The Barker Blog

August 31, 2015

Five Factors to Consider When Selecting an Adoption Agency

Lisa Hughes, LCSW-C, Family Specialist

Whether you have worked through grief associated infertility, or you are now able to legally marry your partner (about time!), your decision to build your family through adoption has already been a journey. Domestic Infant Adoption organizations are numerous, and a quick Google search can produce an overwhelming amount of options. With 70 years of domestic adoption experience, The Barker Adoption Foundation can help you find a reputable agency that meets your needs. Here are some key factors to consider as you begin your search.

Categories: Birth Parents, Domestic Infant Adoption, Adoption Perspectives, Inspiration

July 27, 2015

Family From the Start

Even when things don’t go exactly as planned, a Barker family shows the power of a forever family “We are her family.” That’s the unequivocal statement Mike Dame made to a neonatologist when she suggested Mike, his wife, Bethany, and son, Sam, consider backing out of the adoption of newborn Anabel, after briefing them on the potential scope of Anabel’s medical issues.

Categories: Domestic Infant Adoption

July 21, 2015

Announcing The Barker Adoption Book Club

Varda Makovsky, Director of Family and Post-Adoption Services

I am very excited that Barker’s Department of Family and Post-Adoption Services is introducing the Barker Book Club for 2015/2016! We decided to create this forum because books are a great way to bring together people with common interests to share ideas and discuss issues of mutual interest and concern. We have all been in the situation where we have just finished a great book which has raised thoughts and questions, and really want to “process” the contents, but did not have anybody else to share those thoughts with.

Categories: Birth Parents, Older Child Adoption from Foster Care, International Adoption, Domestic Infant Adoption, Adoption Perspectives, Events

June 30, 2015

Infertility and Adoption

Marilyn C. Regier, Ph.D., LCSW-C, Barker Adoption Foundation Executive Director and CEO

Little girls often engage in the common childhood pastime of pretending to be pregnant, but it would be a rare individual indeed who would ever dress-rehearse infertility as a future problem. Unless individuals have pre-existing medical problems, they assume they will easily conceive a child. Not only do they expect that starting a family will be easy, but some also utilize birth control methods to make certain that a baby's arrival will be conveniently planned and timed.

Categories: Domestic Infant Adoption, Adoption Perspectives, Inspiration

June 10, 2015

One Social Worker's View of the Homestudy

Robin Allen, Former Executive Director of The Barker Adoption Foundation

*This article first appeared in Resolve; March 1989 issue; Vol 11 No. 2, and is reprinted, (with the author's changes) with permission of the author.

Categories: Older Child Adoption from Foster Care, International Adoption, Domestic Infant Adoption, Adoption Perspectives

March 10, 2015

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Categories: Older Child Adoption from Foster Care, International Adoption, Domestic Infant Adoption, Events

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