This book emphasizes that adoptees have varying backgrounds. It argues that adoptees have the right to ask questions about their background (adoption documents, agency, etc.). The author states that this book is “completely biased on the rights of adopted people.” The author also asserts that adoptees should be void of influence from adoption authorities.
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 alliance explains the importance of support groups and provides information about their own support group. CAFA’s support group offers general support to parents and caregivers raising their adoptive (or soon-to-be adopted) children. The support group meetings are free, parent-led, and meet monthly.
This article explains the benefits of parent support groups for parents of adoptees. It discusses single parents’ and couples’ challenges and provides some resources for parents interested in exploring support groups.
This organization has a search directory that allows users to filter through countless adoption support groups in North America. There are many support group categories, including ones for single parents, birth parents, pre-adoption, and post-adoption.
This is an ever-growing menu of free resources and ideas for maintaining health with a disability. It discusses insurance, therapy, government programs, and nature programs that are meant for people with disabilities.
This center is dedicated to providing parents of children with disabilities with information, training, and assistance. Their resource page features many websites and tools for parents of children with disabilities.
A brief overview on how to identify a disability in a child, the first steps parents can take to address their child’s needs, and parenting strategies.
This is a directory for resources for kids with disabilities across the United States. It lists consultants, psychologists, tutors, therapists, coaches, and other professionals who serve children with disabilities by state and zip code.
