Can someone help me clarify the word "disruption?"

Mush-Tastic · June 2012

We had our first meeting with our adoption agency last week and they were giving out statistics of their placements. They are a smaller agency attached with their own crisis pregnancy center so a lot of their birthmoms come from that program.

They typically place anywhere from 12-15 newborn babies a year. In the past 4 years, they have only had 2 "disruptions" that were both in 2010; otherwise nothing in 2008, 2009, or 2011 and none this year so far.

This doesn't mean just failed matches, does it? I'm confused by this term and can't seem to find it in my adoption book I'm reading. It might be described as something else.

Of course I was so caught up in the moment that this word didn't really hit me until this past weekend when I was going through the paperwork.

baze2 · June 2012

I can't be sure but it sounds like..a disruption is a change of heart..where the BM decides to parent rather than place their child..possibly after the match has already occured.

kellyrn9956 · June 2012

My understanding is that a failed match is just that - a match where there is a change of heart from either side. A disruption is once the baby is already in the home, before parental rights can be terminated.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

MarionB79 · June 2012

I agree with the gals above. Disruption means that the adoption does not get finalized and the child returns to the birth parent. With older children that could also be after they have been placed, but something just doesn't work out. With infants it mostly happens before the birth parents relinquish their rights.

Dr.Loretta · June 2012

I think it may be agency-specific. Ours used the terms disruption and disappointments to distinguish. You may want to ask for clarification.

I found this link: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_disrup.cfm

IRR · June 2012

Kellyrn is correct, I was just reading about this today. Disruption happens after the child is in the home but before finalization.

jenn985 · June 2012

I think it depends on the state and the agency. I live in Oregon and the birth parents sign termination papers before the baby leaves the hospital so there is no changing it once little one is in their "forever" home. Our agency refers to "disruption" as any match that fails after the match between the birth parents and the adoptive parents.

nicoleskr · June 2012

Wow! There's lots of variation. For AZ the term means that the child is in your home but the foster parents/ adoptive parents decide they dont want the kid anymore for any number of reasons. It means they need to find a new home- but its not necessarily the bio parents. I think moving the kid back home is simply called reunification.

MayDayGirl · June 2012

Mush since you are adopting in mn I am fairly certain it is when the mom changes her mind after the baby is in your home since there is a ten day revocation period in that state. NOT describing a failed match.

Mush-Tastic · June 2012

Thanks, everyone!

mommytoconnor · June 2012

Disruption can mean several things. Either the BM or adoptive families changed their minds. Many times a disruption means that something happened that the child was removed from the placement, either by adoptive parents wishes or by social workers request. I wouldn't worry too much about "disruptions". It really doesn't mean much for other adoptive families.

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