When the Puzzle Pieces Fit Together
By Alison Lewis, MSW, LICSW, MTS I am the mother of no one at all and truthfully, I do not know what it is like to stand on either side […]
Mental Health Awareness Month: Why Adoption-Competent Counseling Matters More Than Ever
During Mental Health Awareness Month, The Barker Adoption Foundation is shining a light on the importance of mental health support for anyone touched by…
Keeping Them Together – Why is Staying Together Important for Siblings?
Discover the importance of keeping siblings together in adoption. Siblings provide unwavering support, understanding, and a shared history that helps adopted…
Oh, How Do You Do It?
Oh, how do you do it? This is the first question I typically get when I tell someone I’m a single mom. Fair enough – I agree that it’s tough. I didn’t start…
Our New Normal
On an otherwise uneventful Friday in late November 2015, I opened my email to find a message about a little boy from Ann Morrison, the director of the domestic…
Telling Others When You Have Decided to Make an Adoption Plan
[Licensed, experienced Social Worker Erica Seivright-Potts shares practical guidance for how to talk with others (a child, a professional, family members, etc…
Adoption Films For Family Movie Nights
We can imagine there have been more movie nights scheduled than ever before. Did you know watching a movie with an adoption or foster-care storyline, or themes…
Adoptive Couple Seeks to Adopt One Young Child and Gain So Much More
Hear the story of how dads, Alexandre and Franciso, adoptive parents from Brazil, found themselves adopting a sibling group of three boys.
3 Simple (But Important) Things That Help Build Resiliency in Adopted Children
Resiliency: How to Cultivate More of It & Beat the Back-to-School Blues "Resiliency" has become quite the new buzzword, and after a year of…
Embracing Your New Normal – 10 Things Before Adopting Internationally
"As a mom of three, two adopted internationally, I get a lot of questions about adopting our girls. We’ve completed two international adoptions, but we’ve…