Transcript FTA Survey - Families Through Adoption

Results
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45
Pre Adoptive
Post Adoptive
REASONS GIVEN FOR NOT RENEWING MEMBERSHIP
Membership
OR BECOMING A MEMBER
• Disheartened – No Light at the end of
the tunnel
37
63
Yes
No
• Distance – Don’t get to attend
meetings/events
• Don’t see the added benefits to
renewing membership
• Never heard of the FTA
Social Worker/Prep
Course
Accredited Agency
19
44
Country Specific Support
Group
8
A Friend
4
Our Website
10
Our Facebook Page
10
1
Rollercoaster.ie
Meeting Attendance
Summary of reasons given for not attending
meetings
• Distance
27
70
• Now Post Adoption
Yes
• Too early in the process
No
• Too long in the process
• Meetings more aimed at Post Adoption
than Pre Adoption
• Didn’t know about the meetings
• Other Commitments
• Too depressing
1
7
3
13
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
15
31
8
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
COMMENTS:
Meeting Structure
•
As well as country updates could there be
breakout sessions on different countries
•
7
It’s a shames the meetings are not being
supported and people are not standing
53
Yes
No
together as one voice!
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Talks are too long and not interactive enough
•
Meetings rarely run on schedule
•
More focus on what's happening now. Good
news stories are Pre Hague
SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS:
• Post Adoption workshops
• Social gatherings to Fota/Fitzgerald’s
20
Yes
58
No
Park etc
• Weekend Workshops, leave the
meetings as they are.
• Adoption Movies/Cultural Evenings
could just make a long process harder
15
24
Adoptive Parent
Recently Home
Representative of the
HSE/AAI
35
Speaker on Post
Adoptive Issues
26
Representative from
Accredited Agencies
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Declaration Extension to 4 years
Teenage issues that arise with adopted children
What to expect Post Declaration – Pre Adoption
Regular updates from AAI on their work to put procedures in place with other countries
The way we are made to feel during the adoption process
False hope, lack of transparency
Long Term Fostering & Domestic Adoption
Implementation of Hague
How to proceed in other countries
Dealing with difficult behaviour
Talking to your child about adoption
Lack of progress since 2010 – What is being done by agencies and government
Political Lobbying – What are the FTA doing?
Return to Homeland
Meeting for Playschool/Primary Teachers on what they need to look out for.
Special Needs
Attachment Parenting
Specialist who has worked with children born as a result of incest/rape and where drug taking was an
issue as this was not covered adequately in Prep Course
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We had many, many messages of support and
thanks.
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Lots of positive feedback on our communication
and interaction via Facebook and Email
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It was interesting to note throughout the survey that some PAPs feel there is too much emphasis
on Post Adoption in our meetings and some APs feel there is not enough emphasis on Post
Adoption. We aim to cover both topics equally but it has to be noted that our Post Adoption
meetings, most recently the HSE Speech and Language Therapist, are not being well attended. As
there are no Post Adoption Services provided outside Dublin, these meetings are people’s
opportunity to talk to experts. Please take the opportunity if you can at all.
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There were a lot of comments saying that people did not know about meetings or hadn’t been
invited to meetings. Our meetings are open to members and non members, there are no
invitations required. Details of our meetings are emailed to members and are also posted on
Facebook, Rollercoaster, Magic Mum and our website www.familiesthroughadoption.com twice
in the run up to the meeting. So check out any of these outlets or send us an email at
[email protected] and we will be happy to sent you the details
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Thank you everyone for all the messages of support and
thanks. As most people will know, we are a voluntary group
and our committee is made up of people who work full time
jobs as well as the work that goes into keeping the FTA
going. We are committed to supporting both Pre and Post
Adoptive families and it is not easy in the current climate so
thank you for acknowledging this.
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We had 103 responses to our survey and we thank each and
every one of you who took the time to complete it. Your
feedback will help us greatly going forward. Thank You.