tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post4374193877074821682..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Lessons for Social Workersmalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-64448665223431634642010-09-24T19:16:59.385-05:002010-09-24T19:16:59.385-05:00I think it is also valuable if the PAPs come to th...I think it is also valuable if the PAPs come to the determination that the program, process, country, whatever is not appropriate to their desires on their own. When people figure things out for themselves -- rather than being told they aren't good enough by an expert (and no matter the actual reason, that is what they will "hear") -- they are much more likely to accept it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-26875849262677107432010-09-24T13:57:08.381-05:002010-09-24T13:57:08.381-05:00Exactly Amy!
PAPs who fail a SW review will sim...Exactly Amy! <br /><br />PAPs who fail a SW review will simply game the system by trying another SW/Agency AND hiding what ever it was that caused the earlier fail. <br /><br />So, yeah, agencies and SWs need to work diligently with PAPs to get them to come to face with their own realities or constraints and disqualify themselves if they are able to. <br /><br />That does not however let the poor state of SW review for adoptions off the hook. SWs need to be better at what they do here, or have their credentials restricted from homestudy reviews for adoptions. <br /><br />And any SW that allowed (through any fault on their part, or not) a positive review for a PAP and that PAP subsequently harmed the child in any way..... that SW needs to be barred from further homestudy review practice. Sure, it sucks for that SW, but it sends a strong signal to all SWs to do their job and do it very well or suffer loss of license. There have to be consequences within the regulatory system in order to make SWs work at the levels needed to protect children from harm through negligence (regardless of reason of cause). <br /><br />Too often when a story of a harmed child is covered in the press, some in the adoption community in the internet is quick to excuse away fault for both the parents as well as the SW and agency. It's disgusting.<br /><br />Zero tolerance for any SW that completed a homestudy favorably and the PAP later harmed the child.<br /><br />Zero tolerance for any AP that harms their adopted child. Prison time, serious prison time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-61339104597918070642010-09-24T13:02:03.808-05:002010-09-24T13:02:03.808-05:00You ask why we want PAPs to screen themselves out ...You ask why we want PAPs to screen themselves out rather than the SW doing it... Because unfortunately, if one SW screens them out, and the PAPs don't agree, they have learned that the "issue" is something to be hidden, and they try again with a new SW/agency. And this time they are less honest with themselves and the SW. At least that is the way I look at it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07626592961702989120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-80954373256869209892010-09-24T09:18:07.912-05:002010-09-24T09:18:07.912-05:00So glad professionals are starting to hear.
It g...So glad professionals are starting to hear. <br />It goes beyond "culture camp". Adoption agencies who teach that incorporating the adopted child's culture into their new life will somehow remove their sense of loss is a woefully inadequate philosophy.Samantha Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249283547377633349noreply@blogger.com