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Home > Post-Legal Adoption Services for Children with Special Needs and Their Families: Challenges and Lessons Learned > Conclusion
Post-Legal Adoption Services For Children with Special Needs and Their Families : Challenges and Lessons Learned
Grantee Lessons Learned
4. Conclusion The post-legal adoption services programs for adoptive families of children with special needs funded in this grant cluster faced similar challenges in engaging families, recruiting and retaining staff and volunteers, training community service providers, and finding resources to sustain services. In addressing these challenges, grantees felt certain strategies were critical. Taking the time to assess the needs and interests of the specific target population served, and adjusting the services provided to address those needs, was found to be essential. Grantees also learned that adoptive families tend not to seek services until they are in crisis—establishing a relationship with a post-adoption services provider early in the life of the adoption may help families know where and how to seek help when it is needed. Finally, grantees noted that collaboration with other community service providers is essential to help adoptive families find and access the services they may need. Organizations wishing to build or refine post-adoption services in their own communities may find these lessons learned helpful in their own efforts to assist adoptive families and their children with special needs.
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