Conducted in 2007, the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) was a “first-of-its-kind” survey that studied adoptive families (and their exper...
Placing a Child for Adoption
Two different perspectives on making the decision to place a child for adoption – a birth mother offers one perspective while a birth grandmother of...
Books Reviews by Adoption STAR Staff – Teen-Specific Literature
Folks that regularly read our agency’s monthly e-newsletter may have caught a series of brief book summaries recently written by Chris Fancher. One ...
The Right and The Fight For Open Records For Adoptees
In September 2000, I wrote letters in support of Open Records throughout New York State. Fourteen years later we still wait. However, there is recent ...
Birthday Sentiments Through Social Media
Historically, it has not been common to find articles written by birth mothers that involve sharing the positive things they’ve experienced as a par...
June is National Safety Month!
As per the National Safety Council’s website, “Each June, the National Safety Council celebrates National Safety Month. The 2014 National Safety M...
Adoption STAR Staff Responses to This Month’s Film Clip
Here are some Adoption STAR staff responses to the latest film clip we watched as apart of our TV/Film clip viewing project. See our Facebook post on ...
How Can The Adoption Star Staff Help Me?
When you register with Adoption STAR, you will be assigned a social worker that is referred to as a Family Advocate. Each of our Family Advocates has ...
The Nebulous Concept of Race
Throughout our lives, we are asked to identify our race or ethnic origin a countless number of times and in countless ways. Boxes may need to be check...
May is Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
On June 17, 2013 the most precious baby boy came into our lives through adoption. Isaiah has Prader-Willi Syndrome. May is PWS awareness month so I wa...