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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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You are in section: Table of Contents 1 - Types of Adoption 2 - Family Assessment 3 - Child Assessment 4 - Birth Parent Involvement 5 - Openness in Adoption 6 - Matching Families and … 7 - Sharing Information With … 8 - Involving Youth in Their … 9 - Placing Children With Families 10 - Prefinalization Services 11 - Postadoption Services Summary References

References

Barth, R. P., & Berry, M. (1991). Preventing adoption disruption. Prevention in Human Services, 9, 205-222.

Dozier, M., Dozier, D., & Manni, M. (2002). Attachment and biobehavioral catch-up: The ABC's of helping infants in foster care cope with early adversity. ZERO TO THREE, April/May, 7-13.

Goerge, R. M., Howard, E. C., Yu, D., & Radomsky, S. (1997). Adoption, disruption, and displacement in the child welfare system, 1976-94. Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

Goodman, D. A. (1993). Here today, gone tomorrow: An investigation of the factors that impact adoption disruption (Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1993). Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 11A (1993): 4259.

Pinderhughes, E. E., & Rosenberg, K. F. (1990). Family bonding with high-risk placements: A therapy model that promotes the process of becoming a family. Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 21, 204-230.

Rycus, J., & Hughes, R. (1998). Field guide to child welfare. Vol IV, Placement and permanence. Washington DC: Child Welfare League of America Press.

Further Resources The library at Child Welfare Information Gateway offers a full range of resources on adoption and adoption practice, and the library's collection is continually updated with the latest reports, books, articles, and newsletters. The library also contains a number of items not available elsewhere, such as project reports from Federal grantees. Anyone can search for and request items from the library. A library search will result in an abstract or summary and contact information for obtaining the material.

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