The Adoption Health Service at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital offers a variety of pre-adoptive services tailored to meet each family's individual needs. Whether you have no information or detailed reports, our experts can provide you with information and tools needed to make your decision. Our goal is to provide evaluation and education for infants, children and families. Pre-adoption consultations take approximately one and one half to two hours. During these extensive meetings, our physicians help you to understand the special needs of children from orphanages and other settings abroad. As part of the pre-adoption consultation our specialists provide you with information on potential health problems in your particular area of travel and advice on preventive measures that can help you stay well.
If families have medical information on a prospective child, it can be forwarded it to our clinic at least 24 hours prior to the appointment time. Families will meet with an Adoption Health Service pediatrician either in person at our administrative offices or via telephone to review the specific medical information as well as general information about all children coming from institutional or foster care environments. In situations where a family will not receive individual information about a child until they are actually traveling overseas, we are committed to providing timely feedback to families regarding medical information transmitted to us during travel (in most cases electronically or via phone/fax). Close communication with our medical staff is encouraged throughout the pre-adoptive process, and we are available to answer any subsequent questions with families both prior to and during international travel. Written summaries are provided to the family.
The fee for a pre-adoption consultation is $550.00. The fee for reviewing two children during the same visit is $825.00. Unfortunately, pre-adoption consultations are not covered by insurance. We do ask that you pay your fee in full at the time of your visit. We accept personal checks, Master Card and Visa.
Please feel free to contact us at (216) 844-3224 if you have any questions, concerns or comments about our services. We are here to provide the best possible service for families of international adoption and appreciate your opinion.