Lesson 7: Birth Parents: Meeting and Matching
As a hopeful adoptive parent, it’s important to treat the birth mother as the equal partner she is in adoption. She’s trying to decide if your lifestyle is what she wants for her child. In this lesson we’ll guide you through all of the ins and outs of birth mother concerns, from your initial communication with her to a match.
You will learn about:
- How to screen potential birth mothers
- Counseling for birth mothers
- Preventing and handling a reclaim
- Preparing for your first phone call with a birth mother
- Gathering and notating info about a birth mother
- Meeting in person with a birth mother
- How an adoption match should be handled
