Adoption - Services to the child

1. The child-placing agency shall make every effort to place siblings together in an adoptive home. If it is not possible to place siblings together, the child-placing agency shall add written documentation in the child's file identifying the reasons the siblings could not be placed together and the plans formulated to keep the siblings in contact with one another after the adoption. 2. The child-placing agency shall create and provide a life book to the child, and shall give the child an opportunity to explore the child's birth history in preparation for the child's adoptive placement. 3. When appropriate to the child's developmental needs, the child-placing agency shall provide preplacement counseling to the child to assist the child in adjusting to adoption. 4. The child-placing agency shall begin recruitment efforts immediately and on an ongoing basis as directed by the referral for a child without an identified family. Diligent recruitment may include listing the child with local, regional, and national recruitment resources.