For Adoption Professionals

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Adoption and Adoptive Families: A Bibliography

A compiled list of bibliographies containing adoption information.... [more]

Lifelong Issues in Adoption

Discusses seven lifelong issues that the birthfamily, adoptive family, and adoptee must all face.... [more]

Clinical Perspective: Psychoeducation for Pre-adoptive Families

Author discusses psychological and emotional issues surrounding adoption.... [more]

How Can I Become an Adoption Consultant?

The many aspects of adoption make the position of an adoption consultant one of responsibility, requiring information and professionalism.... [more]

How to target recruitment toward minority adoptive and foster families that mirror the population of

Recruitment of adoptive families for waiting children of minority cultures according to the requirements of federal law.... [more]

Observing Adoption Awareness Month

Suggestions for making a difference during Adoption Awareness Month.... [more]

Resources on Individualized and Targeted Recruitment for Adoption

Promising practice targets specific and individualized recruitment for prospective adoptive parents.... [more]

The Adoption Worker's Essential Bookshelf

A list of books that would be helpful to an adoption worker.... [more]

Laws & Legal Issues

• Can Adults be Adopted?
• Executive Summary of Adoption Laws
• Baby Abandonment Bills
• Adoption Opportunities Program Grants: Addressing Barriers to Cross-Jurisdictional Placements
• Adoption Opportunities

Research and Statistics

• Adoption From Foster Care, 1999
• Behavior Change As Reported By Caregivers Of Children Receiving Holding Therapy
• Can We Put Clothes on This Emperor?
• Federal Law, the Compact, and State Adoption Assistance Agreements
• Implementation of State Reimbursement of Nonrecurring Expenses for Special Needs Adoption
• Medicaid Options for Foster Care Children and for Children Receiving Adoption Assistance
• National Adoption Attitudes Survey

Education

• Organizations that Provide Education and Training
• Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom
• US Citizens Adopting While Living Abroad
• Military Families and Adoption: A Bulletin for Professionals

Resources and Information

• Post-Adoption Services Work in Many Ways
• Resources for Agency Standard Setting
• Out of State Agencies Placing with New York State
• Stolen Lives
• A Quick Adoption and Special Needs Guide for Professionals
• A Letter You Should Read
• Children and Domestic Violence: A Bulletin for Professionals
• Hard-to-Place Children Receive Varied Levels of Adoption Subsidies in N.Y.
• Normative Crisis in the Development of the Adoptive Family:
• From Child Maltreatment to Delinquency
• Staffing for Administration of the Interstate Compact On Adoption and Medical Assistance
• Decision-Making Under the Interstate Compact On Adoption and Medical Assistance
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