Mary Mason 
Open Adoption Specialist

Power Presentations for Staff and Clients:

• When the Bough Breaks: Grafting Children to both Birth and Adoptive Families
• If It’s Working... Why Fix It?
  Examining Whether to Open up Your Child’s Adoption
• Repeating the Life Pattern of Adoption
• The Wonder Years: Middlers in Open Adoption
• Bringing Birthfathers From Out of the Shadows into Adoption
• Designing Rituals of Adoption
• A Job Description for
  Adoptive Parents
• Passages: Examining the Long Term Impact of Open Adoption
• How Correct is Politically Correct Adoption Language?

Author and Open Adoption Specialist, |
Mary Martin Mason brings these qualifications to your staff and clients:

• Grew up in an open adoption.
• Parent of 13-year-old Josh who is growing up in an open adoption.
• Author of Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers’ Stories, Designing Rituals in Adoption and The Miracle Seekers as well as numerous other nationally published articles about adoption.
• Nationally respected adoption speaker.
• Professional trainer in adoption.
• Producer of AdopTapes, educational videotapes about adoption.
• Over 20 years teaching experience, here and abroad.

Open Adoption is becoming the norm in:

• Infant Adoption
• Adoption of older children exiting the foster care system
• Fost-Adopt
• Adoption of children with special needs.
• Some international adoptions

As the culture of adoption evolves into openness, professionals must be ready to lead the way.

Agencies and Department of Human Services need trained professionals who are prepared to facilitate long term contact between birth and adoptive families.

Let Mary Martin Mason help you:

1. Unify and mobilize staff.
2. Create lasting education and services to both birth and adoptive families.
3. Position your agency for the future.
4. Provide homes for children without severing important family links.

Contact Mary at:

Mary Martin Mason
612/922-1136
4012 Lynn Avenue, Edina, MN 55416

adoped@uswest.net

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