The following information has been taken from the Understanding Infant Adoption Participant Handbook. The author of the handbook (Spaulding for Childr...
Apgar Score: What is it?
As Adoption STAR readies itself for it’s upcoming series of Home Study classes (for more information on these classes visit our Calendar of Even...
What Type of Prospective Parent Are You?
By the Staff of Adoption STAR The agency’s most important daily job is to find families for children. Even though this is often stated, it is probab...
The Baby Blues: Expecting the Unexpected
Sue Reardon explores a common but as of yet undiagnosed condition that many newly adoptive parents face called PAD – Post Adoption Depression Yo...
Adoption Competence and School Assignments
Imagine being in the school and your teacher assigns a lesson to create a family tree or bring in a baby photo or write a story about your birth. If...
WNY Most Admired Leaders In Esteem
Buffalo Business First selected Adoption STAR as one of The Most Admired Companies in Western New York. Buffalo Business First wrote, “We asked re...
Are You Touched By Adoption? This Family Is!
At Adoption STAR, we often discuss being touched by adoption and truly whether you work at the agency or have worked with the agency, you know how mea...
Upcoming Adoption STAR Orientations!
Adoption STAR holds FREE monthly adoption orientation sessions throughout New York and Ohio. These workshops are led by our experienced adoption pro...
Issues and Perspectives in Adoption: Then and Now (Part 3)
This is the third part in a three-part series on the history of adoption, and adoption practices “then and now.” Much of the information was taken...
Frequently Asked Adoption Questions
Adoption STAR has Frequently Asked Question pages for Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents, and International Adoption. One question we receive a lot from ...