Advocacy

• CHSFS-Learning Disabilities
• Teaching the Teachers
• Becoming an Advocate at School
• Pacer Center- MN Parent Center
• Minneapolis Public Schools- Parent Advocacy
• Adoption Institute- Adoption in Schools: A Lot To Learn
• Ombudsperson
• Child Welfare Information Gateway- Adoption and School Issues
• Identifying Learning Problems in Adopted Children
• Adoptive Families, Helping Classmates Understand Adoption 
• Adoptive Families, How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade
• Adoptive Families, A Memo to My Fellow Teachers

Assessments

• U of MN- International Adoption Program
• Fraser

Resources

• Is Your Child Ready for School?
• Adoption Online- Adoption and School Issues
• Center for Cognitive-Development Assessment and Remediation- School Readiness and School Placement of a Newly Adopted Post-institutionalized Child
• Center for Cognitive-Development Assessment and Remediation- Language-related Issues for International Adoptees and Adoptive Families
• St. Paul Public Schools- Parent and Family Resources
• CHSFS’ Website- Adoption Section
• MN Adoption Support and Preservation
• North American Council on Adoptable Children
• Adoptivefamilies.com- Adoption and School
• Adoption.com- Adoption and School Issues
• Special Education Resource on the Internet
• Family Helper- School Issues
• Family Education- Explaining Adoption To a School-aged Child
• Tutoring Services: Five Tips for Choosing the Best
• Perspective Press- Speaking Positively: Using Respectful Adoption Language
• Orphan Doctor: Understanding Adoption in the School Setting                                                                           

For Teachers

• Family Helper- Teacher’s Guide To Adoption

ELL

• MN Department of Education- English Language Learners

Learning Differences