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POST ADOPTION SERVICES:
AIAA REVISED GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS AND
PACKAGES TO KOREA
The Post Adoption Services
(PAS) unit at AIAA provides services to
families following finalization and to adult
adoptees. These services include:
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Educational support;
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Search services to adult adoptees;
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Crisis intervention;
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Referral for mental health counseling
and support;
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Facilitation of correspondence to
overseas agencies and childcare
facilities in countries of origin, where
possible;
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Support to adoptive families and adult
adoptees visiting their homeland.
Staffing for the unit
includes the Post Adoption Services
Administrator who is a social worker, and
the Post Adoption Services Administrative
Assistant.
Educational support
is provided to adult adoptees
and adoptive families on a variety of
adoption related topics, which include,
bibliographies, information regarding
workshops, and pertinent articles.
Search services
are provided for adult adoptees who are 18
years of age or older. Those interested in
search need to contact the PAS Administrator
concerning their desire to search. The
following services are provided:
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Counseling with the adoptee to ascertain
his/her desired outcome;
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Review of the adoptee’s AIAA adoption
file;
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Inquiry to overseas agency or childcare
facility on behalf of the adoptee, where
possible;
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Facilitate the search process.
Adoptive families and adult
adoptees who contact the agency for
information regarding birth families due to
an extenuating circumstance such as medical
emergencies/pre-existing conditions will
consult with the PAS Administrator who will
attempt to make the necessary contacts
overseas to obtain any information
available.
Crisis intervention
will be provided to adoptive families and
adult adoptees. A referral to an appropriate
counseling service will be made at the time
of the initial contact, whenever possible.
Referral
Services for Mental
Health/Counseling will be provided to
adoptive families and adult adoptees
requesting such services.
Facilitation of
Correspondence
between adoptive families and
overseas agency and childcare facility
includes:
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Processing correspondence from adoptive
parents/adult adoptees to foster
parents, birth parents, agency, or
childcare facility;
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Process correspondence from foster
parents, birth parents, agency, or
childcare facility, and forward to
adoptive parents/adult adoptees;
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Update case files regarding appropriate
correspondence and entries.
Support For Travel Overseas
to Country of Origin
Assistance with visiting foster families,
birth families, agencies, and childcare
facility.
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