Delegates from the CCCWA (formerly known as the CCAA) toured the UAB International Adoption Clinic in Birmingham yesterday and Sarah Martin and I had the honor of meeting them during their visit. Sarah Martin participated as a mock patient in the speech clinic during the tour. Physicians and therapists were assigned specific patients so the CCCWA could gain a better understanding of the medical, emotional and developmental support offered to children and parents once they arrive home from China. Each group of delegates were interested in Sarah Martin's care and asked several questions about upcoming surgeries and about her speech and language development, which are within normal limits for her age. The goal of this visit is to further enhance relations between China's child welfare program and the USA. These officials are scheduled meet other adoptive parents and children, child welfare experts and other adoption related professionals during visits to Washington D.C., Georgia, Michigan and New York later this month.
(BTW~ Sarah Martin and I are standing at the far right in the above photo).
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