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		<title>Parents’ Attachment Style and the Adopted Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of the profound impact that the parents’ attachment style has on a child’s emotional well-being, we as adoptive parents need to understand our own attachment style if we are to help our children, especially those with difficult histories.]]></description>
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		<title>Neurochemistry and the Adopted Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately, as a child’s environment changes and the neurotransmitter levels become normal, the child’s behavior changes, further changing the brain chemistry. This then affects the brain structure and operation, helping the brain, which is malleable, to then return to a more normal state.]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting the HIV Positive Child, Part III: Telling Your Family and Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you adopt a child—any child—it is only natural to consider what the response of friends and family will be. After all, this is one of the steps in the adoption process—telling others.]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting the HIV Positive Child, Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orphan Care / Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uganda Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adopting a child from another country who is HIV positive requires no special visa beyond the usual IR-3 or IR-4 visas.  However, you will want to be prepared for the adoption, getting through the  process of bringing a child home,  and the care of a such a child.  We will next discuss the day-to-day issues of raising an HIV+ child. ]]></description>
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		<title>Information on the Adoption Tax Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Below are some details that I received from the IRS relating to the adoption tax credit. Documents substantiating the adoption or attempted adoption are required to be attached to the taxpayer&#8217;s return. Acceptable documents are identified in the September 2010 guidance and in IRS publications. In addition, the IRS may ask for proof of expenses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption and HIV, Part 1: Know the Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many families are now choosing to adopt children who are HIV positive. The children can come from any country, but the majority of HIV positive children come from Africa.  About 3 million children in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with the HIV virus, and 90% of all children with HIV come from this region. Because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Birthmother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3260/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 22:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, May 7th, the day before Mother’s Day, is National Birthmother’s Day, a day to honor the millions of brave and loving women placed their babies and children for adoption. So how we can as adoptive parents honor our children’s birthmothers? It need not be very complicated. Just talking about the birthmother, sharing her name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Malaria Day</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3238/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s World Malaria Day theme&#8212;&#8221;Achieving Progress and Impact.” According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/Features/WorldMalariaDay/ , the goal is to reach zero deaths by 2015. That is quite a goal to reach in just 4 years because every 45 seconds a child dies from malaria. In Uganda alone, malaria kills about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spina Bifida Occulta: Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3212/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spina Bifida Occulta occurs in 10-20% of the population. Many people have no symptoms, but for those who do, these can vary widely. Surgery and treatment can also be effective. ]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting out of the &#8220;Birth Order&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3191/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3191/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post-placement and post-adoption issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attachment issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[older child adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sibling rivalry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adopting out of the birth order can be done, but certain considerations should be acknowledged for the sake of your children in the home and the child you are adopting.  ]]></description>
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