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Asia Threads–Historical Information for Your Daughter

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:32:25 +0000

This company takes photos and DVDs for people who want pictures of finding spots or home towns of Chinese adoptees.

dMarie Time Capsule

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:30:31 +0000

This page is great for information on a specific date–great information to include in your child’s lifebook. What’s a lifebook?

EMK Press Adoption Resources

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:28:35 +0000

EMK Press Website

This site has some AWESOME resources under “Parent Resources” dealing with attachment and raising adopted children. They have articles you can download (in PDF format) that are so helpful. I remember reading some during our first few months back with Savannah and they really helped me.

Our Chinese Daughters Foundation

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:27:17 +0000

Our Chinese Daughters Foundation Website

This foundation has many benefits. The woman who started this lives in China with her adopted daughter and does heritage tours for groups as well as orphanage tours.

Chinese Finding Ads

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:25:49 +0000

Research-China Website

This site may be able to find your Chinese adopted daughter’s “Finding Ad” (an ad run in local papers in China about where and when your daughter was found). We ordered this service and it will be invaluable to Savannah when she grows up.

Attach-China Network

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:22:51 +0000

Attach-China Website

This site is devoted to helping those who have adopted from China to develop good and strong attachments with their children.

Ron Nydam Phd–Adoption Issues Speaker

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:09:48 +0000

Earlier this year I heard Ron speak in Holland, Michigan. He has counseled grown adoptees and the perspective he brings to parents just adopting is invaluable. If you get a chance to hear his speak I can highly recommend it. He has also written a book about his findings. Here is a link…

Ron Nydam’s Book

Adoption.com

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:07:29 +0000

Adoption.com Website

This site is a great site for all things adoption. There is a ton of information and resources.

Yahoo Adoption Groups

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:05:10 +0000

Yahoo Groups for China Adoption

These sites are a staple for us.

Adoptive Parents China Yahoo Group

These sites are great for after you have come home from China.

Adoptive Parenting Yahoo Group

Raising China Children Yahoo Group

MIT Open Course Chinese Language FREE!

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:02:08 +0000

MIT Chinese Course

This is a free Chinese Language class! I must admit I have not tried it out yet and I suspect that it will probably be easier for someone whose had at least one basic Mandarin class, it’s worth trying out. It appears that it’s facilited through Quicktime movies–which is awesome! I’ll report back on this when I’ve tried it out. For those of you who have paid for language classes, you know how valuable this resourced is.

Post Adoption Blues?

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:05:34 +0000

Adoptive moms can’t get the blues, can they? Actually they can. This book talks about some of the unforseen challanges of adoption and how to deal with them. I have not read this book, but have read articles about this subject, especially just after we got back with Savannah. Those articles were so helpful and necessary in my life at time and helped explain some of the issues to my husband. I’m sure this book would do much more of the same.

Adoption Learning Partnersâ€”Awesome Training!

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:49:05 +0000

http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/

This site is so excellent I decided it deserved good long explanation. Last year Mark and I were able to take a course called “Conspicuous Families” training through our agency. It deals with becoming a multi-cultural family (which is what you have become when you adopt a child of a different race).

I highly encourage logging onto this site and taking this free training to anyone who has adopted from China or another country. It is eye-opening as well as enriching. They also offer other courses about a number of adoption topics as well as deciding whether adoption is right for you. This site is very advanced and even offers sound as part of the experience.

Chinese Village Language and Cultural School

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:17:37 +0000

Chinese Village Website

I’ve put this into the before adoption category because we were SO happy that we learned a little Chinese before we went to get Savannah in China. This school is located in Grand Rapids, but also offers audio products as well as flipalbums to hear and practice with. Any amount of language you can gain before you go (even if it’s just thank you, hello, and my name is Melissa) is very appreciated by the Chinese people. I (Melissa) am currently in one of their language classes and we will be enrolling Savannah in the preschool class in January.