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The Basics of Adoption Practice
Bulletin for Professionals

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2006

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9. Placing Children With Families

Once a family has been selected for a child and the child has been prepared for placement, the worker and family may develop and implement an individualized plan for how and when the child will move into the family's home. The plan carefully considers the needs of the child and family in order to:

• Provide continuity of caregiving
• Ease the child's adjustment
• Enhance the child's understanding of the event
• Allow an opportunity for important people in the child's life to help the child transition
• Facilitate new attachments
• Plan for postadoption contacts
• Help the family and child cope with changes and stress

Any child experiencing a move and change in caretaker is at risk for experiencing trauma (Dozier, Dozier, & Manni, 2002). This is true for domestically adopted infants, older children adopted from foster care, and infants and children placed through intercountry adoptions. However, the degree of trauma can be mitigated by the care and skill the worker and the families bring to the process.

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