NaviParent

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  • Navi Parents

    Hello everyone this is my first blog for Navi Parent.  Navi Parent came about through several things.  Mostly because as a parent of two international adoptive boys the frustration I had working with multiple agencies (school districts, medical community, and local community organizations) from the employees not having an understanding of the needs and issues…

  • International Adoption

    When parents adopt internationally many times the country has already identified if the child has special needs or not. However, the child can also have secondary special needs that does not appear right away but sometimes later.  Some of the reasons are poverty, orphanages, lack of available health care, and other situations. Research from Pinderhuges,…

  • What do you do after a parent teacher conference?

    This is the time of year for parents and teachers to have their first parent teacher conference for the year.  What do you do when it did not turn out the way you thought your child was performing in class?  First thing you do is to stop and think.  You know your child better than…

  • Helping the schools better understand adoptive children

    Helping school systems better understand your child’s adoption experience in their home country prior to bringing them home is helpful.  Set up a meeting with the school system to explain what the child has experienced and what you think is going to be needed is important. Educators do not receive any classes in college on…

  • Parent Teacher Conferences

    When you have your conference with your child’s teacher be prepared.  Prepare questions you want to know about how your child learns and how it is displayed.  Also, ask questions about his/her social /emotional development and behaviors.  Social /emotional development and behaviors can also provide you with an understanding of how the child is interacting…

  • NaviParent: Indiscriminate Friendliness in Adoption

    This week’s blog will focus on how to talk to teachers about adoption.  We have two international adoption boys.  We adopted them when they were 23 months and 2 ½ years old. They are now 9 and 4 years of age.  So, this year was the first year they were both in school.  They were…

  • Widgets

    Fully widgetized sidebars, header area and footer for easy custom widget and custom content the way you want to use them and place them. Use of dynamic Facebook Feeds and Twitter feeds and social icons and chat are among others that can be readily used.

  • bbPress

    Default forum from WordPress.org is also tested and is found to be compliant.

  • WooCommerce and other plugins

    WooCommerce tested theme for easy shop and eCommerce as well as Contact form 7 tested for forms and NextGen gallery and other portfolio plugins tested for gallery or portfolio choices.

  • Footer layout

    Footer is also given with 4 different layouts to choose from.

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