Welcome to Utah Home Study! We are
committed to serving you and helping you through a
sometimes confusing process. We have competent and
caring
professionals.
Our
Mission
We have made the commitment to provide professional and
competent adoption services for you our clients. We are
committed to helping to promote a warm and friendly
atmosphere in which we enjoy building relationships with
our clients. We are committed to keeping our services
affordable in order to allow access for all to the
incredible opportunity of
adoption.
Our
Professionals:
Dr. Alan Saunders, PhD, LCSW is an adoption
advocate and Adoption Social Worker. For over 14 years
he has been committed adoption advocacy and to
the delivery of Adoption services to birth parents,
adoptive parents and children in Utah. He has extensive
experience in screening, evaluation, birth parent
support and counseling and birth
parent relinquishments. His years of
experience in providing services to both placing
and adoptive families includes instruction, evaluation,
and support. Alan completes both home
studies and post placement interviews.
Laurie
Reef, MS, MFTI, is a caring and competent clinician who
loves to be in the homes of those completing their home
study. She is kind and interested in the personal
touch. She completes both home studies and post
placement interviews.
Lilliam Henningson, LCSW is
a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker who deals with all different
types of population on a daily basis. She enjoys working
with adults and children. She has been in the helping
profession for more than ten years, but helping is
something she has always enjoyed. As a worker with Utah
Home Study, you can rely on her help and professionalism
to guide you at each step of the home study completion
process with ease, honesty and trust. Adoption can
be a joyful and yet, stressful event for couples and
Lilliam will help you through. Lilliam completes both home studies and post placement
interviews.
Collectively,
we have completed over 200 home studies and nearly
600 post placements interviews. We would love to
help you with yours!
Our purpose at Utah Home Study is to find
the strengths and benefits you offer to a perspective
adoptive child not to look for problems in your home or
family. A home study, as its name implies,
examines the dwelling of the prospective parents. Some
factors that are taken into account include the
cleanliness and condition of the home, safety,
sanitation, and the neighborhood where the home is
located. Factors pertaining to the individual
family members includes their desire to adopt,
their understanding of the relationship between adoptive
parents and children, and their openness to addressing
the unique issues associated with adoption. If
there are any concerns or issues to be resolved, we will
be specific and clear as to what would need to happen to
qualify and receive an approved home
study.
