, except that it has an excellent reputation as far as I've heard...and I've been involved with adoption for many years. I would suspect that it's similar to the Adopt America Network and AdoptUS groups.....which are basically 'clearinghouses' for children who're waiting for homes.
I'm going to guess you already have an agency---at least the one that conducted your homestudy? I would guess that IF you're the chosen family, you'll have to contact your 'home' agency and they'll help set up visits, etc from there.
I think you'll just have to go with the flow and all groups will work together for the good of the child. How old is the child you're wanting to be considered for?
Sincerely,
Linny
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Linny,
Thanks for answering. I am trying to figure out the severity of issues regarding these children as they are not photolisted in our state (or at least S is not). We are very comfortable with many behavioral and developmental issues as we are parenting 2 children already that have special needs. This is also the reason why we have to be careful to keep our current family safe as well. The little girl is 10 yers old, however, she is very much behind emotionally and I would expect developmentally. It appears that I would be parenting a child that is mostly likely at the same level or slightly older than my 5 year old. I am not sure if this will be a problem or not. On the other hand, we felt very good when we were spending time with her (match party).
Thanks!