Adoption

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Reviewed September 2011

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Title:   Adoption and foster care
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When a woman finds out that she is pregnant, there are many issues to consider. If the pregnancy is unplanned or unwanted, there are extra pressures which sometimes mean that the parents consider adoption or fostering for their child.
Date:   Nov 2011
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 2011
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:   Oct 2011
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:   Oct 2011
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:   Oct 2011
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:   Oct 2011
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.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Adoption
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. Adoption means the people caring for the child become the child' s legal parents. Intercountry adoption provides families for children from other countries.
Date:   Jun 2011
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:   Apr 2011
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:   Mar 2011
Title:   Adoption - 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 and what to do once you've made that decision.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Adoption - deciding whether to search for your birth parents
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Find out more about the options available to you if you are adopted and decide to look for your birth parents.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Adoption - coping with finding out you are adopted
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   Find out the different types of adoption, as well as some helpful hints on helping you deal with finding out you are adopted.
Date:   Sep 2010
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 2010
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 2010
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:   Feb 2010
Title:   Pregnancy - your options
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Unplanned pregnancies are very common. Not all, however, are unwanted. In some cases, the woman, though surprised, looks forward to raising the child. When a woman doesn't want to become a parent, her pregnancy options include abortion, foster care and adoption.
Date:   Nov 2011
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:   Nov 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:   Dec 2011
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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