POSITIVE LANGUAGE
Birth parent
Biological child
Birth child
My child
Born to unmarried parents
Terminate parental rights
Make an adoption plan
To parent
Waiting child
Making contact with
Parent
Search
Child placed for adoption
Court termination
Child with special needs
Was adopted
Two years behind in development
Spinabifida, cleft lip or other specific condition
Has disability or is physically challenged
Describe specifics--intelligence
Divorced
Separated from parents or rejected
Is taking Ritalin
Neurological impairment
NEGATIVE LANGUAGE
Real parent
Natural parent
Own Child
Adopted Child
Illegitimate
Give up
Give away
To keep
Adoptable child
Track down parents
Unwanted child
Child taken away
Handicapped child
Is adopted
Retarded (or other descriptive language)
Deformed
Handicapped
Normal or grade level
Broken marriage
Deserted or abandoned
Hyperactive
Brain damaged
