Questions to ask your pediatrician

From the Post Adoption Learning Center:

Questions that you should ask of the office staff:

1) How long do patients usually wait to see the doctor? 2) What are the office hours? 3) How does the office handle routine questions? 4) How does the office handle emergency calls and after hour calls? 5) Does the office have... more

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) maintains a list of doctors with a special interest in adoption.

Ohio Deborah Borchers, MD, FAAP Ohio and Northern Kentucky Phone: 513-753-2820 Fax: 513-753-2824 E-mail: debbiborch@zoomtown.com Dr. Borchers is a primary care pediatrician with a specialty in adoption and foster care. She provides preadoption... more

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) maintains a list of doctors with a special interest in adoption.

Nebraska Edward M. Kolb, MD International Adoption Medical Consultants 13110 Birch Drive Suite 148, Box 366 Omaha, NE 68164 Phone: 402-680-3269 Fax: 402-496-7126 Email: adoptmedconsultants@cox.net

Nevada... more

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) maintains a list of doctors with a special interest in adoption.

Maine Lisa A. Gouldsbrough, DO, FAAP University Health Care for Kids 295 Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04101 Phone: 201-772-KIDS

Maryland Robin Chernoff, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine CMSC 145 Baltimore, MD 21287 Phone: 410-614-3865... more

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) maintains a list of doctors with a special interest in adoption.

Georgia Sorry; there are no pediatricians listed for this state.

Hawaii Sorry; there are no pediatricians listed for this state.

Idaho Renata Moon, MD, FAAP Boise, ID E-mail: crmoon@pol.net

Illinois... more

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) maintains a list of doctors with a special interest in adoption.

Alabama Jennifer Nobles, MD, MPH, TM MCTR 201 1600 7th Ave South Birmingham, AL 35233-1711 Phone: 205-939-9585 E-mail: jnobles@peds.uab.edu

Alaska Sorry; there are no pediatricians listed for this state.

Arizona... more

The Legal-eaze website provides excellent information concering readoption. The following document can be found here

Readoption -- The Advantages

As many of you already know, there is an enormous amount of red tape among governmental offices in the U.S. For instance, most states recognize foreign adoption decrees as final. However, USCIS (U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services, formerly BCIS and... more

Even though Ella's adoption was finalized in Viet Nam, we still chose to readopt her in our home state. This will provide her with a United States birth certificate with my husband and I listed as parents, a legal name change and an American finalization of the adoption. We sent in our paperwork last week and should be scheduled a court date in June. Finding the proper paperwork (without hiring a lawyer) was a bit confusing and complicated, so I wanted to post a series of informative articles about readoption in the hopes that it may help someone.

Every... more

When I was first researching adoption I was a little confused by the term “culture camp.” Now that I’ve learned more about them, I’m very interested in going as a family when Ella is old enough to appreciate it. Culture or Heritage camps exist in all parts of the country and are geared towards helping adopted kids connect with their heritage and culture of their birth country. Aside from Viet Nam specific camps, there are plenty of multicultural ones that welcome adoptees from different backgrounds.

Here are the Viet Nam / Southeast... more

We had our first (and only) post placement visit yesterday morning and it went very well! Our social worker B did our home visit for our home study as well as our post placement, so it was really nice to see her. It’s amazing how different this visit was compared to our home study. Before the home study my husband and I were so nervous and had cleaned the house top to bottom and talked about how we would respond to questions and all the normal pre-home study antics that go along with being interviewed in your home by someone who is going to determine... more