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Called to Care: Opening Your Heart to Vulnerable Children—through Foster Care, Adoption, and Other Life-Giving Ways Paperback – September 17, 2019
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Filled with real-life stories and practical advice, Called to Care starts by helping you honestly assess your motivation to help--sometimes the wrong motivation sets the stage for an unsuccessful experience. From there, the book shows what adoption and foster care really look like in a variety of situations, from domestic and international adoptions to short-term foster care and foster-to-adopt arrangements. Also included is how churches and individuals can minister to refugees. Rounding out this comprehensive yet concise book are tips for assessing your preparedness, how to meet common emotional and physical challenges, and the most effective ways to help families stay together and thrive.
Bethany is a global nonprofit that supports children and families with world-class social services, all designed to help families thrive. We believe every child deserves to be loved, connected, and empowered through family.
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBethany House Publishers
- Publication dateSeptember 17, 2019
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.44 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100764233343
- ISBN-13978-0764233340
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Wondering if adoption or foster care is right for you? Maybe you're looking for other ways to help children at risk. Such an important decision involves many practical steps, all starting with the heart. That's why Called to Care was written.
Drawn from decades of experience, this book provides expert answers to the top questions you likely have, but also shares stories of triumph and struggle from families who are helping vulnerable children even beyond adoption and foster care.
· Learn the latest about domestic and international adoptions and foster care
· Consider how prepared you are to welcome a child into your home
· Discover other ways to support children and families, including refugees
God calls each of us to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children. Let this book help you find your unique calling.
"Every book on adoption or foster care that I've ever encountered was a theological treatise or a personal memoir or a how-to manual. Called to Care is the first book on this topic that has it all--heartfelt stories, spiritual reflection, a range of perspectives, and heaps of practical advice."--Jonathan Merritt, contributing writer, the Atlantic, and author, Learning to Speak God from Scratch
Bill Blacquiere served Bethany Christian Services for more than twenty-five years as chief operating officer, director of operations for Michigan, and CEO. Before retiring, he served on the boards of the National Council for Adoption and the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
Kris Faasse, LMSW, ACSW, is senior vice president of clinical operations for Bethany Christian Services. A recognized adoption expert, Kris has provided training in national and international settings, has authored numerous articles, and serves on several boards, including Justice for Our Neighbors-Michigan, which assists refugees with resettlement issues.
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Kris Faasse,LMSW, ACSW, is senior vice president of clinical operations for Bethany Christian Services. A recognized adoption expert, Kris has provided training in national and international settings and authored numerous articles. She lives with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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- Publisher : Bethany House Publishers (September 17, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0764233343
- ISBN-13 : 978-0764233340
- Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.44 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,357,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,771 in Adoption (Books)
- #9,584 in Christian Family & Relationships
- #40,267 in Christian Evangelism (Books)
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Many people recognize the need, very few people feel like they can get involved. They aren’t sure where to start, or their only experience with adoption is some sort of medical needs they’re unfamiliar with, or they feel adoption doesn’t match with their financial situation. Called to Care is here to help. It methodically takes readers through four parts of the call, providing engaging real-life stories and experiences along the way.
Part One: Examining the Call to Care focuses on the theological aspect, providing the foundation for the care of the poor, the sick, and the orphan as a Scriptural mandate that we must respond to in some manner.
Part Two: Exploring Foster Care and Adoption details the differences between the two, explains the difference types of foster care and adoption, and gives case studies that help us see when each might be most beneficial for the child and first family involved.
Part Three: Embracing Family Preservation covers a topic that is all-too-often missing in the adoption/foster care world. How do we prevent families from being disrupted in the first place? How do we mitigate issues like drug addiction, abuse, or poverty? What can we do to keep families together? What resources can we provide? I really wish this would have come before part two, because it helps set the child-first mindset that is so important.
Part Four: Enriching Family Ties discusses how families, friends, churches, and communities can step up to make a difference to struggling families, foster families, adoptive families, and everyone in between. This is a much-needed resource. Even as a pastor, I found myself constantly dealing with the fact that my church really was not well-versed in understanding or handling our adoption journeys.
Called to Care stands out because of its emphasis on the child and the first family, rather than the foster/adoptive family. It correctly places their needs first and challenges prospective foster/adoptive parents to truly understand their motivations and check their expectations.
As the adoptive father of two kids, I can tell you that most of the literature is focused on me as the parent. There are expectations of infertility (no, this is just how we’ve chosen to create a family). There is surprise that we want our children to be engaged in an open-adoption with their birth families, insofar as it is safe. There is always some thing like “You tried everything else, now here’s adoption.”
Called to Care really recognizes that shouldn’t be the case. Adoption is never a plan A: that’s the redemption of the family. But the adoptive world can treat it as such, and really not care for the birth family, or understand their loss and their trauma. This book doesn’t shy away from addressing that, and for that alone, I would recommend it to anyone considering adoption or foster care.
I also appreciate how much it goes into the various types of allied care that can come with adoption or foster care. Can you not take on the commitment of an adoption? This book will give you resources to become a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) for children in foster care. It will tell you how to come alongside birth mothers and foster mothers and adoptive mothers and help address their individual needs.
It also lays a great groundwork in the different types of adoption: from foster care, domestic, international, special needs, etc. And it addresses the expectation of adoption (open, semi-open, closed) and unbiasedly discusses when each might be most appropriate. If you know nothing, but want an easy way to learn the basics, Called to Care is the place to start. They also have a great section for further reading that will help you along the journey.
Listen, this is hard work. Whether it’s adoption, foster care, CASA, respite care, working with birth moms—whatever it is. But it’s the Gospel. We have to do it. Bill Blacquiere and Kris Kaasse give readers a gentle nudge and a place to start.