Adoption & Schools
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by Susan Branco 2018 I am a practicing Licensed Professional Counselor and work primarily with transracial adoptive families. When I began my doctoral studies in counselor education and supervision in 2012, I realized that despite significant gains in research related...
2014 Families often consult Pact about how to tell their communities when they have a new baby join their family through adoption. Adoptive parents James and Heidi sent the following letter to parents and teachers in their school community, and gave us permission to...
by Pact Staff updated 2022 Teachers want every student to feel welcomed and included. There are a number of ways that teachers can make sure that adopted children—and other children whose families might be considered “non-traditional”--don’t feel “other-ed.” Family...
In school, children study more than reading and math; they learn how the world operates beyond their own homes. If they are lucky they are taught to search for commonality and to appreciate difference in their classmates and then in their wider community. One way that...