Adoption education for women’s health providers

Modern adoption looks a lot different than it did even 5 years ago. As ethical agencies continue to learn and offer meaningful support for expectant moms, the places you used to refer patients might not be the most ethical by today’s standards.

We know that you may only get one touchpoint with a patient. We want to make sure you’re well equipped to confidently refer them to an ethical child placement agency — even if they don’t end up choosing adoption.

When an expectant mom is considering placing her child for adoption, she’s empowered to make decisions about her baby’s life and her own. She can choose exactly how much contact she’d like to have with her child after placement, whether it’s no contact, monthly texts or yearly visits, for example.

ASC offers home study approved families who believe in modern, ethical adoption. They’ve been educated in raising an adopted person, and your patient’s child will grow up knowing that adoption is part of their story.

You can share our profile books of families that match the future your patient envisions for her child. No matter what kind of life she wants for her child, we’ll help her find the right fit.

A lot changes in the weeks and months leading up to an expectant mom’s due date. Maybe she wasn’t open to hearing about adoption at first, but now she has questions about it. There’s no pressure at all — she has support from an ASC coordinator as she considers her options.

Our coordinators are always available to talk on the phone or get together for coffee. We’ll continue to talk about all the options available to her, and offer tips for a healthy pregnancy. If she’s considering parenting, we’ll share parenting education, too.

With an ASC coordinator at her side, your patient will have a knowledgeable and trustworthy partner through every step of her pregnancy.

We don’t stop supporting an expectant mom after she chooses adoption. Once she becomes a birth mom, she can rely on our post-placement support for life.

ASC offers unlimited counseling and support for birth moms, and now we have a dedicated LCSW to offer text support and online sessions. We’re always here to catch up, meet for coffee or just lend a listening ear when she needs it most.