[leenab]

Our call for O came at 1pm on a weekday. Our call for R was a little different. A friend & fellow fost/adopt parent's caseworker for her baby girl had a 3 1/2 yr old boy to place and asked my friend if she knew of anyone looking for a child in that age range. Well, she instantly said, yes Leena is looking for a child. Anyway my friend called me, then the cw called me with more details. All of this was done after 5pm. But the official call was the next day after the caseworker spoke to the placement coordinator. It's not a very common way to get a placement, but it does happen.

Our call for T, who is just foster was during the day as well. But she didn't arrive until later.

Another thing about all of our children is that we never met them before placement. This is somewhat unusual but in O's case he had to be moved ASAP, and in R's case his cw & old fmom had prepared him to be adopted. R's transition was by far the smoothest of them all. I wish every child transistioned into care so well, and were so well prepared. T was removed directly from bioparents so there was no time for a transition.

So you may end up with visits with potential fost/adopt placements or you may not.

Hope this helps,
LeenaB