This post was written by Kathy Crissey, MS, LMHC. Kathy is an Adoption Social Worker for Adoption STAR, and is also the owner of Turning Point Counsel...
Modern Family’s Adoption Story Line
Last week I posted the Modern Family trailer for season 3, which starts tonight at 9 pm on ABC, and here is an article from TV Guide with details on [...
International Adoption: A Global Orphan Crisis
Child trafficking and international adoption has been in the news lately, and the New York Times recently wrote a feature about the issues regarding o...
What About Dad? The Importance of Birth Fathers
This post is written by Dr. Jeannine Zoppi. According to her website, Dr. Zoppi specializes in individual and group therapy for adoptees and adoptive ...
Dave Thomas Foundation Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
The Dave Thomas Foundation, which was created by the founder of Wendy’s, recently released its annual Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces....
Adoption STAR Staff Thoughts on Adoption Movie: “Live and Become”
Yesterday the Adoption STAR staff took some time out of our busy schedule to watch a movie called “Live and Become”. The film follows Scholomo, as...
Adoption STAR Book Club: Born In Our Hearts
This month’s book club book was “Born In Our Hearts” by Filis Casey and Marisa Catalina Casey. The book compiles stories from birth pare...
One Week Until Modern Family
We have spoken about Modern Family a few times over the summer, so I figured I would share the new promo for Modern Family’s third season, which...
Adoption STAR Welcomes Shannon Whalen
We are happy to inform you that Shannon Whalen, MSW has joined the Adoption STAR staff full time as of Monday, September 12. Shannon will work primari...
Adoption In The News: Sperm Donation Regulations
CBS News and the New York Times recently did an interesting report on sperm donations and the CBS News report asks “are lax U.S. sperm donation poli...