The Adoption STAR Staff would like to thank everyone who attended the Shining STAR event on Wednesday. From the delicious food and wine, to the great ...
Answers to National Adoption Month Online Scavenger Hunt
Earlier today we published a National Adoption Month Online Scavenger Hunt. We are now providing an answer key. The goal of the online scavenger hunt ...
National Adoption Month: Online Adoption Scavenger Hunt
With November being National Adoption Month, it is the perfect time to raise awareness about adoption among school-aged children. We have created an o...
Supporting Special Needs Adoption with Shining STAR
This post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder Michele Fried Having a disability should not define a person, but unfortunately for far too man...
Thoughts on This National Adoption Month
This blog post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Today is the first day of November. For many it is just another Tuesday,...
Adoption STAR Rochester SOFIA Halloween Event
Members of Adoption STAR’s Rochester adoption support group, SOFIA, recently got together for a great Halloween event…and sent us some gre...
Adoption On TV: Modern Family and Parenthood Adoption Plots
Salon recently published a blog post comparing the way two television shows, “Modern Family” and “Parenthood,” have recently t...
Adoption STAR Staff’s Halloween Past
Whether you are a kid getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating or a parent preparing to brave the weather and take your child trick-or-treating, Hallowee...
Celebrity Adoption: Viola Davis
Actress Viola Davis, who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie “The Help” recently became a mother for the first time with t...
Non Violent Communication Method
Yesterday morning the Adoption STAR staff took part in a training session on “non-violent communication (NVC.)” The goal of NVC is to learn to cla...