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DuKatz family to be honored with the 2015 Adoption Excellence Award

Kid Hero Foster Care and Adoption Blog Posted on November 13, 2015 by Laura GobaJanuary 12, 2018

We are proud of all of the foster adoptive parents we work with through Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services, but today we want to spotlight one special couple who was recognized nationally for their efforts. Betsy and Gene DuKatz … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Foster Care & adoption | Tagged Adoption, foster, Foster Care, Fostering, National Adoption Day, special needs

Communicating with biological parents: Be a part of the whole story

Kid Hero Foster Care and Adoption Blog Posted on September 24, 2015 by Betsy DuKatzJanuary 12, 2018

As a teacher, nowhere in my contract does it say I have to meet with parents outside of the workday, send texts, emails, notes, letters or call them on the phone. As a teacher, I cannot imagine it any other … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Foster Care & adoption | Tagged Adoption, biological family, Foster Care, Fostering, reunification, special needs

 Confessions from a “trauma momma”  

Kid Hero Foster Care and Adoption Blog Posted on September 1, 2015 by Charonne GaniereJanuary 12, 2018

We first met our daughter when she was 3 months old – a tiny, bald, screaming-at-the-top-of-her-lungs little baby. She was scared, she didn’t recognize the voices she was hearing or the new smells of someone else’s home, or this other … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Foster Care & adoption | Tagged Adoption, Foster Care, Foster to adopt, Fostering, special needs, Trauma care

Dear foster parents, keep swinging for the fences

Kid Hero Foster Care and Adoption Blog Posted on August 3, 2015 by Betsy DuKatzJanuary 12, 2018

As a parent of a high school senior, our family is deep in the summer season of graduation – ceremonies, parties, and the constant celebration of successes. Yet what if I told you to you should also celebrate failure? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily life | Tagged Adoption, Foster Care, Foster to adopt, reunification, special needs

Adjusting to the new normal of having a special needs child

Kid Hero Foster Care and Adoption Blog Posted on December 22, 2014 by Charonne GaniereJanuary 12, 2018

As we joyfully prepared for a move toward adoption for one of our foster children, we also heartbreakingly received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. It has been a process to accept and come to terms with this as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Foster Care & adoption | Tagged Adoption, autism, Foster Care, special needs

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