Adoption with ISSJ
ISSJ’s adoptions are in the best interest of the child and we think adoptions are for those children who need family, not for prospective adoptive parents. We follow the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption as well as the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Prospective Adoptive Parents
In the process of adoption, we attach importance on the welfare of children, since most of children for our adoption placement are in social care. The adoptive parent must be a person who accepts children deprived of family, and provides love, care, and healing. ISSJ supports such adoptive families from a long-term perspective.
Biological Parents
We provide counseling for those going through unplanned pregnancy/birth and who have difficulties raising children.
No matter the reason – whether the father of your child is not supportive, if you fear raising a child alone, or you feel like there is no one you can rely on – ISSJ will listen to you and together, we can think of ways both you and your child can be happy.
Tracing / Searching
The adoption process does not just end upon adoption court process; instead, it’s a process that lasts throughout a lifetime for people involved. ISSJ recognize adoptee’s right to know and we consider tracing service a part of adoption.
Adoption Q&A
The adoption process does not just end upon adoption court process; instead, it’s a process that lasts throughout a lifetime for people involved. ISSJ recognize adoptee’s right to know and we consider tracing service a part of adoption.
Messages from Clients
From Adoptees…
Fifteen years ago, I sat in the office of my orphanage listening to the white haired director teach me how to speak the words “Hello. My name is Naoki. Nice to meet you”. I was getting….
Assistance with Information Exchange with Adoptive Parents and Adopted Children in British Columbia, Canada
The birth parents or relatives of an adopted child in British Columbia, Canada, are eligible to apply to the state government for the exchange of identifying or non-identifying information with the child’s adoptive parents.