Adoption

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Reviewed May 2009

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Title:   Adoption
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Adopting a child is one of the most important decisions that you can ever make. The decisions that you make after the adoption, as your children reach each new stage in their development, are also important.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Adoption
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Being adopted may feel quite straightforward when you are young, but when you are a teen, you will probably have lots of questions that you want answered.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Intercountry adoption - emotional health
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most children who have been adopted from another country do well with loving parenting but there are are differences.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Permanent care explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Permanent care places children who can't live with their birth parents in new and permanent homes. The Children's Court makes the decision and the new parent becomes the child's legal guardian. Permanent care parents are responsible for both the day-to-day care of the child and also long-term decisions about there future.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Pregnancy options
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   For people who have planned and wanted a child, the news of pregnancy is wonderful. For some young people however, the news can come as a shock.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Adoption
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Adoption is when someone from one family is chosen to be part of a new family. It is a legal way to create a parent-child relationship between people who are not related by blood.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Adoption
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Finding out you were adopted may be a hard thing to come to terms with. When you find out in later life, like in your teenage years, it can be even harder. It might feel like everything in your life has changed and you do not know your place anymore.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Pregnancy - options
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   For people who have planned and wanted a child, the news of pregnancy is wonderful. For some young people however, the news can come as a shock.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Teenage pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Becoming pregnant as an adolescent, especially if the pregnancy is not wanted, can put enormous stress on young women and their families.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Intercountry adoption - travel
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents who have been overseas to bring home their adopted children have provided much of the information here for travelling to pick up your child.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Intercountry adoption - physical health
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children who have been adopted from overseas have been used to different physical conditions and different foods from the country they are adopted into. Some child may have health conditions that are not usual in their new country.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Options during pregnancy
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Discovering you are pregnant can result in a range of feelings. It is important to get some support and advice. This fact sheet contains information on the options available to you when you are pregnant.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pregnancy - your options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   If you are pregnant you have choices on whether to continue the pregnancy. Unplanned pregnancies are very common. Unplanned is not always unwanted and many people choose to become parents despite the lack of planning; others choose abortion (termination), foster care or adoption.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Adoption explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Adoption can give a secure family life to children who, for various reasons, can't live with their birth family. Intercountry adoption provides families for children from other countries. Adoption means the people caring for the child become the child's legal parents.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Adoption - coping with being adopted
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   People find out that they are adopted in different ways. These days, it is not uncommon to find out when you're so young you might not remember being told. Everybody's response is individual, and can depend on a number of factors, including the way you find out about your adoption, or the stage of life you are at. Check out this fact sheet for more info.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Making a decision to find your birth parents
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   The decision to find your birth parents may be a big one. This fact sheet looks at ways to help you make that decision.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Adoption - deciding whether to search for your birth parents
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Making the decision to search for your birth parents may be a big one, with many different things to consider. Check out this factsheet for factors that might help you make your decision and, if you decide you want to, how you might go about finding them.
Title:   Breastfeeding the adopted child
Publisher:   Australian Breastfeeding Association
Description:   Breastfeeding an adopted child is a possibility of which few are aware. It is not necessary to have been pregnant or to have functioning ovaries to be able to lactate and breastfeeding can be a very positive experience for the child and mother.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Raising an adopted child
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of parents who adopt children; interview with parents; challenges, responsibilities and benefits.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Having a family
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   It can often take up to a year, even for healthy fertile couples, to become pregnant.
Date:   Nov 2005
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