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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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B R O O K E W O O D H E A D - D A N I E L L E C R E A S E YH I L D A B A U T I S T A - H O L LY D E S A N T I S
ADOPTION:THE HAPPIEST SAD
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
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
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
WHY ADOPTION?
• Aware of and have experienced the process• “The Happiest Sad”• Meet Katie:
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
WORKS CITEDBoynton 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.