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A New Metric: The Family Success Model

8/31/2016

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Interview with Adam Pertman by Jane Samuel, JD for the August 2016 issue of Therapeutic Parenting Journal:
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Excerpt:

"...our adoption system in the US is failing families, and change needs to occur to better serve the children waiting for homes here and overseas. This change is overdue and needs to track better with recent research highlighting the profound neurological and emotional impacts of early-life toxic stress, neglect and/ or abuse. And this change needs to be systemic.

Pertman, author of the critically acclaimed book Adoption Nation and former head of the Donaldson Adoption Institute, sat down and chatted with me this June about his passion for this paradigm shift." 

To read the entire interview, you can:

download the August issue by CLICKING HERE or

visit this link (scroll to bottom) and download on your computer


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BIRTH MOMS – THE FORGOTTEN PARENT: OUR CONVERSATION WITH ADAM PERTMAN

7/17/2016

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Published on Every Mother Counts blog on July 18, 2016

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Every adoption involves complicated circumstances that deeply impact parents on both sides of the equation.

When it comes to the emotional and physical struggles every new parent faces though, birth moms get very little support. In fact, Adam Pertman, President and CEO of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency and the father of two adopted children, says, “they’re too often considered an afterthought.”
Pertman is also the author of Adoption Nation (Harvard Common Press; 2nd edition, 2011) and an expert at navigating the world of adoption, which he says is understandably “very sensitive territory.” We began our conversation by clarifying some terms.
Click here to read full conversation
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Learn about NCAP on the Radio: Working Mother Radio

1/5/2016

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Aired on working Mother Radio on January 5, 2016

The National Center of Adoption and Permanency's mission is to move policy away from simply finding children homes, to making sure the parents of those homes get the support they need to be a successful family. NCAP President, Adam Pertman, encourages us to read his book, "Adoption Nation", and visit the website at NCAP-US.org to learn more.

Click to hear segment (5.15 length)

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October 8, 2015: Adoption and Permanency: How To Help Families Become Successful

10/8/2015

 
An interview with Adam Pertman by Marion Cook, an adoptive parent and author:

Permanency is the new word in the air around adoption.

Recently I had the pleasure to attend the North American Council on Adoptable Children Conferencewhere I learned more about this concept from the guru of permanency himself, Adam Pertman.

Pertman is the author of Adoption Nation and the president and founder of the National Center for Adoption and Permanency.
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In his session, entitled “Reshaping Adoption for the 21st Century: Progressing from Child Placement to Family Success,” Pertman challenged us to consider what is a permanent family and what can we do to help families become successful.

To read the full interview, click here

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