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The Barker Blog | Adoption Agency Bethesda, MD

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How to Pick Your International Adoption Program and Agency

By Emily Marshall Director of International Adoption Programs

A Guide for Prospective Adoptive Parents The amount of information you can find about International...

International Adoption
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Barker Stands with the Asian Community

By Barker Staff

We at the Barker Adoption Foundation are heartbroken and deeply troubled by recent events of hate...

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Unconditional Love and Morphine: One Parent’s Story of Strength and  Resilience

By A Barker Parent and Sami Albert Barker Pregnancy Counseling

The call from Barker came on a Monday as I was underground in the DC metro system. I got off the...

Birth Parents
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Adoptees in Maryland Need Your Help

By Guest Writer Lisa Ivany

Identity can be a complex beast. Adoption can take that complexity to another level. For many...

Adoption Perspectives
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Diversity Matters to Birth Parents

By Sami Albert LCSW-C LICSW Barker Staff

Diversity Matters to Birth Parents: A True Glimpse from the eyes of a Pregnancy Counselor There...

Adoption Perspectives Birth Parents
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Celebrating Lunar New Year in 2021

By Katie Fischer Barker Staff

Celebrating Lunar New Year! What is Lunar New Year? While many of us celebrate the New Year on...

Inspiration
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Adoptive Families Finalizations in the Midst of Frenzy

By Saara M. McEachnie LCSW-C LICSW

If you surveyed 100 people and asked them how they would describe the year 2020, you are guaranteed...

Barker Moments
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Call to Impact Community

By Barker Staff

Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” Martin Luther King...

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A year of firsts: Celebrating the holidays and Older Child Adoption in 2020

By Shannon Shevlin

It’s often said there is magic in new beginnings. From changing careers to learning a new hobby,...

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Marriott Foundation Recognizes Stephen Hersh’s Life of Service--With a Gift to Barker

By Guest Writer Steven Yoder

Marriott Foundation Recognizes Stephen Hersh’s Life of Service--With a Gift to Barker Stephen Hersh...

Barker Moments
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