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Faith Integration

Ensuring Holistic Inclusion for Adopted Students Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityFaith IntegrationTalks & Lectures

Ensuring Holistic Inclusion for Adopted Students

https://youtu.be/_JxD4fojKMQ Professional Development for All Belong, Center for Inclusive Education. March 24, 2021 Students who are adopted may face unique, and sometimes unrecognized, barriers to inclusion and belongingness within educational settings. In this workshop we will discuss the narratives that are present around adoption, especially…
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March 30, 2021
Adoption Roundtable: Religiosity and Adoption Adoption & Foster CareFaith IntegrationPodcast & Radio Interviews

Adoption Roundtable: Religiosity and Adoption

Season 1, Episode 25: Dr. Elisha Marr & Dr. Emily Helder discuss research regarding religiosity and adoption. Dr. Marr outlines the findings from existing nationally representative datasets regarding the link between religious affiliation and likelihood of pursuing adoption, linking this with macro level trends such…
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March 22, 2021
Adoption Roundtable Podcast: Domestic Adoption in Ethiopia Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityFaith IntegrationPodcast & Radio Interviews

Adoption Roundtable Podcast: Domestic Adoption in Ethiopia

Season 1, Episode 5: Sebilu Bodja, MPA & Kristi Gleason, LMSW, outline Ethiopia's transition from being a sending country for international adoptions toward developing and prioritizing domestic foster care and adoption programs. They highlight ways that Bethany Christian Services has worked in partnership with the…
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September 14, 2020
Religious Motivation to Adopt as a Predictor of Adoptive Family Structure, Parental Discipline, and Outcomes Adoption & Foster CareChildhood AdversityFaith IntegrationPapers & Presentations

Religious Motivation to Adopt as a Predictor of Adoptive Family Structure, Parental Discipline, and Outcomes

Originally Authored by Emily J. Helder, Marjorie L. Gunnoe, and Hannah Timmermans in Adoption Quarterly Download Full Text Article PDF Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine religious motivation to adopt and how this relates to decisions families made while adopting, firm discipline,…
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July 21, 2020
The Routledge Handbook of Adoption – Chapter 1: Historical and Contemporary Contexts of US Adoption Adoption & Foster CareChapterChildhood AdversityFaith IntegrationMental Health Policy

The Routledge Handbook of Adoption – Chapter 1: Historical and Contemporary Contexts of US Adoption

Originally Authored By Elisha Marr, Emily Helder, and Gretchen Miller Wrobel in The Routledge Handbook of Adoption Download Full Text PDF Introduction Complex family forms, such as those created through adoption, are becoming increasingly commonplace in the US. Our contemporary familiarity with adoptive families, whether…
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March 3, 2020
The Routledge Handbook of Adoption – Chapter 21: Religiosity and Adoption Adoption & Foster CareChapterChildhood AdversityFaith IntegrationMental Health Policy

The Routledge Handbook of Adoption – Chapter 21: Religiosity and Adoption

Originally Authored by Emily Helder and Elisha Marr in The Routledge Handbook of Adoption Download Full Chapter PDF Introduction In the US, religious groups are regularly called upon to consider adopting in order to provide a home for a child in need (ABBA, n.d; Daly,…
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March 3, 2020