Dear First/Birth Moms,
In addition to being a first mom I am also a graduate student at the University of Washington Tacoma. As part of my Social Work Research Methods class I have created a survey to examine the influence open adoption records, specifically access to original birth certificates, has on the likelihood a woman will relinquish her parental rights through domestic infant adoption.
I am asking you to complete the short survey that should take less than five minutes. Your participation is voluntary and you may withdraw at any time by simply closing the survey window.
I will protect the confidentiality of the information you provide by:
a.Not asking for names on the survey
b.Surveys will be processed through a web-based system and I will not be able to trace the results to any one person.
c.Not reporting any individual responses
The survey asks you about how the status of adoption records influenced your relinquishment of parental rights as well as how the change in that status may have influenced you had it been different. If these questions cause you any discomfort or if you’d like to discuss this further support is available from other birth/first moms at http://forums.adoption.com/birthparent-support/357694-birth-mom-survey.html#post33860701
If you have any questions please contact me at cooleykm@u.washington.edu.
Clicking the link to the survey affirms that you have read the above and understand that that your participation is completely voluntary if at anytime you change your mind about participation you may close the survey window and none of your answers will be recorded.
Cordially,
K.M. Cooley aka KatjaMichelle
MSW Student
University of Washington Tacoma
The Link to the survey is
https://catalysttools.washington.edu…cooleykm/71745
Kathy Aderhold said,
April 29, 2009 @ 7:23 am
I lost my daughter in 1972 and found her again in 1998. We are in a wonderful reunion. Unfortunately we live 900 miles apart, so we don’t get to see each other that often. But we do see each other two or three times a year and of course we call and email in between. I am Nana to her two children and I don’t think our reunion could be any better!