Crises in Adoptions: Resources

PEAR State Directory and Guide to Health Professional license checks links updated on May 17, 2010Over the past year, PEAR has been researching resources for parents and children in crisis as part of the basic information to be included in our PEAR state directories. Due to the current demand for help, we are sharing this work-in-progress in the hopes that …

PEAR releases revised International Adoption Doctor Directory

Link to Directory updated on May 14, 2010 The revised directory can be freely downloaded from PEAR’s website athttp://www.pear-now.org/PEAR_IA_Doctor_E-Directory.pdf This directory is arranged alphabetically by state and city within each state. The clinics listed in this directory have at least one MD or DO in its practice and have experience with international adoption medicine. Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) …

PEAR launches Adoptive Parent Survey on Ethiopia Adoptions

Over the past two years, PEAR has received numerous comments and complaints concerning adoptions from Ethiopia. PEAR has launched a survey for US citizens who are adopting from or have adopted from Ethiopia. The survey requires you to give PEAR your contact information which will not be published. The survey can be accessed at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22ACQ3YKFXA PEAR intends to report results …

PEAR Releases Second Series of State Directories of Adoption Resources

Link to Directories updated on May 14, 2010This library is housed at http://www.pear-now.org/resources.html , where you can freely download the pdf directories . Series 2 has four directories: California, Arizona, Hawaii, and Nevada. Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) does not officially endorse any listing in these directories. The contents are provided for informational purposes only as a community service.PEAR …

RESOURCE: INITIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED FROM HAITI

The following are recommendations for psychological screenings for the Haiti adoptees before they leave Haiti and for the Haiti adoptees who have already arrived in their new country without a psychological screening. All children in the throes of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti can be quickly and efficiently psychologically screened, as much as time allows, prior to their evacuation. This …

RESOURCE: Double Traumatized Children from Haiti

We are passing on the link to this discussion for all families who are adopting children from Haiti after the earthquake. PEAR strongly advocates pre-adoption education and post adoption support in all adoptions. The issue of trauma is important in developing attachment, understanding the implications of trauma on the developing child should be a basic requirement for adoption parenting. We …

PEAR releases updated IA doctor directory

The updated directory can be freely downloaded from the PEAR temporary directory library at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PEARdirectories With over twenty major changes and a new provider in New Hampshire, the updated directory contains 130 listings from 45 states with at least one MD or DO in the practice. For psychologists, social workers, educational specialists, therapists, health specialists (DAN! Providers etc), bureaucratic and …

PEAR releases first series of State Directories of Adoption Resources

Link to Directories updated May 14, 2010 Derived from the gaps identified from PEAR’s POSitive study and the recommendations from PEAR’s Mental Health Resource and Therapist Resource surveys, PEAR has created State Directories of Adoption Resources. These directories are designed for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents and service providers looking for local resources. This library can be found at http://www.pear-now.org/resources.html …

Results of POSitive Study–Comments

Unlike most surveys, we asked several open-ended questions. There were hundreds of helpful comments. Here is a representative list of recommendations by adoptive parents and issues that still need to be addressed. • The need to give parents a list of what type of interventions are available, what issues kids have and the order/timing .Screens need to continue throughout several …