Support Services

· Educational Speaker

· Peer Support for Clients at any Stage of the Adoption Process, Including Pregnancy, Grief, Rebuilding, Talking to Family Members, Adoptive Family Contact and Reunion

· Client Access to an M.S.W. Counsellor Specializing in Adoption Issues

For Adoptive Professionals

We Can Provide Assistance With:

· Writing Letters

· Mediating Open Adoption Issues

· Facilitating Reunions

· Decision Making

· Successful Coping Strategies

· Entrustment Ceremonies

· Developing Safe and Healthy Birth Plans and Managing the Hospital Stay

· Putting the Rights Supports in Place for a Successful Adoption Experience

· Adoption Disclosure Registry Information

· A Chance to Ask Questions and Come to Terms with the Fears you Have Around Open Adoption by Meeting and/or Talking to a Birthmother

· Tips and Things to Consider in Planning Successful Meetings and Reunions

· Information about Open Adoption and it’s Effects on Children

· Support while Processing Thoughts and Fears around Search and Reunion Issues

· Information on the Adoption Disclosure Registry and Your Right to Privacy

· Letting go of Guilt and Unhealthy Feelings

· Building Bridges of Understanding that are Helpful in Navigating Adoptive Family Life

For Adoptive Families

To contact us by web or mail:

Birthmothers of Canada
36 Littlefield Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario
N2E 2M5

E-mail:  info@birthmothersofcanada.org

 

 

For Birth Families