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Having been in the adoption world since 1991, the abbreviations or what some call — adoption lingo — has become second nature to me – maybe working in the human resource field has helped a bit too! I feel today’s cyber world is filled with lots of abbreviations that have “meaning”. As I have mentioned in my previous blogs, my very dear friend is just starting in the adoption world and found herself lost with all this. I saw a post on another group site asking just what all the abbreviations meant.
So today, I thought I’d blog about the most common ones used in my various Kazakhstan groups…….
USCIS – United States Citizen & Immigration Services
BH – Baby House
CH – Children’s Home
DD – dear daughter
DS – dear son
DH – dear husband
DW – dear wife
LOI – Letter of invitation
MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MOE – Ministry of Education
PPR – Post Placement Reports
COC – Certificate of Citizenship
FAS – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAD – Reactive Attachment Disorder
As always – I like to also offer some resource links that can come in handy for fellow adoptive parents…..
http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/adoption-lingo-list.html to see additional adoption lingo.
If you’d like a very comprehensive list of various adoption related terminology – please visit:
http://glossary.adoption.com/
or
http://kazakhadoptivefamilies.com/FAQ4.html
And believe it or not – before you know it – you’ll understand all the abbreviations out there. Best wishes on your journey!
