Why
I Chose a Caucasian Family to Adopt My
Baby
Guest:
Talaya
Talaya
is an African American woman who was seeking loving parents
for her soon-to-be-born baby. Find
out how she came to choose a Caucasian couple to
be the parents to her child. Learn how she decided
on this family, how she responded to the reaction
of her ten-year-old son, siblings, her parents,
and the community.
Learn as this birth
mother shares her practical advice for other women facing
an unplanned pregnancy and adoptive families seeking
to adopt.
Does it help to look beyond race
in adoption? Can this open the door to the perfect family?
What is important in an adoption decision and what about
the future? Listen to this compelling story of
one woman.
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A
Birthmother's Perspective
Guest:
Coley Strickland, founder of BirthMom Buds
Coley
Strickland chose adoption for her child and turned her
experience into a life-changing ministry. Today, Coley
is a birthmother mentor and advocate. She’ll share
intimate details of her experiences and give adoptive families
valuable insights and tips she’s learned from the
many birthmothers she has worked with.
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Guest: Roma Olberding
Are you considering adopting a trans-racial child? If your answer is yes, join Let's Talk Adoption Host Mardie Caldwell and her guest, Roma Olberding, adoptive mom to a successful trans-racial family. They'll give you the bottom line about multi-cultural families and share the tips you'll need before you adopt your trans-racial child.
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Guest: Cheryl Snelgrove
Are you experiencing attachment challenges with your older child? Does your child suffer from ADD, ADHD, or RAD? How important is it to improve the quality of your child's life and your family life? Do you need respite care for your child so you can gain a little perspective? Where can you turn to for help?
Host Mardie Caldwell and Cheryl Snelgrove, a specialist in respite care, failing adoptions, ADD, ADHD, and PTSD, focus on the tools you can use to short-circuit attachment challenges before they begin and where to turn when you find your family in a state of crisis.
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Guest: Kathryn Creedy, Executive Director for the Institute of Adoption Information
What are our children being taught about adoption in school and in our community? How can we share adoption with family and friends that might be new to adoption? What can we do to help our children grow up with a secure sense of themselves?
Kathryn Creedy, Executive Director of the Institute for Adoption Information, will share the answers to these questions and tools to help you educate some of the most important people in your child's life. If you are a concerned parent, adoption professional or someone who cares about the children and adoption awareness, you must hear this show.
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Guest: Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
Have you ever wondered where you fit within your adoptive family? Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao challenges the adoptive family to think in new ways as she reveals the predictable and understandable developmental stages and challenges confronted by all members of the adopted family.
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Guest: Beth O'Malley, M.Ed
Every child who is adopted deserves a clear, detailed record of his or her life prior to adoption, and Beth O’Malley, M.Ed has created Lifebooks for just that purpose. Learn how you too can share the past with your child in a positive and uplifting manner.
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Guest: Cindy Champnella
Journey with Cindy through the maze of Chinese adoption and learn how two world superpowers overcame their animosity to grant the wish of one little girl.
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Guest: Karen Foli
What
types of parental stress and depression can arise
after you bring your child
home? The
emotionally grueling wait, the anxiety experienced during finalization, even
the joy of claming your child as your own, all take a toll on
the human body.
Join us as Dr. Karen Foli takes a close look into post-adoption depression.
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Guest: Flory G. Herman, Film Maker
What is the impact of adoption? How do the different members of the triad feel? Film Maker, Flory G. Herman, a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, takes an intimate look at adoption in this brand new, must-see documentary-style film, I Have Roots and Branches.
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Guest: Sherrie Eldridge
Do you have adopted children? Have you ever wondered when, or even if, you should tell them they are adopted? Have you considered how you will tell your children. For the answers to these questions and more, Patricia Dorner joins Let’s Talk Adoption to share with us her experience as an adoption professional, counselor, author, and adoptive mother. |
Guest: Patricia Dorner
Do you have adopted children? Have you ever wondered when, or even if, you should tell them they are adopted? Have you considered how you will tell your children. For the answers to these questions and more, Patricia Dorner joins Let’s Talk Adoption to share with us her experience as an adoption professional, counselor, author, and adoptive mother. |
Guest: Shawn Hosford
Has your adopted child shown signs of attachment disorder? Have you ever wondered where you can get the education you need to effectively parent your adopted or foster child? Shawn Hosford can help. With strength and wisdom, Shawn created FosStars Institute, a place all adoptive parents can turn to in time of need. |
Guest: Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D.
The twisting pinches, the spitting, biting, and kicking. Next came the food throwing, the aversion to hugs, the aggression, and then the destruction of everything he touched. Author, Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D., shares how he has discovered a way to effectively reach and parent our hurt children. Join us for an informative and enlighting hour. |
Guest: Jayne E. Schooler, Adoption Coordinator
What special dynamics affect parents, adopted children, and birth children? This week, find out what practical advice is available to help create a healthy adoptive family. |
Guest: Sherrie Eldridge, adoptee and author of Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Why do I feel so sad? Why does the day of my birth haunt me? Sherrie Eldridge, author of Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, shares with us the feelings and emotions of adopted kids everywhere - then helps us to address their most private thoughts and fears. |
Guest: Jack Rudnick, adoptive father and author of Adoption and Spirituality
How can prayer and faith help you in your adoption? Jack Rudnick, Jr., author of Adoption and Spirituality, shares with us the process of prayer and faith in raising adopted children. With his unique insight, Jack, will guide and teach you throughout the adoption process.
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Guest: George Harrar, adoptive father and author of Parents Wanted
What's it like to be a teenager and adopted? Ever wondered? Author George Harrar did. George asked his teenage son what it was like. Soon the book, Parents Wanted, was born - an insider's peek into the mind of an adopted teenage boy.
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Guest: Deborah Gray, author of Attaching in Adoption
Reactive Attachment Disorder, bonding issues, angry outbursts. Does this sound like your child? Deborah Gray, author of Attaching in Adoption, teaches you how to overcome the disorders associated with older child adoption. Giving you practical tools to guide you, Deborah will help you discover the joys of raising a child with special needs.
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Guest: Barbara Ramey, Adoption Professional & Triad Participant
What is it like to place a child for adoption? What's it like to be an adoptive parent, and then reunite with the child you placed for adoption? Listen as, Barbara Ramey, shares with us her very personal experience.
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Guest: Sharon Meyer, Foundation for Large Families
Can one family raise a multitude of children? Spokesperson for the Foundation for Large Families, Sharon Meyer, shares her views on the importance of large family adoptions, and how you can have the family of your dreams. |
Guest: Melanie Billings, special needs adoptive mother
Eight children, ages eight months to twenty years - Melanie Billings shares what it's like to raise special needs children in a large family atmosphere, and how you can face the challenges that lie ahead.
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