When prospective adoptive parents begin their adoption journey at Adoption STAR, they are asked to fill out a grid of what possible health risks they ...
Post Adoption Education
As adoptive parents your adoption experience does not end after the placement of your child, in fact it is just beginning. As a parent you will grow f...
How to handle when one child has an open adoption and the other has a closed one
By Zack Fried, Adoption STAR Intake Specialist “I remember going to McDonalds with my birth mother when I was a baby.” Although this never actuall...
How to celebrate the joy of your new arrival while also dealing with birth parent grief
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR CEO and Founder. Adopting Zachary was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. We can remember it as if it were...