Special Needs Adoption
Yesterday, I wrote about the age range changes for adoptive parents. Today I wanted to discuss what the new "lineamiento" or guidelines say about special needs adoptions.
First, ANYONE (including single parents) OF ANY AGE over 25 can be considered for the adoption of a child with Special Needs -- no matter the age of the child in question.
Second, people wishing to adopt children with special needs RECEIVE ALL PRIORITY. Meaning that their paperwork will be processed before any other people.
Third, Adoptive Parents requesting a child with Special Needs are considered 1st Priority and therefore are NOT placed on a wait list at all upon approval.
First, ANYONE (including single parents) OF ANY AGE over 25 can be considered for the adoption of a child with Special Needs -- no matter the age of the child in question.
Second, people wishing to adopt children with special needs RECEIVE ALL PRIORITY. Meaning that their paperwork will be processed before any other people.
Third, Adoptive Parents requesting a child with Special Needs are considered 1st Priority and therefore are NOT placed on a wait list at all upon approval.
Fourth, ICBF states that once the dossier is approved by them, the referral process will take no more than 3 months.
Finally, Special Needs children are defined as the following:
a. Sibling groups of 3 or more.
b. Sibling groups of 2, when one is older than 8 years of age.
c. A single, healthy child, if older than 8 years of age.
d. A single child of any age that has a mental or physical disability.
e. A single child of any age with a permanent disease such as (HIV, Heart disease, Renal disease, among others)
Finally, Special Needs children are defined as the following:
a. Sibling groups of 3 or more.
b. Sibling groups of 2, when one is older than 8 years of age.
c. A single, healthy child, if older than 8 years of age.
d. A single child of any age that has a mental or physical disability.
e. A single child of any age with a permanent disease such as (HIV, Heart disease, Renal disease, among others)
Comments
Thank you for sharing all this information. We are colombians and would like to adopt a little girl from Colombia. I was thinking about special needs when I saw your post and I just wanted to ask if you know what are the restrictions for families already having kids at home.
Thank you,
Luchy
Colombia is one of the few countries that does not have restrictions on the number of children you already have in the home if you wish to adopt a special needs child.