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baze2baze2
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I would like to educate myself a little on adoption before jumping in..On the process and the things necessary in your home and for a home study (generally)..can you share the book or resource you used? helpful? or a waste of time?

(My family is familiar with adoption...my sister adopted her daughter... several years ago so I would like to have a more up-to-date guide)

thanks ladies..

"Onward"--CathyMD Waiting since 07/5/2011 for our forever child! Yep we are adopting!
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  • pepomntpatpepomntpat member
    Adoption for Dummies and the Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption are good starting points. As far as exact requirements, you would want to ask the agency as every state/county has slightly different requirements. Our agency gave us a checklist which was very helpful in making sure we could meet the safety standards, etc.
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  • -Stephanie--Stephanie-

    To be honest, our agency was our resource/guide for preparing. We read a few books on adoption in general, but for the specifics about our home study process, etc we've relied on our agency and SW's. 

    Here is a list of books that have been suggested on this board:

    https://tinyurl.com/mmrqy3

    If anyone suggests others, I will try to add them to this spreadsheet for future sharing.  

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