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For emergencies or for birth parents call 1-866-533-9811
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For emergencies or for birth parents call 1-866-533-9811
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
CHOICES Adoption & Counselling Services
CHOICES is committed to providing a professional comphrehensive, client centered adoption service which best meets the needs of everyone in the adoption constellation with paramount consideration given to the best interests of the child.
Video Resources:
- In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents (2005)
[Gr4-12/ staff/ PAC, youth tell their stories] 31 min.
Book List
- The Different Dragon. Bryan, Jennifer (2006)
Boy with two moms teaches dragon it's OK to be different - Felicia's Favourite Story. Newman, Leslea (2002)
Intercultural adoption story of a girl with two moms - King and King. de Haan, Linda (2002)
Princes fall in love and have a royal wedding - King and King and Family. de Haan, Linda (2004)
The new kings adopt an orphan girl - Molly's Family. Garden, Nancy (2004)
Kindergarten girl is anxious at bringing two moms to school - Mom and Mum are Getting Married. Setterington, Ken (2004)
Lesbian wedding with kids involved - One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads. Valentine, Johnny (1994)
Rhyming story of boy with two blue dads - We Belong Together. Parr, Todd (2007)
Colourful and diverse adoption tale encourages reader to alter pronouns to suit own family - Holly's Secret. Garden, Nancy (2000)
Novel – Examines friendship and integrity, lesbian moms Gr 4-7 - Lucy's Family Tree. Halvorsen-Schreck, Karen (2001)
Picture book - School family tree assignment Gr 4-7 - Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families. Peggy Gillespie (1999)
LGBT families are showcased through photos and text - The Kid – Dan Savage
- Toddler Adoption – Mary Hopkins-Best
- 20 Things that Adopted Kids wish their Adoptive Parents Knew – Sherrie Eldrigde
- Gay Dads – Eric Strah
- Gay Fathers – Barret and Robinson
- Fatherhood for Gay Men – by Kevin McGarry
- Gay Men Choosing Parenthood – Gerald P. Mallion
- The Gay and Lesbian Parenting Handbook - April Martin, Ph.D.
- Issues in Gay and Lesbian Adoption - Child Welfare League of America
- Parents at Last - Cynthia V. N. Peck and Wendy Wilkinson
- Adoption without Fear – James L. Gritter
- And Tango makes three – Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
- A Love Like No Other – Stories from Adoptive Parents
- How My Family Came to Be: Daddy, Papa and Me by Andrew R. Aldrich and Mike Motz