NICU stands for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It is a specialized unit in a hospital that provides medical care for premature infants, newborns with health conditions, and those who require close monitoring and support in their first few weeks or months of life. The NICU is staffed with highly trained pediatric doctors, nurses, and healthcare [...]
Whether you're just beginning your adoption journey or well into the process, it's crucial to understand the importance of positive adoption language. Positive adoption language is a term the adoption community uses to describe appropriate, constructive terminology. When discussing adoption, some negative words and phrases should be avoided. Many people don't realize these outdated terms [...]
This past Sunday, June 25, Adoptions From The Heart’s PA, NJ, and DE offices hosted their 33rd Annual Family Picnic! This event brings together staff and families (both domestic and international) to celebrate our families brought together by adoption. The picnic is a fun-filled day where adoptive parents, birth parents, adoptees, and extended family members [...]
Recently, Adoptions From The Heart came across a viral video of a married couple who were victims of an adoption scam. This heartbreaking story sparked a conversation about the importance of us as an agency to speak on why it is often better to go through agencies and what to look out for when choosing [...]
Today, more than half of adoptions in the U.S. are open. Within recent years, open adoption has become the most favorable method of adoption. It allows birth parents to have relationships and open communication with their child and adoptive family. In most cases, this is a great way to create and sustain long-lasting relationships for [...]
Let's take a second to talk about adoption profiles and why they're so important in your process. A profile is a visual document prospective adoptive parents create to introduce themselves to expecting parents considering adoption placement. It typically includes information about the prospective family's lifestyle, values, and hopes for the future. In an open adoption, [...]
One of our memorable workshops held in 2023 was our 411 on Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Workshop. We were joined by Dr. Mary Beth Gallagher of the Woman Against Abuse organization to provide an educational experience for birth parents who may have experienced or were seeking to learn more about what an abusive relationship looks [...]
If you or someone you know is either pregnant or recently gave birth, and you are wanting to acquire more information about placing a baby for adoption or making an adoption plan, there are a couple of steps to the adoption process. Not sure where to start? These eight steps below will help you to [...]
Adoptions From the Heart recently sat down with adoptee and adoption social worker Jackie to discuss the evolution of adoption and the trajectory many agencies have witnessed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adoptions From The Heart has always labeled itself as a domestic infant adoption agency. However, over the last few years, we've [...]
AFTH Spring and Summer Ed Series classes are coming up quickly. Every semester, a range of courses taught by social workers and specialists on topics families will find interesting will be available. A number of educational courses, talks, and seminars are intended to help and support families and children. These Classes provide information for adoptive [...]
