Transition from foster home to adoptive home - Adoption.com Forums

Our sons were adopted at ages 3 and 4. They had been in the foster home exactly 3 years. Our physical transition was one week long, however before that I sent a video of our home and family (house, bedrooms, my voice) and a photo album.

Foster family showed the video every day to the kids and read the book with them for about 3-4 weeks before we showed up.

The first day we went to foster home and met the kids, and foster parents - and just essentially looked around and played.

The next day we picked the kids up with foster mom and went out together for a while, then she left us. The kids returned to their foster home for supper and bed time. The day after that we picked them up, returning to foster home to VISIT later in the day and then they stayed with us at the hotel. We repeated that for the next two days before flying home. 8 months later we returned to finalize.

We had ongoing and regular (almost daily at first) contact with foster mom when we got home which was INCREDIBLY helpful. She was very supportive, willing to talk to the boys on the phone and remind them that she loved them and wanted them to be happy. She was a HUGE support.

Source: http://forums.adoption.com/foster-parent-support/399838-transition-foster-home-adoptive-home.html

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