In CA, we were called by a sw that said they wanted to present two little boys to us. We had already been chosen for them and had no idea our homestudy had been shown at all. When we went to the presentation they gave us a background on the boys and their situation and then gave us a picture of them and told us to think about it and let them know. We called her the next day to tell her we were accepting the placement, had visitation with them for a week, and then they moved in. Once we had accepted placement we learned even more about our boys, but to be honest most of the learning came from meeting their previous foster mom and talking to her. She knew much more than the sw's did.
For our county we have a sw, the children have a sw and then their is an adoption sw....they all met and went through various homestudies and chose us. A few weeks after they chose us is when they called. Our situation is a little different in that our sw quit during all of this and has not been replaced yet, so we only have the adoption sw and the child's sw.
The more involved in the process we get, the more I realize that there is no exact way things will happen. Every situation is unique and different and we just have to be as flexible as possible. We are definetly learning more and more with each day!
Best of luck to you on your journey,
Cindy
