tara vanderwoude

social worker. advocate. educator. speaker. learner. connector. laugher. grace-needer. post-adopt educator. wife. mom. KAD.

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"Every baby comes into the world looking for somebody looking for them... It never stops.” Dr. Curt Thompson. #TapCon17

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@frank_ligtvoet @PriscillaStoneS @alexgilbertnz thanks for sharing! I'm reminded of my need to keep writing!

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New blog post: Making sense of being adopted -- but how? https://t.co/KEc3tfAsze #complexitiesofadoption #adopteethoughts #adoption

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#cafo2016, at 11am, let's discuss normative adoption language and the corollary effects on adoptees. #wordsmatter

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The body remembers what the heart can't say. -Melanie Chung-Sherman

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@MiriamsHeartInc, there we are! Three lovelies all together again!

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#cafo2016 #adoption #adoptioncomplexities #adopteethoughts

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#CAFO2016, tomorrow @ 1:15p, we talk grief&loss. We can't keep our kids from this, but we must help them process.

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@theadoptedlife , thanks lady!!

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Join me #cafo2016 peeps. I'm presenting Friday at 11 on the impact of adoption language & at 1:15 on grief and loss

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I was a guest on "The Rambler" podcast. Listen as I talk about growing up as a TRA & the post-adopt work I do now https://t.co/teLl9UzEJq

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Do it up! Download it. Stream it. Put it in your ear holes. @taravanderwoude

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#adoptee #adoption #complexitiesofadoption

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#flipthescript #nationaladoptionmonth #NAAM2015 #NAM2015

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@BynumBass , I'm flattered. thanks for listening.

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@AlexKing3rd @SummitOC , absolutely. This was in response to a Chinese adoptee's situation where isn't is extremely challenging.

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@furmanmama , thanks for be high compliment!

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No one should be emotionally or spiritually coerced or guilted into adoption. No one. #CAFO2015

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@Kodester , thank you so much for introducing yourself and for coming to the session. Let's keep in touch! #CAFO2015