- A requirement for both the Alberta Govenment and Ukraine, a
home study involves a qualified professional, such as a social worker, studying
various aspects of the home life of prospective parents and preparing a report
suggesting that their home would be a fine place to raise an adopted child or
children. The adoption agency facilitates this home study by arranging for the
social worker or qualified professional to meet with the prospective parents at
their home on more than one occasion and interview them after an intense and
in-depth series of forms and questions are filled out by the parents.
- The social worker interviews prospective parents on aspects of
the prospective parents such as:
- personal descriptions of the character and
personality
- health history
- education
- employment history
- religious beliefs
- family history
- current family description
- relationship history
- description of home and community
- the motivation to adopt
- a description of the child or children they would want to
adopt
- As you can see, it is a very deep process which not only helps
the social worker get a sense of the type of home an adopted child or children
would live in, but also helps adoptive parents examine themselves and the
issues involved in raising an adoptive child.
- Once your home study has been completed, it is send to Anne
Scully, director of Adoption Services in Alberta, who must approve it. She will
attach a letter to your home study when it has been approved called the "Letter
of No Involvement". This letter means that you are approved to pursue your
international adoption with Ukraine. Anne Scully gives two identical copies of
this letter - one for you to submit with your Ukrainian dossier of documents,
and the other to keep with you as you travel to Ukraine in the unlikely event
that the first has been lost along the way.
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