Focus Hawaii LDS Social Services Arlene Anderson & Saly Lee
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Description
Hosted by Lance Chase, this episode of Focus Hawaii features clinical social worker Saly Lee and adoptive mother Arlene Anderson, who offer a compassionate and detailed look into LDS Social Services’ adoption program throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Lee explains the agency’s mission, history, and island‑wide outreach, describing the extensive adoption process—including interviews, home studies, medical and financial screenings, and family profiles reviewed by birth mothers—while highlighting church principles that prioritize the child’s best interests and the strength of two‑parent homes. Anderson shares her personal adoption journey, from receiving the life‑changing phone call announcing her son’s birth to the joy and bonding that followed, and reflects on the emotional sacrifices of birth mothers and the spiritual experiences often tied to adoptive placement. Together, they discuss closed vs. open adoptions, counseling support for both adoptive and birth parents, cultural challenges unique to Hawaiʻi, and inspiring success stories of children and birth mothers who have thrived through the program.
Length of Video
00:29:19
File Size
2.5GB
Archives Call Number
22.FH
Air Date
Winter 2-27-1995
Keywords
Lance Chase, Focus Hawaii, LDS Social Services, Saly Lee, Arlene Anderson, adoption Hawaii, closed adoption, open adoption, confidential adoption, birth mother counseling, adoptive parents, LDS adoption guidelines, family profiles, home study process, child placement, spiritual adoption stories, Hawaii social work, parenting support, unwed mothers counseling, foster placement LDS, Big Island outreach, Honolulu LDS office.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Chase, Lance; Lee, Saly; and Anderson, Arlene, "Focus Hawaii LDS Social Services Arlene Anderson & Saly Lee" (1995). Focus Hawaii. 82.
https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/focushawaii/82