Nordic
Adoption CouncilCo-founder and former Chairman of NAC  Lars von der Lieth passed away on 2nd April. Read more here. -----Danish Post Adoption
Services program reestablished from 1st of March 2012.
In 2012 and 2013 a project is implemeted to advise adoptive families on the issues that may arise in the aftermath of the adoption.
The counselors in addition to a therapeutically relevant training also have professional experience in the issues that adoptive families may experience after the adoption.
The Family Law Department funds most of the activity. The family must however pay DKK100 per hour, payable directly to the counsellor.
Who can participate in the pilot project?
Adoptive families, within the first five years since the repatriation of the last child. Age does not matter.
Whether the child / children born in Denmark or abroad, the family can participate in the project.
What happens during a counseling course?
The family contacts the counselor that you want to see. If the counselor chosen does not have the opportunity to provide advice, the family will be referred to another counselor. It is decided together with the individual counselor, more specifically, how the process should occur in relation to the individual family.
Link (Danish language): http://www.familiestyrelsen.dk/boern/adoption/raadgivningefteradoption/Read EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT ON EARLY ADVICE
AFTER ADOPTION (POST ADOPTION SERVICES)
FINAL EVALUATION here Read summary here
(Both are in Danish language only.)
NORDIC ADOPTION ORGANISATIONS STAND UP AGAINST RACISM
At the bi-annual general meeting, the NAC (Nordic Adoption Council), in Stockholm, expresses its concern towards racism in the Nordic countries.
‘It is with great concern and significant worry, that our member organisations in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark report, how adoptees and others with a different background, are met with increasing signs of racism and discrimination’, says Sten Juul Petersen, chairman of NAC. ‘This demonstrates the need to stand up against this tendency and the need for a much wiser approach to diversity’, he says and continues: ‘We must view differences as a strength. In respect of the countries of origin, the biological parents, the adoptees and ourselves, we need to act now, and strongly stand up against racism and discrimination in all sectors of society’, Sten Juul Petersen concludes.
DON’T GIVE WINGS TO RACISM!
Nordic Adoption Council (NAC) is an umbrella association of 15 Nordic adoption organisations. 13 are intermediating organisations, 2 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 1 from Iceland, 3 from Norway and 4 from Sweden. 1 member from Denmark and 1 from Finland are adoptive family organisations. For more information about NAC, please visit our website at www.nordicadoption.org
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