The decision to make an adoption plan for a child is never easy. Like the decision to parent a child, it takes courage and much love. The resources for professionals in this section explore various counseling options expectant parents have while pregnant and once their child is born.

Adoption: Considering Your Options and Making a Plan

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Factsheets for Families
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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2020
Provides information and guidance for exploring parenting and adoption options and about making an adoption plan. It points to resources that may help those contemplating adoption come to a choice that feels best for them and their child. Others who are affected by adoption decisions, such as relatives, also may find this factsheet useful for answering some of their important questions.

Exploring All Options: Pregnancy Counseling Without Bias
Family Planning National Training Centers
Provides a series of videos designed to train individuals in nondirective, neutral options counseling for clients exploring pregnancy options.

Pregnancy Options Counseling Model
Reproductive Health Access Project (2014)
Provides step-by-step tactics for child welfare workers counseling ambivalent clients in the first four days of counseling.

Understanding Options Counseling Experiences in Adoption
Madden, Ryan, Aguiniga, & Crawford (2016)
The Donaldson Adoption Institute
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Discusses the complex emotions and practical considerations parents may experience in options counseling.their options during a pregnancy and once the child is born.

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