Family Discipleship Resources:
02-Lead Your Family in Worship
03-Make Your Family Vacation a Spiritual Retreat
04-Pray & Share a Word from God
05-Questions to Spark Meaningful Conversations
Adoption Fund-Raising Articles & Tools:
- Webinar: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption by Christian Alliance for Orphans
- Resource Links: Funding Your Adoption by Show Hope Adoption Ministry
- Resource Links: Funding Adoptions by Christian Alliance for Orphans
- Fund-Raising Service Project Instructions: How a “Both Hands Project” Works – serve a widow in your community while raising money for your adoption!
Waiting Resources:
- Article: What I Wish I Would Have Known Before I Started
- Waiting Well
- Are your expectations realistic?
Post-Adoption Resources:
- The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis and David R. Cross
- Should I parent my adopted child differently than birth children?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/should-i-parent-my-adopted-child-differently-than-birth-children/ - Use time in instead of time out.
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/using-time-in-instead-of-time-out/ - How do I handle lying?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/how-do-i-handle-lying/ - Why won’t my child act his age?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/why-wont-my-child-act-his-age/ - How do I handle manipulation and control?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/why-wont-my-child-act-his-age/ - How do I respond to aggressive and violent behavior?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/responding-to-aggressive-and-violent-behavior/ - How do you measure success as a parent?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/how-do-you-measure-success-as-a-parent/ - How do I help a child with sexualized behaviors?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/helping-a-child-with-sexualized-behaviors/ - How do I avoid control battles?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/avoiding-control-battles/
Adoptee Resources:
- Carissa’s Blog
https://carissawoodwyk.wordpress.com/ - Carissa’s Book
Before You Were Mine by Susan TeBos and Carissa Woodwyk - Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wished Their Adoptive Parents Knew
https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Things-Adopted-Adoptive-Parents/dp/044050838X
