Adoption Options: For Prospective Adoptive Parents

Are you thinking about adoption as a way to expand your family, but are utterly overwhelmed about where to start? Adoption Options: For Prospective Adoptive Parents breaks down the basic types of adoptions in the United States - public, private and international - and lists the pros and cons to each. Additionally, the book describes how you should start the process of deciding whether adoption is right for you and how to pursue the right fit for your family.

Are you thinking about adoption as a way to expand your family, but are utterly overwhelmed about where to start? Adoption Options: For Prospective Adoptive Parents breaks down the basic types of adoptions in the United States - public, private and international - and lists the pros and cons to each. Additionally, the book describes how you should start the process of deciding whether adoption is right for you and how to pursue the right fit for your family.

Elizabeth Ehlen graduated from Hillsdale College in 2002 with a dual degree in History and Sociology & Social Thought, with special departmental honors in Sociology. She had always been interested in adoption, and decided to attend Washington University in St. Louis to pursue her Master’s in Social Work. She graduated from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 2004 with a MSW, concentrating in Children, Youth and Family. In 2005 she contacted Tina Tyra and Dewey Crepeau to discuss starting an adoption agency in Missouri. A Gift of Hope Adoptions was the result of that meeting. Elizabeth is married to her college sweetheart, Matt Ehlen. They have two sons, David and Daniel, and one daughter, Rachelle. Elizabeth loves being a mommy, and works primarily from her home office in order to take care of her babies as well as her babies through A Gift of Hope Adoptions.