About Chandricka R. Mose, LCSW-C, LICSW, ACSW Expertise I can answer questions about the homestudy process, training, foster parent adoptions, traditional, treatment and kinship foster care to adoption matters, and adoption and infertility issues. I am also well versed in general legal matters that come up in adoption.
Experience I have 15 years of foster care and adoption experience as a clinical social worker. I have held many position in this arena including social worker, foster care and adoption trainer and homestudy coordinator, program supervisor and program director.
I also have experiences with adoption in my personal life, as I have two adopted siblings and many foster siblings that I have kept in touch with over the years. I am passionate about this topic.
Organizations National Association of Social Workers,
Kayla's Village - Advisory Committee member - a local organization that supports foster parents, adoptive parents and child welfare professionals through training, support groups and social events.
Publications None, but I presented at a National Treatment Foster Care Conference in 2002.
Education/Credentials I hold a Bachelor of Social Work from Howard University and a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University.
Awards and Honors Employee of the Year 2001 -Pressley Ridge
Past/Present Clients I have a small private practice and consulting business.
Expert: Chandricka R. Mose, LCSW-C, LICSW, ACSW Date: 3/5/2008 Subject: is it right??
Question im a 16 year old girl. i was adopted but i dont know hwo many times. i have
little to no information about my biological parents. i am going to be adopted
AGAIN SOON BY the peopl ei live with but i really want to know information
about my family befor i move on. i have 2 other sisters that i no about. and
all i know is we have the same mom but differnent dads. do u think its right
for kids...15,16,18...not to have any information about our past.....i
mean...itsnt that who we are? i think about it a lot and thjought id ask.
thanks!!!!
Answer Hello Kayla,
Because I do not know the particular circumstances of your adoption and why you have had multiple adoptions, it is difficult to give you a good answer to your question, but there are several reasons that you may not have been given the info.
1. It may not be available. Depending on how you came to be adopted, given up at birth, abandoned, etc, info about your birth family may not be known.
2. Adults may not feel comfortable sharing it - Adults often think you will stop thinking and asking about it if they act like it doesn't exist.
3. They may have reason to believe you can't handle it. Whether they view it as too graphic or maybe you have responded negatively in the past.
The good news is, you will soon be able to do a search on your own. Whether it is at 18 or 21, depending on the state where you live, you can petition the court for your records and there are also internet sites now that cater to this. It makes the search alot less difficult. In the meantime, ask the adults in your life, adoptive parents, social worker, attorneys, judge. Your email did not say that you have asked all those who may have information.
To sum it up, I agree that you should know where you come from and it is natural to be curious abot it. Hopefully, you will be able to find out.
