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How can you create an adoptive parent profile to help you stand out and show what makes you unique? To find out, join our guests Erin Quick, the Founder and CEO of PairTree and an adoptive mom, and Jess Nelson, the profile creation provider at Pairtree and a two-time birth mom.

In this episode, we cover:

• What are Adoptive Parent Profiles?
• What other names might they go by?
• Each agency or attorney has their own preference, but the goal is to be yourself and to represent your family honestly. 
• What are the different ways that agencies use profiles?
• Do agencies share your home study with the expectant mom or couple?
• How many profiles is an expectant mother or couple usually given to look at?
• Does each adoption agency or adoption attorney have different info they want you to share?
• What are the elements of a “good” profile?
• What should be on your cover?
• What sections/topics should you include?
• Should you discuss your thoughts on openness in adoption?
• Is a “closing “important?
• How many pictures should you include in an adoptive parent profile?
• Are captions to the pictures important?
• Quality of the pictures.
• Should you include a video if your adoption portfolio is digital?
• What type of pictures should you avoid?
• How to handle pictures with alcohol in them?
• Is there anything different you would suggest for single prospective parents? female and male 
• Is there anything different you would suggest for LGBTQ+ prospective adoptive parents?
• How do you show your family support when you do not have a close family because of death or estrangement?
• What if your house or apartment does not look good or does not photograph well? 
• What format should you use: hardback book, booklet, online, or stapled together?
• How many copies should you print? 
• How important is the adoptive parent portfolio in the expectant parent’s decision-making?
• What is the experience like for an expectant mom or couple to go through profiles.
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  • A Panel of Birth Moms Talk About Adoption (1 hour Creating a Family podcast)

This podcast is produced  by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

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Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.

Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

• Weekly podcasts
• Weekly articles/blog posts
• Resource pages on all aspects of family building