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Nov

Teaching Self-Regulation

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in Support Services
Some mornings my youngest son goes through two or three pairs of socks before he finds a pair that does not bug him — he may have a couple sensory issues. This used to be more of an issue when he could not communicate his needs appropriately and socks ended up thrown across the room ...
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8
Nov

Adopting An HIV Positive Child

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in Special Needs
After attending the Together for Adoption conference, I am more convinced that the international adoption landscape is changing. The majority of the children that were adopted five years ago were healthy, non special need, or older children. Today the percentages are very different. Special need and older child adoptions are growing. The importance of Support ...
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6
Nov

What's Going On In DRC, An Update

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in MLJ Adoptions
In late September of this year, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s immigration authority, DGM, issued a suspension notice of up to twelve months of exit permits of adopted children. Exit permits issued by DRC’s immigration authority allow Congolese children, adopted internationally, to leave DRC and travel home with adoptive parents. This suspension notice reportedly came ...
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5
Nov

Hydration, Blood Sugar, Behavior, and Learning

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in Resources
Physiological Strategies: Hydration/Blood Glucose Seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated. When I teach Nutrition: Nurture, Health & Behavior, I generally admit that I am likely a part of that 75%, but when I review some of the major impacts of dehydration, I always reach for my Nalgene bottle. Proper hydration:   keeps metabolism at ...
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1
Nov

30 Things To Do During Adoption Month

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in Adoption News
November is Adoption Month. In honor of this we’ve come up with 30 things you can do during the month of November to celebrate Adoption Month! Spread the word about Orphan Sunday Give your child’s teachers the Teacher’s Resource guide. You can find it here. Encourage employers in your area to establish adoption benefits Use ...
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30
Oct

Meet MLJ: Liane Steffes

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in MLJ Adoptions
Title at MLJ: Adoption Attorney and Chief of Staff What do you actually DO with MLJ? My focus includes external relations and internal operations, developing and drafting policies and procedures, managing quality improvement, and providing legal services. Families are most likely to run into me after their adoptions have been completed, particularly if they reside ...
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29
Oct

Working Through Transitions

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in Support Services
My son started Kindergarten this year and this was a big transition for our family. To transition to a new schedule we made adjustments over time. We didn’t start the new routine the week school started—that would’ve been chaos. Change takes time. We had to adjust bedtimes, eliminate naps, wake up earlier, and establish a ...
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28
Oct

Update: Hope For DRC Adoptions

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in Congo, MLJ Adoptions
The Hope for DRC Adoptions campaign was started by MLJ Adoptions and several adoptive parents as a way that individuals, attorneys, adoption agencies, adoptive parents and orphan advocates could collaborate, communicate and come together for one cause – to strengthen and stabilize the adoption process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The focus of ...
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23
Oct

Sweet Treats Around the World

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in Bulgaria, Mexico
Trick-or-Treat! Halloween isn’t just a holiday that allows both adults and children to play dress up, but an excuse for us to eat unhealthy amounts of candy and sweet treats. While Halloween is not a holiday celebrated all around world, candy and other desserts are something we can find just about everywhere. Samoa A lot ...
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18
Oct

International Adoption Corruption: Are the adoptive parents always the innocent victims?

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in MLJ Adoptions
International Adoption Corruption: Are the adoptive parents always the innocent victims? We find that a majority of the focus of international adoption corruption has landed upon the adoption service providers (adoption agencies), foreign service providers (individual in foreign country processing the international adoption), or government officials. These individuals and organizations have been the recipients of ...
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18
Oct

Are all International Adoption Agencies Corrupt?

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in MLJ Adoptions
I know the adoption professionals that work in MLJ Adoptions and many other adoption agencies, these people are far from corrupt. However, the situations in which an agency is placed or has to work in a foreign country are extremely difficult. First, it is important to understand that anyone working in an international country, specifically ...
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18
Oct

Corruption in International Adoption: A discussion regarding the term corruption in context & cult

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in MLJ Adoptions
Corruption in International Adoption: A discussion regarding the term corruption in context and culture First and foremost, I want to say that unethical behaviors or procedures in the adoption process hurt most the most vulnerable children in our world, the orphan. In the past 10 years of international adoption our government and other foreign governments ...
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17
Oct

A Day Of Yeses

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in MLJ Adoptions
Imagine telling a very budget-minded control-freak that for one whole day, she’d have to let go of the very reins that she tightly grasps in her hands and say yes to anything that her children asked. This was our recent experience, and I lived to tell the tale. My husband and I began our adoption ...
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16
Oct

Meet MLJ: Jen Gavin

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in MLJ Adoptions
Title at MLJ: Associate Program Director for Africa & Asia What do you actually DO with MLJ? I work with our families adopting from Congo. I help them from the beginning of the process all of the way until they bring their child home. What is your favorite part about what you do with MLJ? ...
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