I found the mother lode of information on Russia last night.

It's called "Sher's Russian Index", and it is a portal to all things Russian--art, culture, sports, science, language and much, much more. Well, there's not a section on adoption, but I can forgive its creator that because of all the other material that's here.

A word on the site's creator. He is one Benjamin Sher, and after a bit of sleuthing, I learned that he is a Russian translator by profession. His main Web site contains... more

One of the most useful things my adoption agency made me do, as I was working on my second Russian adoption in 2004-2005 was to create what I'll call a Russian Resources list: One document on which I collected all the Russia-related help I might need, from cultural to medical. If you're among the many prospective parents waiting for Moscow to finish the re-accreditation process, compiling this list can be a great, productive way to pass the time.

The object is to list everything you might need to help you and your newly adopted child settle... more

Sandra over at the International Adoption Blog took a look last week at International Mother Languages Day, a commemoration set up by UNESCO in 1999. It's an interesting post to read if you love languages the way I do, but also because of what she brings out about Russia at the end.

I don’t know why it took me so long to realize that there were a lot of languages in Russia besides Russian. I don’t... more

Continuing in my post about a great article about speech and language acquisition in adoptees... (see part 1 here, and see part 2 here.)

Although, as the article tells us, traditional ESL programs are not particularly useful for kids... more

Continuing in my post about a great article about speech and language acquisition in adoptees... (see part 1 here).

The article recommends early testing of children adopted from Eastern Europe, even though it acknowledges that problems may not show up until children are school-aged. Early testing, the doctors in the article say,... more

I was just sent a link to a wonderful article on speech and language acquisition in children adopted from Eastern Europe. I've read many articles like this and the reason I like this one a lot is twofold: one, it's succinct, and two, it's immensely supportive of the adoptive parent.

It's about time! I'm feeling a little undersupported these days.

Here's the article in a nutshell: