ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of the AAPI and other underserved communities – including immigrants and refugees. They develop, provide, and advocate for innovative, effective, and efficient community-based multilingual and multicultural services. ACRS services are available by appointment only.
This organization emphasizes serving traditionally muted or marginalized communities and destigmatizing mental health. In its search directory, users can search by state and insurance provider. Therapist profiles show their focus areas, treatment modalities, finance information, and more.
This book clarifies the effects of separating babies from their birth mothers as a primal loss, affecting the relationships of the adopted person throughout life. This book also discusses pre-and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss. Additionally, it lists the coping mechanisms which adoptees use to be able to attach and live in a family they’re not biologically related to. The purpose of this book is to help heal the adoption community and bring understanding and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt abandoned.
This is a comprehensive guide for adoptive parents on how to care for adopted children and promote healthy attachment. It explains what attachment is, how trauma can affect children’s emotional development, and how to improve attachment, respect, cooperation and trust. This book covers various topics, including international adoption, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and learning disabilities. It’s considered an important resource for adoption-competent professionals.
This is an annotated bibliography that covers adoption literature published from 1990 to 1991 suitable for children and young adults. There are 503 titles in this volume and are divided into fiction and nonfiction by reading level. The bibliography. It encompasses topics including sibling adoption, single-parent adoption, foster parent adoption, transracial and intercountry adoption, racial identity, and much more.
This is an illustrated memoir by a Swedish-Korean adoptee about her life as an adoptee. The author (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom) explores her feelings related to identity, abandonment, truth, and family. This memoir also details Sjöblom’s journey back to her orphanage in Korea. There, she finds out more about the circumstances surrounding her adoption and realizes that the truth is far more complicated than what she grew up being told.
This article gives a brief history of the Americans with Disabilities and details about scholarships. The site includes the scholarships’ name, deadline, amount, and description.
This is a list of 79 scholarships for disabled students that are available in 2023. The majority are college related. The descriptions include the title, amount, deadline, application link, and requirements (grade level, GPA, academic interest, etc.).
This is a list of 35 scholarships for students with disabilities. Applicants need proof of a disability before they can find scholarships, financial aid, or anything offering tuition assistance. The nature of students’ disability plays a strong role in what kind of aid will be available.
This center features a list of scholarships that are available for people with disabilities and come from foundations, organizations, or a broad range of other committed providers. The scholarships are open to all college students with disabilities, including students with learning disabilities.
