Adopting Siblings: Special Issues to Consider

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We try not to separate siblings in adoption when possible, but adopting siblings brings special consideration for adoptive parents. Our guests to talk about sibling adoption are Kimberly Offutt, a social worker at Bethany Christian Services and  Erin Q. Nasmyth, a licensed clinical social worker with Hopscotch Adoptions, who has spent spent the last ten years working with families and children in the foster care system, in child mental health and supporting families in adoption.   Blog summary of the show and highlights can be found here:   Blog summary of the show   Highlights   More Creating a Family resources on sibling adoption can be found here.

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