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The Children | Parent Qualifications | Travel Information
The Children
 Almost
all orphanage children experience some emotional issues
and developmental delays from the loss of family and simply
from institutionalization. However, with the cooperation
of orphanage directors, and with medical and psychological
reports, children are selected who offer the best chance
for integration into family life. In most cases, adopted
Latvian children have soon mastered English and have caught
up developmentally. Many are bright and talented children
who have blessed their families greatly.
The adoptive family still maintains final responsibility for selection of their child. Based first on medicals and then on time spent with the child, each family must decide if the referred child is right for their family. Part of the training offered by An Open Door, in Georgia, by home study agencies in other states and on-line, prepares the adoptive family to identify significant and potentially disruptive emotional conditions. These include fetal alcohol syndrome, reactive attachment disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, autism and other conditions which are most difficult to overcome.
Adoptive families must go into the adoption with awareness that there will be adjustments to make and issues to overcome for even the most well-adjusted of orphan children. At the same time this agency does not want any family to accept a child who may be utterly disruptive to their family. This risk exists. We must all work together to select the child best suited for each family. We have consistently found that families, who have earnestly sought their child in prayer, have ultimately been blessed with the right child for them.
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