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Home > Foster Parent Adoption: A Bulletin for Professionals > Benefits of Foster Parent Adoption
Foster Parent Adoption
Bulletin for Professionals
2. Benefits of Foster Parent Adoption While the research on foster parent adoption is limited, studies do indicate that adoption by foster parents can benefit children and parents in a number of ways. Unlike most other types of adoption, children and foster parents involved in foster parent adoption have already spent time living as a family before the adoption is initiated and have had the opportunity to make some initial adjustments. In addition, research indicates that children placed for adoption with their foster parents are less likely to experience disruption of their placement than children placed in nonrelative, non-foster-parent adoptions (Berry & Barth, 1990; McRoy, 1999; Smith & Howard, 1991). For children, some of the other benefits include:
For the adopting family, the advantages of adopting a child in their care include:
For the birth family, foster parent adoption means the birth parents typically know those who will be the permanent caregivers for their children. For larger society, there are also benefits from foster parent adoption. These include:
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