Guest Anna Abraham shares about post adoption services and they can assist those who have used Gladney's adoption services. At Gladney, these services are for life. Placing a child for adoption means that a woman has relinquished her rights to the child which means she no longer has authority over the child. We don't believe that she "gave up" her child. We believe that she made a choice to say "I am no longer this child's parent". The most common question Anna hears from birth parents ... "when will we hear from the adoptive family again?"Services Offered to the Birth Parents:<ul><li>Help birth parents with counseling</li><li>Navigate reunions with birth parents and the child placed for adoption</li></ul>Resources:<ul><li>Resilence Support Group by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/thetabledfw/">The Table DFW</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/birth-mothers-amplified/id1527938525">Birthmothers Amplified</a></li></ul>

Join the AdoptED educators for a deep dive into topics they cover inside AdoptED's adoption curriculum, and listen along as they seek to educate and equip students and teachers with relevant information about adoption, child welfare, and what it’s like to be a teenager.
ShiftED, presented by AdoptED, is a podcast produced and recorded by the Gladney Center for Adoption, a premier non-profit adoption agency located in Fort Worth, TX.