Hypothetical Family Situation

 

My husband and I have been married for quite a while and have tried to have a child for many years with no success. We are deep in the adoption process and have been notified by our social worker that a 2 yr. old little girl is up for adoption from Mexico.  After seeing her picture we fall in love and ask what we need to do.  The social worker says she needs to warn us before we move forward that the little girl is very healthy except for the fact she is deaf.  As a couple we decide with some guidance we still want to move forward. 

My husband and I both and make salaries that keep us both very comfortable.  We own our home, my husband works 8-5 Monday through Friday and I work 9-6 with the option to work from home.  It has already been decided I will begin working from home when we are able to adopt.  Our families live close and have already agreed to help in any way they can including daycare so I can either go into the office or have time to work at home with no interruption. 

The sector we will benefit the most from is Early Learning and Development and Support needing services that will teach us to communicate with the child preferable beginning before she comes home and continuing after her arrival  so that we as a couple and our family can become comfortable with the situation.  Specific services that will be needed is classes that will teach us sign language in order to communicate, and family classes so that our immediate family can have some knowledge as well since they will be involved in her care too. A support group that puts us with other parents in similar situations giving us the opportunity the make friends, ask questions, and build a support base that we can call and lean on when difficulties arise.  When the child arrives we need to have a child therapist in place that can work with the child on communication and interactive skills so that when she begins school she will have the basics necessary to communicate with the educators and peers.  With the help of our support system we will look for a pediatrician that can help us take care of the health needs of the child including making sure she is caught up on immunizations etc. after she gets home.