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What Pediatric Health Providers Should Know About Adoption

The QIC-AG has developed this fact sheet about adoption tailored for health care providers. This fact sheet is designed to raise awareness about the unique needs of children who have been adopted, and to provide concrete tips on how these professionals can effectively work with these children. It can also be used by adoptive parents as tools for engaging their child’s health care provider. Click on the link below to download the PDF: Ask About Adoption: Pediatric Health Care Providers Edition

Dr. Veenod Chulani discusses the importance of creating an adoption competent network of medical providers. He shares strategies that child welfare and medical providers can employ to promote relationships that support families who have adopted children.

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