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www.adoption-education.com. So What Is the Gladney Center?. Adoption agency and maternity home. Gladney’s History. Texas children’s home & aid society was founded in 1887 by reverend I.Z.T. Morris Orphaned children sent west on “orphan trains” from east coast Placed over 1,000 children.

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  1. www.adoption-education.com

  2. So What Is the Gladney Center? • Adoption agency and maternity home

  3. Gladney’s History • Texas children’s home & aid society was founded in 1887 by reverend I.Z.T. Morris • Orphaned children sent west on “orphan trains” from east coast • Placed over 1,000 children

  4. Edna Gladney • Superintendent of the home from 1927 to 1960 • Initiated two pieces of Texas legislation • Removal of “illegitimate” from birth certificates • Guaranteed inheritance rights • The home was renamed to Edna Gladney home in 1950

  5. What Is Adoption ? • Adoption = • Adoption is one choice of three: • Parenting • Abortion • Adoption

  6. Which Choice Is the Most Popular? • Parenting • 50% • Abortion • 48% • Adoption • 2%

  7. Got Questions? • Why would someone give away her baby? Stable environments Financial support Emotional resources to equip them for a bright future Love and security of a mother and father How would a child benefit from adoption?

  8. Got Questions? • What do birth parents gain from this? Self-confidence Self-respect Courage Self-awareness

  9. How Adoption Works • Birth mothers call our hotline • A packet of information is mailed • Birth mothers have the opportunity to tour the campus • Birth mothers decide if they want to live on campus • Birth parents are assigned a caseworker

  10. How Adoption Works • Birth parents receive profiles around 6 or 7 month • Birth parents choose adoptive family and have the opportunity to meet with them • After birth mothers deliver, they have 48 hours before they sign relinquishment

  11. Birth Mother Services • Gladney’s residential program offers: • Free medical care • Free counseling • Free legal services • GED tutoring & testing program/junior & senior high classes • Career development classes • Exciting activities that include shopping, eating out, sports events, movies & other special events • Free post adoption

  12. How Adoption Has Changed • Birth parents have more choices than ever before • More choice • More open • More communication • More understanding

  13. Sample of Adoptive Parent Profile

  14. Teen Pregnancy Quiz • How many teens get pregnant in the united states each year? • Approximately 1.1 million • How many teens in the united states get pregnant each day? • Over 3000 per day • Which state has the highest teen pregnancy rate? • Texas

  15. Teen Pregnancy Quiz • Of teens who become pregnant, what percentage of them will drop out of high school? • 60% • When a teen mom becomes pregnant what are her three options? • Parenting • Abortion • Adoption

  16. Teen Pregnancy Quiz • List these choices in the order you believe the are most “popular”: • Parenting (50%) • Abortion (48%) • Adoption (2%) • What percentage of teens, who marry because of pregnancy will eventually divorce? • 90%

  17. Teen Pregnancy Quiz • Of the guys who get a teen girl pregnant, what percentage of them will eventually leave the girl to raise the baby by herself? • 85% • What percentage of juveniles in state jails are from fatherless homes? • 70% or more

  18. Teen Pregnancy Quiz • What percentage of teen mothers go on welfare within their baby’s first four months of life? • 70%

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