Meeting #4 - Advocacy: Getting What Your Child Needs

The fourth meeting of the group took place May 19, 2009 and the theme of the evening was advocacy.

We spent a lot of time discussing the school system and how to access the supports and tools our children on a wide range of educational, behavioural, learning disability and social issues. We also shared stories of educating schools on the needs of adoptive children and those raised in LGBTQ families.

This also let to discussions on how to work with other parents and helping our kids to build strong peer networks.

Make sure to join us at our next meeting on June 16 where we'll have an open discussion to talk about whatever you want to explore.

Story in Capital Xtra

Thanks to Lara Purvis for this recent article in Capital Xtra on our Post-Adoption Support Group published May 6.

You can read Helping queer parents post-adoption: Have kids, now what? here.

It's a great summary of how this group got started and the need we're trying to fill.