CHOICES is open from 9am to 4.30pm PST. 1-888-479-9811
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.
Resources
Posters
Adoptive Families
-
They're Never Too Old – Brochure for Adoptive Parents
http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/Adop... -
Youth Are Never Too Old to Be Adopted - NACAC
http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/nevertooold.html -
Adopting and Parenting the Older Child
http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/trish-interview.html -
A Workbook for Parents Adopting Older Children
http://www.depaulfamilyservices.org/adoption_booklet/images/DePaul_Booklet%20Full.pdf -
Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters To Teens (by Pat O'Brien)
http://www.yougottabelieve.org/articles/unconditional.htm -
Adopted Teens Share and Advise – Portland Press Herald Article
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/070513adoptedteens.html -
You Gotta Believe!
http://www.yougottabelieve.org/ -
ABC NEWS
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/FosterCare/story?id=2032739&page=1 -
MSNBC News Interviews You Gotta Believe's Pat O'Brien, Chester Jackson & Eboney Wright regarding Foster Care and Older Teen Adoption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_W1NVOsSU
Teens
-
You're Never Too Old – Brochure for Teens
http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/research/Teen%20Brochure.pdf -
You're Never Too Old – Teens Speak Out on Adoption - Brochure
http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/Adoption_Yout... -
You Gotta Believe!
http://www.yougottabelieve.org/ -
Breaking Barriers to Teen Adoption
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ML2Z2kbyU -
Teens Need Families Too Article
http://www.answers4families.org/family/foster-adoptive/adoption-information-resources/teens-... -
Adopted Teen Tells His Story of Finding a Family
http://www.camelotcommunitycare.org/files/Tampa%20Teen%20Finds%20Adopted%20Family.pdf -
Adopt Us Kids Article
http://www.adoptuskids.org/resourceCenter/parentSupport/adopteeStories/cristen.aspx -
Elevate – Poems, Videos, Stories, by youth for youth about adoption and foster care
http://www.elevate2inspire.com/ -
When I Get Home PSA - Teens in Foster Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZk8q07iTHU
Social Workers
-
National Resource Center for Youth Development – Permanency for Adolescents
- Article for Adoptive Families and Social Workers
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/eupdate/pdfs/yd_update_2004_sum.pdf -
Indiana – "Indiana's Youth Connections Program" (Under "Resources from the States")
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/family-search.html -
Foster Greatness
http://fostergreatness.ca/ -
Field-Initiated Research on Successful Adolescent Adoptions Executive Summary January 2004
http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/ExecSumFullc... -
Teens Can Help Find Families (NACAC)
http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/teenscanhelp.html -
A Family for Every Child: Strategies to Achieve Permanence for Older Foster Children and Youth (NACAC)
http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/family_every_child.pdf -
You Gotta Believe!
http://www.yougottabelieve.org/ -
Breaking Barriers to Teen Adoption
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAxMWRqqwxI
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ML2Z2kbyU
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iTNXX8WLQ -
Don't Write Me Off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2RFyU2BR0&feature=related