TEXAS - Adoptive Parent Training
Adoptive Parent Training for Texas Adoptive Families
Adoptive Parent Training
Welcome to Adoption U
FREE PREVIEWTerms and Conditions
Adoption Expectations Intro from Adoption Choices of Texas!
Unrealistic Adoption Expectations
Realistic Adoption Expectations
Expectations in Texas
Risks of Adoption
Medical Issues
Adoption Disruption
Discharge Pre-Consent
Financial Risk
Adoption Expectation and the Adoption Process Quiz
Understanding Adoption Processes Intro
FREE PREVIEWTexas Two Step Adoption Process
Termination of a Birth Mother Rights
Termination of Birth Father Rights
Establishing Paternity in Texas
Requirements of Consent
Affidavit of Relinquishment of Parental Rights
Birth Fathers: Alleged vs Presumed/Acknowledged
The Best Interests of the Child Standard
The Confidential Nature of Adoption Proceedings
The Permanent Nature of Adoption
Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC)
Indian Child Welfare (ICWA)
ICWA with Texas
Types of Adoption
What are the Legal Binds for Each Type of Adoption?
Understanding Adoption Processes Quiz
Agency vs Private/Independent Adoption
Involuntary Termination of Birth Parents
Open Adoptions in Texas
Home Study and Background Check Requirements in Texas
Home Study Reports may also include the Following Types of Information:
Home Visits
Home Visits Will Also Require
Home Study Quiz
Introduction to Adoption Profile Books
FREE PREVIEWWhat is an Adoption Profile Book?
How long should an Adoption Profile Book be?
What should your Adoption Profile Book include?
Online or Video Version of your Adoption Profile Book
How do you Make your Adoption Profile Book Stand Out?
How do you make the Adoption Profile Book?
What is an Adoption Profile Book? Quiz
The Matching Process Intro
FREE PREVIEWThe Matching Process
Understanding How the Matching Process Works
It’s a Match!
Staying in contact with your caseworker
Logistics- Pre/ Post Match Quiz
Birth Family Relations and Communications
FREE PREVIEWFirst Interactions
Do's and Don’ts
Other Boundaries
Maintaining Relations Throughout the Pregnancy
Relationship with the Birth Father
Birth Family Relations and Communications Quiz
Adoption Social Worker Q & A
The Birth Plan
FREE PREVIEWPreparing for the Hospital Visit
Decisions at the Hospital
Birth Mother Gift
The Birth Plan quiz
Hospital Etiquette
FREE PREVIEWDo’s and Don’ts:
Respecting the Birth Plan
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Nesting Rooms
Who Names the Baby?
When Do You Get the Baby, i.e., Discharge?
Hospital Etiquette Quiz
Birth Mother Consent/Post-Placement
Consent Signing Process - TX
Consent Signing Process Rules
Irrevocability and Insurance Paperwork
ICPC
Consent Does Not Equal Finalization
Birth Mother Consent Quiz
Adoption Disruption Intro
FREE PREVIEWDefining Disruption
Reasons Disruption Can Happen
What happens next?
How to prevent or minimize adoption disruption
Adoption Disruption Quiz
Texas Finalization
Post-placement Visits and Reports
Loss and Grief Intro
FREE PREVIEWIssues for All Parties to the Adoption
Adoption is a Life-long Issue for All Parties
Balancing Your Happiness to Her Grief
Loss and Grief Quiz
Post Placement Communications in Texas
Welcome Home Help
FREE PREVIEWHandling a Newborn
Inducing Lactation
Bonding and Soothing
Diapering, Bathing, and Feeding Your Baby
Sleeping Basics
Parenting Issues and Concerns
Special Parenting Circumstances Intro
FREE PREVIEWParenting a Child of a Different Cultural or Racial Background, Infancy through Adulthood
Parenting a Special Needs Child
Parenting a Drug/Alcohol-Exposed Baby
Special Parenting Circumstances Quiz
Adoption Tax Credit Intro
FREE PREVIEWAdoption Tax Credit Benefits
How Much is the Tax Credit?
Claiming the Credit
Adoption Tax Credit Benefits Quiz
Thank You For Joining Us at Adoption U!
Adoptive Parent Training Survey