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Help for Families

It is normal for adoptive families to need ongoing services after adoption. Find resources about different types of postadoption services and typical issues encountered by children who were adopted. Also find resources to help in parenting children who have experienced trauma, neglect, or institutionalization, and information specific to different types of adoptive families.

• Counseling, support groups, and respite care
• Maintaining connections
• Training
• Parenting your child from birth to adulthood
• Understanding potential challenges
• Obtaining birth and/or adoption records

	Selected Resources Postadoption Services: A Factsheet for Families Child Welfare Information Gateway (2006) Explains the range of postadoption services available to families.

	Related Information Gateway Topics Adoption: Types of adoptive families Adoption: Single parents Adoption: Transracial/transcultural families Adoption: Kinship/relative families Adoption: Married families Adoption: Military families Adoption: Gay and lesbian families Adoption: Families struggling with infertility

Updated on December 7, 2007