Gladney Taiwan Adoption: A Gladney Family's Chinese New Year Traditions

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A Gladney Family's Chinese New Year Traditions

Gladney Mom, Stephanie Brueckel shared photos from this year's Chinese New Year celebration including cleaning the house before the New Year began, decorating with traditional New Year decor, and visiting daughter Kathryn's classroom.

Cleaning and Decorating in Preparation for New Year!

Doing a Chinese New Year wordfind (from the Asia Newsletter!) and

gifts for the class - red envelopes with chocolate coins and pencils.

Kathryn learning about Chinese characters from her teacher.

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE May 2012

The child welfare laws of Taiwan are undergoing significant revisions. New legislation, “Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act,” was passed in November 2011. The legislation has an implementation date of June 1, 2012 and addresses various aspects of child welfare including adoption services.

Expected changes include:
Only government-licensed child welfare organizations will be able to provide adoption services. Child Welfare organizations will be subject to increased requirements and standards in terms of initial licensing and renewals, as well as ongoing agency procedures and services.

Judges will be authorized to require that adoptive parents receive parent training, physical and mental health assessments, alcohol and drug screenings, and/or criminal background clearances.

Domestic placement will be considered a priority, with international adoption becoming an option after efforts have been made to place the child with a local family. All adoptable children will be listed on a country-wide database. After being posted on the database, a child is eligible to be considered for international adoption.