The Adoption Directory [Paperback]

Marcy Oliver-Rehorn (Author), Lightbourne Images (Author), Carol Keefer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Adoption can be a joy-filled, loving experience or a tragedy. The most important step in the adoption process is choosing the right professionals to guide you through the complex adoption maze. This directory offers suggestions and guidelines for making this very important decision. These guidelines have been broken down into an easy-to-follow, step-by-step plan to help guide you in making this monumental decision. The adoption professional listings in the directory include detailed contact information, fees, placement statistics, business philosophy, and more! An unique and invaluable adoption resource.

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About the Author

In March of 1962, Marcy Oliver-Rehorn was placed in the arms of her adoptive parents. Having already given birth to three sons, and unable to carry another baby to term, they had chosen the path of adoption to fulfill their dream of parenting a girl. Thirty-three years later, almost to the day, Marcy herself became an adoptive parent. After many disappointments and heartaches while searching for a child, the long wait was finally over. Marcy's son was placed in her arms on March 9, 1995, and her daughter arrived four months later. Two miraculous events that changed her life forever. The dream of parenting children, that she had been envisioning and longing for, had finally come true. From that point on, having come full circle from being adopted to being an adoptive parent, she know her life's work. From these experiences, her passion and dedication is directed towards those individuals who choose the path of adoption. The Adoption Directory is one of the many manifestations in her labor of love. Marcy and her two children live on the central coast of California.

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Why is choosing the perfect professional so important? For pre-adoptive parents, choosing the perfect professionals will provide you with the services that are most important to your adoption vision. The right professional can spot the hazardous red flags that can cause unnecessary heartaches, financial loss, and the various other tragedies that are associated with the negative side of adoption. If you have spent years on the infertility roller coaster, only to learn that you cannot conceive children, the blow is devastating. After a period of mourning, you decide to adopt. What a time of joyful celebration! The search begins. The first phone calls are made to professionals. Unfortunately, the information you seek is not always easily obtained. The waiting game begins all over again. Some professionals will tell you that parenthood is easily achieved without research. While this might be true in rare cases, the truth is that most often, as a pre-adoptive parent, doing your research is vital to a successful adoption. This is where the seven step plan contained in this directory can help. 7 Steps to Choosing Your Adoption Professionals gives you a road map, clearly lights your path, and leads you, step-by-step, towards your goal of a successful adoption. For birth parents, choosing the perfect professionals will provide you with the security of knowing that the adoptive parents with whom you are placing your child are the best choice for you and your child. These professionals will present the facts clearly and openly and will guide you to services that are necessary for your mental and physical well-being, such as counseling and adequate health care. Following these seven steps will help you in making this choice of adoption professionals. The Adoption Directory professionals list is a comprehensive selection of adoption professionals from which you may choose your perfect adoption team. These professionals have provided pertinent and relevant information for your initial search, including services provided, cost of services, number of successful adoptions, their business philosophy, etc. This information allows you to compare and choose those services and products you need for a successful adoption.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Cherub Publishing Company; 1 edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966078632
• ISBN-13: 978-0966078633
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,367,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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