Yolanda talks about why a psychological assessment and report would be requested when a home study is being conducted. Yolanda also suggests ways to make sure that you access and provide what is being asked of you. A brief explanation of one common assessment tool, the MMPI, is provided.

Yolanda discusses basics about Hyper Vigilance and the impact on our adopted children. She also cautions what else it can look like, how it can impact our child’s life three suggestions on how to help our children with exhausting Hyper Vigilance.

Yolanda suggests 5 things you can do today to help you understand what is will be like to parent a child of color. These five suggestions, if followed, will bring you huge steps towards being the parent you want to be to your new child and the parents your child needs.

Yolanda acknowledges that fathers often feel they are not the primary parents, and sometimes they are right. What Yolanda reinforces is the very strong importance and influence fathers have in their child's life, even when they don't realize it.

Yolanda discusses WHY Love is Not Enough when parenting our very complex kids and what to do instead to help your new family be successful. If you take the advice Yolanda provides, you will feel much more prepared when your child comes home.

Yolanda shares a unique way to look at the role of parents as “containers” to help their children heal.

Yolanda answers the simple question, yet confusing answers to what fees are associated with adopting a baby with an agency or an attorney.

Yolanda explains the little shared phenomenon of attraction between uniting birth family members and suggests ways in which to avoid this occurrence