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The Children | Lithuanian Program | Adoption Process | Accomodations
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 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.
Family will be presented with all available information on child’s medical state and social history. The special report will be prepared by the country representative and will be based on all available information.
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 any significant and potentially disruptive emotional conditions. These may 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 well-adjusted of orphan children. At the same time this agency does not want any family to accept a child who may be disruptive to their family. 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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