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OPEN ADOPTION
Open adoption is about representing the needs of the child.....not the
adults around him or her. It is about lessening the losses felt by every
adoptive child.
It means that after exchanging full identities, the adoptive family
and birth family commit themselves to lifelong relatedness for the benefit
of the child. This is done not only through pictures and letters, but
visits and time Spent with birth family. Open / cooperative adoption
recognizes that each family has important ongoing contributions to make
to the adoptees well being. And, it recognizes that all have significant
responsibilities to sustain and nourish this vital relationship.
Open adoption is not by definitioin ?anything you want it to be. ? It
requires an uncompromising commitment To children and their needs. Adults
involved in open adoptions are asked to set aside their fears and insecurities
And to ?parent from the needs of the child and not their own.?
As an adoption service which is child centered, Cooperative Adoption
Consulting strictly follows Child Welfare League of America guidelines
established in l986 and Updated fully in 2000 recommending ?open adoption
as standard practice? based on 50 years of longitudinal studies of adopted
children. Closed and semi-open Adoptions are never facilitated based
on ethical principles in our commitment to the welfare of each and every
Child we serve.
Ellen Roseman
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