A great way to end this school week was to receive our invitation to attend the MCFD Adoption Education Program. 50 whole hours of classroom instruction! Wowza... I am not sure what happened to that three day weekend plus online webinars that everyone else has talked about. However, I am super relieved to know that we passed the first interview and only have to wait a month to start the next process.
This will be our first classroom experience as a couple... frankly, how many couples take educational classes together? I have heard many times that teachers make the worse students and this will be my first return to the classroom as the student in about seven years. I will need to prep the hubby for me as a student... perhaps watch the Friends episode where Phoebe and Rachel take a class together focusing on the Monica "I know! I know!" ending... guess which one of these students aligns most closely with my personality.In terms of homework, if there is any, I had previously told the hubby that, in a couple meeting from which he was absent, it was voted that this responsibility will fall to him. Taking 50 hours of classes at the end of the school year is not the best timing for me but it sure beats waiting until the fall and delaying the process by three or four months.
As someone who now regularly checks the BC's Waiting Children Bulletin, I find it frustratingly outdated... for an organization wanting to encourage the adoption of children in ministry care, their marketing seems to be sorely lacking. Profiling a child born in 1998 and writing about how he is currently meeting learning outcomes in grade four leads me to believe profiles have been sitting there for a LONG time... perhaps I will bring this to their attention at the first class... I am super sure they will appreciate that feedback from a prospective adoptive parent in the first 45 minutes and we will skyrocket to the top of the list. ;o).
One of my first things i learned is waiting families are not on a list - we have a number (we are graded ;) ) and a homestudy true - when we go live in the system protection workers read them they envision the children in their care in these homes in your life.... where you live your level of openness ages and degrees of special needs that you are willing to accept and granted their might just be a little "it" factor to.. esp if your adoption worker writes a killer homestudy that makes someone feel they know you and your home. If they feeel you would be a "match" she would then request info from your SW. At this point they could ask questions share info and it might never go any further. And your Adoption Worker she reads profiles of children (much more detailed then online) and if she sees a potential match for you she will contact the Gaurdian Worker of that child to get info in the hopes of matching you.
ReplyDeleteIt was a big shift to go from "list" to "match" in my head but when i did things fell into place in our wait - and after 3 placements I can tell you that our Workers were amazing and the ministry has gone above and beyond to find the right fit first for our child and also for us ;) - HANG IN THERE