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	<title>From Hope to Reality &#187; Adoption Issues</title>
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		<title>SPOON Foundation&#8217;s nutrition &amp; feeding resource for adoptive &amp; foster families</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SPOON Foundation and JCICS have recently partnered to launch a website, Adoption Nutrition. It looks like a great resource, featuring, for example, a section with nutrition profiles for various countries where children are adopted from.]]></description>
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		<title>Helping families with the transitions of International Adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About one-third of families who adopt internationally have smooth transitions; another third or so have some difficulties, but manage to work through these issues; and another third have serious and more pervasive problems. In these more difficult circumstances, even the best parents are often not prepared. Those families who are struggling need support, like every [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>

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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 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>
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		<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>
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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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		<title>Part III: What Parents Can Do If a Child Has an SPD</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2801/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Out-of-sync kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sensory processing disorders can require a lot of work and understanding from parents. In helping and nurturing our children through the issues and conditions they will face, our ultimate goal is to bring glory to God. ]]></description>
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		<title>Passage of International Adoption Simplification Act by Congress November 15th</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2539/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 15, 2010, Congress joined together across party lines to pass S.1376, the International Adoption Simplification Act, which will allow parents to internationally adopt older children (ages 16 and 17) when adopting a younger sibling.]]></description>
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		<title>Back to school with your adopted child</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2277/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2277/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As your adopted children head to school &#8212; whether for the first time or not &#8212; you may wonder how to talk to your children&#8217;s teachers about adoption and adoption-related challenges your children face. Heartofthematterseminars.com has prepared a wonderful document to help you think through how to help both your children and their teachers. Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adjustment, Bonding and Attachment</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2142/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2142/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don't claim to know a ton about attachment and bonding, but we have read a fair amount on the subject and tried to prepare ourselves for anything. If you are waiting for your adoption to be completed right now, spend some time reading about attachment.]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtue of Doing</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2056/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/2056/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was asked by a colleague my thoughts regarding an adoptive couple who wanted to stand outside an abortion clinic and tell each woman that they would adopt the unborn child if  she would choose adoption over abortion. After considering the family&#8217;s plans  for a moment and all the negative press that they could receive, I said it was all [...]]]></description>
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