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• Adoption Videos: Talking to Your child About Adoption ages 0-6 Years
• Adoption Videos: Adoption after Infertility
• Adoption Videos: Featured Video

CONSIDERING ADOPTION - HERE

Is adoption right for me?

Expert Viewpoints:

• Joni Mantell, LCSW :
  • Making the Transition from Infertility to Adoption
  • Surviving Infertility
• Patricia Johnston M.S. :
  • Speaking Positively: Using Respectful Adoption Language
  • What Should We Tell the Kids?
• Dr. Janet Jaffee :
  • Knowing When to Stop Trying
  • How Do You Grieve a Reproductive Loss?

 

I am considering international adoption

Learn more about:

• International Adoption,
• China,
• Russia,
• Ethiopia,
• Korea,
• Haiti ,
• Vietnam

Expert Viewpoints:

• Melissa Fay Greene :
  • What Will Become of Africa's Aids Orphans?
  • Melissa Fay Greene's unofficial guide
• Dawn Davenport :
  • Surviving the Wait
  • Adoption Myths Debunked

I am considering domestic adoption

Learn more about:

• Domestic Adoption

Expert Viewpoints:

• Suzanne Slade : Discussion Questions for Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide
• Patricia Dischler:
  • 10 Things Every Birthmother Wants Adoptive Parents To Know
  • Putting Fears To Rest
• Micky Duxbury MFT : What is Child –Centered  Open Adoption?
• Beth Hall :

  • Stepping Inside of Transracial Adoption

  • What is Transracial Adoption?
  • Adoptism - a definition

ADOPTIVE PARENT PREPARATION - HERE

Emotional Preparation

Expert Viewpoints:

• Regina Kupecky, LSW :
  • “You aren't my real parent “… joys of parenting teenagers
  • The Cycle of Bonding
  • “Affirming the Reality of the Hurt Adoptee”
• Deborah D Gray
  • Top Ten Tips for the First Year of Placement
  • Five Faves for Families Helping Anxious Children
• Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D.
  • Affirming the Hurt Adoptee’s Reality
    

Practical Preparation

Medical Issues

Expert Viewpoints:

• Dr Jane Aronson : The Conundrum of Age Assignment for Children Adopted Abroad

Common Concerns

HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD - HERE

Talking With Young Children

Expert Viewpoints:

• Kathy Brodsky, LCSW :
  • When and what to tell children about their Adoption
  • School Experiences: Interview Techniques and Ongoing Experiences
  • Multicultural Family Adoption Issues
  • 10 things to ask the social worker/agency before doing your homestudy

 Learn more about:

• LifeBooks, Life Books
• Baby Adoption Memory Books

Talking With Tweens and Teens

Expert Viewpoints:

• Jean MacLeod : At Home in this World
• Sherrie Eldridge :
  • Short articles on Adoption
  • Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew--A Study Guide
  • Under His Wings - Creating a Safe Place for Adoptees to Talk about Adoption

Talking About Tough Topics

FEATURED PRODUCT - Reviews

• June 2008: Labor of the Heart A Parent’s Guide
• May 2008: Adoption Awareness: Handling Questions
• April 2008: The English American, by Alison Larkin
• March 2008: Trail of Crumbs, by Kim Sunee

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