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As a clinical social worker specializing in Loss, Grief & Bereavement, I work with individuals and families facing and experiencing…
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Adoption Practice Goes Virtual As with many services during Covid 19, a move to online service has become a part…
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I so welcome being able to offer my clients the option of providing service to them virtually. Initial resistance to…
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I'm a clinical social worker and have been seeing some clients via various technology vehicles, such as Zoom, Skype and…
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Lately, I have been thinking about some of the differences between Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy. As we [all of…
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Yesterday, I attended my first virtual funeral. It felt strange but also strangely beautiful. The deceased was a woman I…
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Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Losses are devastating for parents and their families. The estimated figure is that miscarriage happens in…
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Ancestry.com; 23and me; AND ME !!! Genealogical websites like ancestry.com and 23andme.com have transformed the Adoption world. Years ago, an adopted person wanting to…
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Movie Review and more….. I watched Private Life on Netflix last night. Painful, very real drama, of infertility, reproductive technology,…
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In July, 2018, The Senate of Canada released a report on the Child Adoption Practices in Canada during the 2…
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By Grandma Elaine Placing her baby for adoption, and especially those first few days after coming home from the hospital,…
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Is Milestones & Transitions an Adoption Agency? If not, why would M & T focus on Adoption Awareness Month? Milestones…
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by Grandma Elaine It was almost a week past the due date when the first signs of labour started. At…
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As an adoption practitioner, I wonder how prospective adoptive parents may feel as they approach the adoption homestudy process. Some…
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By: Michaele-Sue Goldblatt, MSW,RSW 23 November 2018 In yesterday’s newspapers and on Facebook, I saw no less than three articles…
A Birth Family Perspective on Adoption Part 2 – Choosing and Meeting the Prospective Adoptive Family
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By Grandma Elaine With about two months to go until the birth, my daughter was eager to find a couple…
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-- By Grandma Elaine “Mom…….I’m……..pregnant.” Still in her late teens, and in school, my daughter knew she wasn‘t ready to…
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When a birth parent or parents makes an adoption plan for their child [usually a newborn or infant], for most…
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by: Michaele-Sue Goldblatt, MSW,RSW, Milestones & Transitions Not all prospective adoptive parents come to Adoption because of Loss, but many do because…
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Stephanie Drenka, born in Korea in 1986, was placed for adoption at the age of 3 months and was adopted…
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Review by Betty Ann Streeter, MSW, RSW, ADV.DIP.SW of Milestones & Transitions Informed by the author/director’s experience of being an adoptive parent…
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We are pleased to present this important article by Debbie Hoffman and Robin May, Ontario social workers who have done…
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Understanding of the uniqueness of adoptive parenthood Comfort with and full acceptance of parenting a child not born to you…
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This can be a very big question. There is now widespread social and legal recognition of the adult adoptee’s need and…
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Understanding of the uniqueness of adoptive parenthood Comfort with and full acceptance of parenting a child not born to you…
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In 1988, Kenneth W Watson defined adoption as: “Adoption is a means of meeting the developmental needs of a child by…
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Start early. Start right away, even if your child doesn’t yet understand what you are saying. It is good practice…
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Many children moving into adoption have experienced some form of developmental trauma. Understanding what the effects of early trauma are…
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How many time have I heard that phrase? Frankly, too many times. Yes, I do love my work but not for the…
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All three of us, Betty Ann Streeter, Patricia Fenton and Michaele-Sue Goldblatt, have years of experience in all aspects of…
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Talking and walking with a friend who has been diagnosed with cancer from the perspective of a person who has…
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Families, like people, come in all shapes and sizes, all colours and heritages, all religions, various types of sexual orientation…
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Illness has an uncanny way of interrupting our plans and we, at Milestones & Transitions, can help you make new…
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This article is difficult to write. The topic is so painful, the feelings it evokes, the memories it calls to…
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These two concepts were prevalent in Adoption in the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s and even in the 1960’s. Adoption agencies sought…
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35 year old single mom of a 7 year old boy, arrives in Toronto to take up an exciting promotion…
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Steve, age 62, Barb, age 60 and Sheila, 56, contacted Milestones and Transitions in regard to their 86 year old…
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Stan and Lisa, both 32, are engaged. Lisa was raised in a Roman Catholic home; Stan was raised in a…
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Ariel, 38, and Patrick, 39, have been married for 10 years and have been trying to have a child for…
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We consulted with two women in their late twenties who recently got married after having lived together for the past…
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We recently met with a man who has one daughter from a previous marriage and his fiancée who has one…
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Recently, we worked with an 87 year old widower who three months previously had lost his wife of 62 years.…