Special Needs Adoption
Features
- A Family for Every Child: Adopting a Down Syndrome Child
- Adopting A 'High-Risk' Child
- Adopting a Child with Special Needs
- Adopting an International Child with Special Needs
- Adopting Children with Developmental Disabilities
- Adopting Isaac
- Adopting Our Girl
- Adoption: A Myriad of Options
- Being Different
- Can I Adopt A Child with Disabilities?
- Definition of Special Needs
- New Adoption Tax Credit Signed into Law
- Policy and Practice Issues for Adoption and Foster Care of HIV-Infected Children
- Subsidized Adoption: A source of help for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
- The Adopted Child
- The Adoption Process, Disabled Children
- Drug Babies/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Other special needs
- Neglect
- Research and Statistics
- Success Stories
- Laws & Legal Isues
- Attachment and Bonding
- Abuse
A Family for Every Child: Adopting a Down Syndrome Child
A mother of an adopted son with Down Syndrome shares her frustrations with the school system, the adoption agencies, and the laws regarding adopting children with disabilities.... [more]
Adopting A 'High-Risk' Child
A former social worker tells of the struggle and success experienced by families who adopt high-risk children.... [more]
Adopting a Child with Special Needs
Defines special needs and discusses requirements and attributes necessary to adopt such a child; addresses the steps and costs involved, along with services and supports available; provides resources.... [more]
Adopting an International Child with Special Needs
The author offers advice for persons seeking to adopt an international child with special needs; includes recommendations for finding information and support.... [more]
Adopting Children with Developmental Disabilities
Defines developmental disabilities and describes various types; addresses specific challenges and sources for support.... [more]
Adopting Isaac
A mother shares her experience of adopting her son with special needs, after she had six children of her own.... [more]
Adopting Our Girl
An adoptive mother writes of overcoming the challenges of her adopted daughter's disability.... [more]
Adoption: A Myriad of Options
Adoption with complex issues such as racial, cultural, or ethical backgrounds.... [more]
Being Different
A mother's struggle for people to understand the disability of her child.... [more]
Can I Adopt A Child with Disabilities?
Children in foster care are considered to be children with "special needs"; having physical, mental and emotional disabilities. These children can be adopted with assistance and services in place to assist adoptive parents in securing the well-being of the child and the family.... [more]
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