About This Site

Holt International Children’s Services is committed to serving all members of the adoption triad.   Recognizing that relinquishment and adoption have lifelong effects, Holt International seeks to respond to the needs of birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents throughout their lives regardless of agency affiliation.

This website is a blog-format archive for our Post Adoption Services eNewsletter articles. We hope you enjoy this collection, designed specifically for Adoptive Parents and Families. Though we’ve written with Adoptive Parents in mind, we believe that everyone in the Adoption Community may benefit from this information. We’ve gained these ideas through years of working with thousands of Adoptees and Adoptive Families with birth search, camps, counseling, and education. The topics included were chosen by a survey of our Families.

Our PAS eNewsletter is sent once per quarter. We then post each new article on this website to coincide with the eNewsletter launch. If you’d like to be a part of the mailing list, please email us at pas@holtinternational.org.

The five most recent posts of the quarter will be listed under “Latest Posts”. Use the “Categories” menu to find articles relevant to your interests or browse our “Archives” to see each article published in a given newsletter. Use the “Pages” menu to view resources and information.

We encourage you to forward our newsletter and this blog onto other Families and Adoptees. Feel free to contact us at any time – we welcome your feedback.