This post is written by Dr. Jeannine Zoppi. According to her website, Dr. Zoppi specializes in individual and group therapy for adoptees and adoptive ...
Dave Thomas Foundation Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
The Dave Thomas Foundation, which was created by the founder of Wendy’s, recently released its annual Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces....
Adoption STAR Staff Thoughts on Adoption Movie: “Live and Become”
Yesterday the Adoption STAR staff took some time out of our busy schedule to watch a movie called “Live and Become”. The film follows Scholomo, as...
Adoption STAR Book Club: Born In Our Hearts
This month’s book club book was “Born In Our Hearts” by Filis Casey and Marisa Catalina Casey. The book compiles stories from birth pare...
One Week Until Modern Family
We have spoken about Modern Family a few times over the summer, so I figured I would share the new promo for Modern Family’s third season, which...
Adoption STAR Welcomes Shannon Whalen
We are happy to inform you that Shannon Whalen, MSW has joined the Adoption STAR staff full time as of Monday, September 12. Shannon will work primari...
Adoption In The News: Sperm Donation Regulations
CBS News and the New York Times recently did an interesting report on sperm donations and the CBS News report asks “are lax U.S. sperm donation poli...
Pregnancy Health: Exercising During Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy and Exercise is the fifth and final part of a five-part blog series on pregnancy health. Visit the Adoption STAR website for more in-depth i...
When and How to Discuss Adoption with Children Already in the Home
This post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried, and Adoption STAR Intake Specialist, Zack Fried. When: When to tell a child alr...
The Home Study Process
A Home study is a requirement for any family looking to grow their family through adoption. It is a document prepared by an agency social worker, whic...