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We first met Sadie a few years ago while she was being advocated for adoption along with her two older brothers. Since then, the legal and psychological teams in Colombia have determined that it is in Sadie’s best interest to find an adoptive family separate from her brothers.
Sadie is in the 2nd grade, and her favorite class is Spanish. She showed us how she recently lost 6 teeth and told us about the special gift kids in Colombia get when they lose their teeth (like the tooth fairy here in the U.S.). Sadie’s favorite color is blue, and she drew a picture of us together (see above) in blue.
Sadie studies Capoeira – an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, acrobatics, music and martial arts. She showed off her backbend skills and hopes to be able to teach Capoeira to others when she grows up. Sadie is currently living in a foster home and said that she likes helping her foster mom in the kitchen and that she just learned how to make her own eggs.
In addition to being separated from her two older brothers, Sadie has experienced trauma and abuse in her young life. She receives therapy to help work through this trauma. Sadie needs a family who is loving, active and supportive of her healing journey. It will be important for Sadie’s future family to be open to maintaining connections to Colombia and, if Sadie desires a relationship with her brothers in the future, to be supportive of this.
Could you be Sadie’s forever family?
Please contact our team at 212-400-8150 or email us at [email protected] to learn more about Sadie.
*If you receive and accept the referral of Sadie through Spence-Chapin, you will benefit from the generosity of our Briden Adoption Fund, which can offset the costs of adopting an international Waiting Child. The Briden Adoption Fund is made possible by the generosity of a Spence-Chapin family.
To learn more about a waiting child, enter the password below. To receive the password, please fill out our form and we will follow up with you.
Elizabeth L. Smith, LMSW (she/her) is a compassionate, trauma-informed, and adoption-competent therapist. In her Adoptee Support Sessions, she provides non-clinical support services to adopted people. Her clinical training, narrative work, and living experience as an adopted person inform her perspective and practice. Elizabeth possesses deep awareness, empathy, and understanding of the shifting complexities of adoption, reunion, search, and the importance of being together in community.
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We first met Sadie a few years ago while she was being advocated for adoption along with her two older brothers. Since then, the legal and psychological teams in Colombia have determined that it is in Sadie’s best interest to find an adoptive family separate from her brothers.
Sadie is in the 2nd grade, and her favorite class is Spanish. She showed us how she recently lost 6 teeth and told us about the special gift kids in Colombia get when they lose their teeth (like the tooth fairy here in the U.S.). Sadie’s favorite color is blue, and she drew a picture of us together (see above) in blue.
Sadie studies Capoeira – an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, acrobatics, music and martial arts. She showed off her backbend skills and hopes to be able to teach Capoeira to others when she grows up. Sadie is currently living in a foster home and said that she likes helping her foster mom in the kitchen and that she just learned how to make her own eggs.
In addition to being separated from her two older brothers, Sadie has experienced trauma and abuse in her young life. She receives therapy to help work through this trauma. Sadie needs a family who is loving, active and supportive of her healing journey. It will be important for Sadie’s future family to be open to maintaining connections to Colombia and, if Sadie desires a relationship with her brothers in the future, to be supportive of this.
Could you be Sadie’s forever family?
Please contact our team at 212-400-8150 or email us at [email protected] to learn more about Sadie.
*If you receive and accept the referral of Sadie through Spence-Chapin, you will benefit from the generosity of our Briden Adoption Fund, which can offset the costs of adopting an international Waiting Child. The Briden Adoption Fund is made possible by the generosity of a Spence-Chapin family.
To learn more about a waiting child, enter the password below. To receive the password, please fill out our form and we will follow up with you.
Waiting Children Profiles
Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.
Spence-Chapin takes the privacy rights of the children that we are seeking to place very seriously, and share the profile with you under the following conditions:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PASSWORD ACCESS
That you acknowledge and understand that
1. Misuse of the content, and/or linking to any sites that reflect practices that involve the sale, abduction, exploitation, or trafficking of children is strictly prohibited.
2. You have been given limited access to confidential information in the form of images that you will not disclose to any person or in any manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies and procedures of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
3. The confidentiality obligation shall continue indefinitely, including at all times after my association with Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
4. You are not permitted to release, copy, distribute, or sell any of these images to third parties in any form.
5. Impermissible disclosure of the images may result in legal actions being taken against you, by or on behalf of that person.
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7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!
Warm regards,
The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin
Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]
