This is the final article of a three part series developed by Adoption STAR on the topic of cultural competency. Adoption STAR is a frequent speaker a...
Considering the Adoption of Black Infants
There are more than 400,000 children presently in out-of-home care in the United States. Almost half of these children are Black. Many Black children ...
Christian’s Story: An Airman’s Experience with Transracial Adoption
The new year always brings me a sense of renewed spirit and the opportunity to discover great new experiences in my life. This of course happens with ...
Cultural Continuity and Competency
Michele Fried is the author of Creating a Cultural Continuity Plan for Our Children, an article published in several adoption trade magazines includin...
Adoption and Black History Month
Today is the last day of February, making it the last day of Black History Month. Adoption STAR welcomes ALL clients, but unfortunately adoption has n...
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...
An Adoptee’s Journey: Christian’s Story
Since the Adoption STAR Blog started about one month ago, we have told many birth parent and adoptive parent stories. Today we will be telling the ado...
Revisiting “Off and Running”: Spoiler Warning
Two weeks ago I wrote a short post about the PBS Documentary “Off and Running,” which the adoption STAR staff watched at a staff training dinner. ...
Off and Running: much more than a transracial adoption documentary
Last night was the Adoption STAR staff dinner and training, and as a group we watched a PBS documentary from the POV series entitled “Off and Runnin...