"The Lord definitely healed our hearts tremendously, but it's a lifelong process, " she said.

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It recognises the prior learning and life experiences that adults have already gained and sees the training of adults as a competency-based process of lifelong learning.

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Santiago, a lifelong Hartford, Connecticut, resident, said she is in the process of adopting one of the four, a 12-year-old boy.

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It may take a few months of intense analysis of your own behavior to control certain behaviors, and the overall process may be lifelong, Neuman said.

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