Lots of homework!

Before we begin our actual home study, we have to go through some training. We have four books to read and answer questions on, and we have several powerpoint sessions to study. It would seem crazy at first, but when you read the first chapter of The Connected Child, by Karyn Purvis, you suddenly become grateful for all the training! We don't have to completely finish the training before the home study begins, but we do have to have completed some of it.

Here's what we're going to be reading over the next several weeks:

- The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, by Karyn Purvis
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories, by Rita J. Simon
- Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent, by Lois Ruskai Melina
- Talking with Young Children about Adoption, by Mary Watkins