CCCWA will be posting special needs referrals on Monday night

CCCWA announced that they will be posting special needs referrals on Monday night. We will be looking for referrals for families with a LID (log in date). Placing agencies are allowed to lock in 1 special needs referral per family and agencies can lock in a referral 1 time only.  When the referral is locked in, it is no longer available for other agencies to view. Once the referral is locked in agencies have 72 hours to submit the application or the referral will automatically become unlocked thereby releasing the referral back to the shared site.

Referral consists of medical, lab work, development report, development check list and photos.
Depending on the special need, there may be surgical notes, test results, post-op and/or pre-op photos.

Before receiving a referral families are required to meet with an international adoption specialist to discuss special needs and treatment plans.

CCCWA released non special needs referrals through 8/21/06 LID

CCCWA has released non special needs referrals through 8/21/06 log in date (LID). EAC's next group has a LID of 9/11/06. Families waiting for CCCWA to issue referral will receive referral of an infant girl in generally good health.

Families requesting to adopt a special needs child can receive a referral with in months of receiving LID.

Please help Todd find his forever family

 Todd is an individual referral for EAC. He is a 2 1/2 yr old boy with a language and development delay. He lives with a foster family including a foster brother and foster grandmother. He can walking holding foster mom's hand and he likes to play games like hide and seek.

 

Update on Shelli

Please go to
http://littleflowerprojects.blogspot.com/2012/02/xiangs-and-bouncy-balls.html

to see Shelli at play

A Letter to Zhou

Zhou asked us to share this story with all of you...

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Zhou,

So good to hear from you today!  Thanks for calling to check on us.  Just wanted to say again how much we appreciate everything you did for us in China.  You made our trip even more special, and I can't imagine having gone with anyone else.  Thanks for caring about these precious kids and for taking such good care of all of us in China.  It was truly the trip of a lifetime and we came home with a little priceless treasure!

Bethany is doing so well.  The International Adoption specialists she saw this week were so pleased with her progress and her bonding/attachment to Todd and I.  They thought that within 6 months, she will probably be caught up and on track with other 2 year olds.  She is so smart and has already learned so much since we've been home.  I have no doubt that she will be fine with time.  I'm sending some pictures of her for you to see.  The picture in her little pink outfit is her Chinese New Year's outfit.  We're part of a Families with Chinese Children group here and they have a CNY party every year.  We took Bethany for a little while, and she looked like a little princess.  She was the prettiest girl at the party.  :)

Hope you had a great visit in China with your family.  We would love to make it to the picnic this year, but Bethany's palette surgery is supposed to be in the April to May timeframe, so we probably won't get to come this year.  But we're going to plan on it next year, and we can't wait to see you then.  In the meantime, we'll be in touch.  Take care and thank you again!

Blessings to you!

Todd, Stacey and Bethany

Shelli Laura

We were recently contacted by two wonderful ladies that have been advocating for Shelli. We, EAC named her Laura; however, we found out today that she has been called Shelli for the last year. So she will continue to be Shelli.  She had an incredibly rough start in life. She has been receiving special care and has shown great improvement. She has touched their hearts just has she has touched ours. Please go to http://afamilyforshelli.blogspot.com/ for updated information on Shelli.