Schools can unintentionally be a minefield for adopted children and their parents. School issues adoptive families face can include:
- The language used to talk about adoption and birth families
- What, who, and when to talk with school personnel about your child’s history
- Traditional assignments such as family tree and baby picture
- Learning issues cause by early deprivation or prenatal exposure
- Ethnicity and racial issues
Creating a Family has many resources to help you handle these sticky adoption-related school issues. A few we think you will find particularly helpful are:
- A Letter to My Adopted Child’s Teacher (blog post)
- What’s the Big Deal About the 2020 Census? (blog post)
- Homeschooling Kids (on top of everything else) During Coronavirus (1 hr. radio interview w/ expert, from our CoVid-19 series)
- Raising a Child with ADHD to a Successful & Healthy Adulthood (1 hr. radio interview w/ expert)
- School Issues for Kids Who Struggle (1 hr. radio interview w/ experts)
- Suggested Book on ADD and Learning Differences for Adoptive Parents
Many more Creating a Family radio interviews with experts, videos, blogs, fact sheets, and Q and A’s with Experts on school issues and assignments with adopted kids can be found at the icons below.
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Additional Resources
Creating a Family Radio Shows on School Issues
Creating a Family Blogs on School Issues
Creating a Family Factsheets, Tips on School Issues
Creating a Family Videos on School Issues
Q and A's with Experts on School Issues