How to
Adopt

Resources for Prospective Parents

Over the last several years, NACAC published While You Wait, a bulletin for prospective parents with information about foster children, preparing to foster or adopt, and advice from other parents. While the publications were designed for Minnesota prospective parents, they contain useful information for prospective parents from all around North America.

Click on the links below to access a PDF on each topic:

• Overview of the Process
• Special Children Require Special Parents
• Becoming Your Own Advocate: Learning to be Assertive
• Expanding Your View: Shortening Your Wait
• Foster and Adopted Preteens and Teens Speak Out
• Celebrate Adoption Month this November
• Resources to Help You Prepare for a Foster or Adoptive Placement
• A Look into the Lives of Foster Families Who Have Recently Adopted
• Concurrent Planning: Making a Promise to the Child
• Keeping Kids Together: Fostering and Adopting Siblings
• Honoring a Child's History
• Learning about a Child's Background