What you can do in advance to make sure you’re as prepared as possible when you get that wonderful call.  

Yolanda suggests 7 actions you can take early on if your young child is having concerning and or disruptive behavior in his new school environment

Yolanda discusses 5 common reasons an existing home study would not transfer to another agency or method of adoption, and the rally important reason you don’t want your home study to transfer.

Yolanda provides two definitions of micro aggressions, a concept and practice she has recently discovered. She also gives examples of micro aggressions and poses questions about the impact on our children.

Yolanda explains what kinship adoption is, the advantages of kinship adoption, the challenges of kinship adoption and great suggestions when considering adopting a family member.

Yolanda discusses the problem of thinking of our children as “trophies” and the actions of one ups man ship that some parents involve themselves, including Yolanda. She strongly suggests what to do instead.

Yolanda explains the common practice of concurrent planning in foster care and what it may mean for you if you plan to do foster to adopt.

Yolanda cautions parents about what they pass on to their children about birth parents. Seemingly neutral comments can sound very harsh when coming from a child and because children, teens and young adults are doing their identity work, what you say about birth parents can impact the youth’s identity.

Yolanda has been talking to many people who are being told they need to be “therapeutic parents”. She reviews very important primer bullet points about what it means to be a therapeutic parent.

Yolanda discusses the very important benefits/reasons to access a trained and experienced adoption professional when increasing contact between adoptive family and birth family.