National Adoption Day 2025   National Adoption Day is a collective, grassroots effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States. A coalition of national partners — the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption , Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute , Alliance for Children’s Rights ,  and Children’s Action Network  — launched National Adoption Day in 1999. For more information, please visit the National

October is Sensory Processing Awareness Month! Sensory Processing issues are often first recognized during the toddler years, when parents notice that a child has an unusual aversion to noise, light, shoes that are deemed too tight and clothes that are irritating. They may also notice clumsiness and trouble climbing stairs, and difficulty with fine motor skills like wielding a pencil and fastening buttons. Read more on this topic at the Child Mind Institute, here .

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