by GIFT Coach | Feb 3, 2016 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Most of us adoptive parents spent many childless years pursuing the holy grail of parenthood. During the waiting process, we promised ourselves and our partners, that we would do “anything” if only we could become parents. (And we meant it!) We envisioned...
by GIFT Coach | Nov 5, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, General Discussion, Open Adoption, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
This post originally appeared on the Long Island Support Group Blog As an adoptive parent, I know what it is like to feel challenged by the unique and complicated demands of life as an adoptive family. As an adoption coach, I know how other families struggle to locate...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 27, 2015 | Difficult Discussions, faith, Faith and Values, Faith communities, General Discussion, paradigm shift, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Final of a 4 part series examining the promise of faith communities as sources of healing and connection and GIFT coaches, Sally Ankerfelt and Susan David’s recent presentation at the 2015 ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To bring you up to speed in this 4...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 14, 2015 | Blogs by Sally Ankerfelt, Blogs by Susan David, Faith and Values, Faith communities, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
This post is Part 2 of a 4 part series examining the promise of faith communities as sources of healing and connection and GIFT coaches’, Sally Ankerfelt and Susan David’s recent presentation at the 2015 ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If faith...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 6, 2015 | Blogs by Susan David, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Part 1 of a 4 Part Series highlighting the recent ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, MN Recently, my colleague, Sally Ankerfelt, and I (Susan David,) attended the 27th Annual ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota as both presenters and participants. Each year...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 8, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
GIFT coach, Gayle Swift writes a blog, “Writing to Connect.,” which reviews children’s books through an Adoption-attuned lens. Some focus on adoption-themed topics but most do not. Here are two books that align with our recent blogs on adoptee...