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ADOPTION: The happiest sad

ADOPTION: The happiest sad . Brooke woodhead - Danielle Creasey Hilda Bautista - Holly Desantis. What is Adoption?. A person assumes parenting for another Permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from birth parents to adoptive parents Reasons to place: Young teenage mother

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ADOPTION: The happiest sad

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  1. ADOPTION:The happiest sad Brooke woodhead- Danielle Creasey Hilda Bautista - Holly Desantis

  2. What is Adoption? • A person assumes parenting for another • Permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from birth parents to adoptive parents • Reasons to place: • Young teenage mother • Unwanted pregnancy • Unable to provide for child • Rape or incest

  3. History • 1851 Adoption of Children Act • 1910-1930: first specialized adoption agencies • 1917: law passed in Minnesota • 1970: statistical peak • The Child Citizenship Act of 2000

  4. Options OPEN ADOPTION: • Phone calls • Face-to-face visits • Mailing pictures and letters CLOSED ADOPTION: • No interaction • Unanswered questions • Contact minimal, if any SEMI-OPEN ADOPTION: • Speak to one another, some confidentiality • Adoption agency plays role

  5. Why adoption? • Aware of and have experienced the process • “The Happiest Sad” • Meet Katie:

  6. Production process • Through the point of a birth mother • Adoption is sad, but it is a happy thing as well • Use of Agape • Audience: those who are able to place for adoption

  7. Works Cited Boynton Noyce, Alison. “Confessions of an Ambivalent Birth Daughter.” They’re All My Own. Blogspot, 14 March 2010. Web. 21 Nov 2013 DeSantis, Katherine. “Adoption: The Happiest Sad.” SLCC, ENGL 2010, 17 Nov 2013. Danielle Creasey, videographer/editor. Gatrell, Adriane DeSantis. “Photograph, Katie’s Birth and Placement.” St. Mark’s Hospital. Salt Lake City, UT. 24 Dec 2010. JPEG file. “Impact of Adoption on Adopted Person.” Administration for children & families. U.S. Dept of Health & Human services, n.d. Web. 19 Nov 2013. Strottman, Kathleen, Executive Director. “Domestic Infant Adoption.” Domestic Infant Adoption. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, n.d. Web. 19 Nov 2013. Wrixon, Ann. “Placing a child for adoption no longer considered taboo.” USA Today [Pleasant Hill, California] 03 June 2009, Section: News, Pg. 10a. Web. 20 Nov 2013.

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