Adoption Health Services at OHSU Family Medicine

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd Mailcode: FM | Portland, OR 97239-3098
503-494-5445

Services include: preadoption medical reviews, adoption physicals, travel counseling, immunizations & prescriptions, post-arrival exams and evaluations.

Attachment

Attach China discusses attachment disorders that can affect adopted Chinese children during the critical period from infancy to 3-years old.  A well-informed site that will help you understand how to identify and address this critical nurturing issue with your child.

Adoption Counseling & Educational Services (therapists in Beaverton, Portland, Gresham, Wilsonville, and online) offers individual counseling/coaching for adoptive familes, group counseling, adoptive parenting courses, online counseling/coaching, adoption wellness workshops, and a free monthly adoptive parent support group.

Attorneys

Robin Elizabeth Pope, Attorney-at-law
12125 SW Second St. | Beaverton, OR 97005
503-352-3524
For Do-It-Yourself Oregon re-adoption kit, visit www.robinpope.com

Denise L. Stern, Attorney-at-law
7430 SE Milwaukie Ave | PO Box 82244 | Portland, OR 97282
503-231-9340

Early Intervention

Early Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) in Oregon focuses on building the family's capacity to meet the special needs of the childr. This is accomplished by incorporating strategies for promoting the child's development in family and community daily activities. 503-947-5738

Washinton Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program (ITEIP) provides early intervention services, including family resources coordination, for eligible children from birth to age 3 and their families. 1-800-322-2588

Parenting Guides/Resources

Adoption Mosaic provide adoption education, resources and support to people touched by adoption and to the broader community.

Some of our workshops include:

• Adoption Readiness – available to anyone interested in adoption; designed cover recommended pre-adoption educational topics and to supplement agency trainings
• Transracial Parenting
• Adopted Youth Activity Group Series - for school age adopted youth
• First Years Oregon Discussion Group - for new parents who have adopted internationally
• Lifestory Book Workshop
• Movie Discussion Group – for adopted persons to discuss movies with adoption themes
• Orphanage to Home: Health and Emotional Issues of the Institutionalized Child
• Preparing Your Adopted Child for a Homeland Tour
• What and When: Talking about Adoption with Your Child

EMKPress has put together a useful list of guides on attachment, homeland tours, orphanage visits, an Emergency Toolkit for what happens when you adopt and it isn't what you expected, lifebooks, racism, and more.

Northwest Adoptive Families Association is a non-profit, all volunteer support group for adoptive families and those interested in adoption.  NAFA is actively involved in education, advocacy and support for its member families located throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington.

NAFA sponsors a baby & toddler care class, a monthly waiting families event, a bi-annual conference and other eucational seminars, a library available through the Lake Oswego Library, an annual campout and several other social events.

Adoption Parenting - Tweens is a Yahoo! Group for adoptive parents with children 8-12. It is a helpful spot to file resources, book and DVD lists, articles and links--all pertaining to the tween years. This new list is designed for parents of tweenies, however ALL adoptive parents are welcome to listen, learn and contribute.

Adoption-Parenting Tweens is open to addressing issues that pertain particularly to adopted children aged eight through twelve: change and transition (Middle School!), racial identity, anxiety, sensory issues,making friends, and risky behaviors--and may include practical adoption-parenting advice, shared resources and honest discussion.

ITAT · International Teen Adoptees Talk - This Yahoo! group is only open to internationally adopted teen adoptees to provide them a private place where they can talk with others and with the moderators about issues surrounding adoption, growing up in a transracial family, birthparent loss, racism, and any other issues that international adoptees deal with on a daily basis. The moderators are also international adoptees, and while we will participate/guide some of the discussions, this group is primarily a support group--you are there for each other and for yourselves.