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Chris and Judy

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  5. Positive Adoption Language

    in Looking to Adopt

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    Wow!

    The ones that come to mind because I would be appalled if someone referred to me or my child (or if I were a birthparent) as them;

    Adoptive caregiver - sounds like I'm just a babysitter.

    Exiled parent or simple parent - exiled really - it sounds like their in some early century being sent out of a country never to be returned or something and simple parent - who would really want to be associated with these terms????

    The last one that really caught my eye was the "lost to adoption" referring to our children. Are they missing do we need to write a police report, did we lose them at the playground?

    Like I said WOW - I would be shocked if anyone ever made use of these "Honest Adoption Language" terms in my presence!

  6. NEW PARENTS NEEDED!

    in Looking to Adopt

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    Just an update... lately, the expectant moms who are calling our agency with specific requests in adopting parents are asking to see only profiles on childless couples living in Texas. (And given that the Texas families who are in Abrazo's program at present either all lack approved homestudies or finished profiles or both, that's a bit of a challenge!) So our upcoming orientation in October, we hope to bring in some more childless Texas couples.. y'all come on down, now, y'hear?

    HI!!!! Home Study will be overnighted as soon as I receive it (they said they they sent it out ti us)! Any day now :)

  7. Medical Insurance Coverage & Requirements

    in Looking to Adopt

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    Hi everyone,

    This forum is amazing and I'm so glad Abrazo has created this resource. Our home agency and the social worker who is working with us on the home study are really resourceful, but I still feel like there are many aspects of adoption that remain a question mark, and it's really good to have our group to share the journey with!

    I'm curious if anyone has experience dealing with a health insurance provider that will not pay for medical costs for an adopted child, prior to placement. The ladies at Abrazo gave us a form at orientation to submit to our medical insurance representative, who has essentially refused to sign and notarize it. I'm pretty surprised because I work for a socially conscious employer, and I thought I remember reading somewhere that there is a law requiring medical insurance providers to cover costs as soon as adoptive parents become financially responsible for a child, which would be at birth in the case of domestic adoption of a newborn.

    Anyhow, I'd be curious to know if anyone else has dealt with this, and whether it's worth pursuing it with our benefits specialist at work or the medical insurance provider, or whether this is a dead end and I'd be wasting my time. :huh:

    Corinne

    Hey Corrine -

    My Insurance sent a letter stating our coverage and then a letter saying they would cover our child once placed. They would not sign the form that Abrazo gave us and I think that is a pretty common theme with insurance companies because when I mentioned it to Angela it wasn't a big deal. I guess they said that in orientation too but there was so much info I didn't remember it but Chris did. I would definitely call your insurance company directly - that's what I did and the letter's they gave me were sufficient.

    I hope everything works out!

    Judy

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