This article by an adoptive mother discusses the considerations that go into the preference checklist adoptive parents must complete. She offers advice about how to work through the checklist with a spouse and not feel overwhelmed when completing it.
This digital lending library allows prospective adoptive families, foster parents, and adoptive parents to rent books for free. Users can check out up to three items at a time for up to six weeks. There’s literature about special needs, general adoption, parenting, adoption for professionals, and LBGTQ adoption.
This organization focuses on waiting children in China with medical needs. They have resources for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents, and about special needs. It was founded and is maintained by adoptive parents that are knowledgeable about special needs adoptions from China.
This organization provides reference information for common special needs, including craniofacial conditions, digestive system conditions, infectious diseases, and more. There’s also a family stories page, a resource page (with extra medical and post-adoption resources), and content about the adoption process.
This article discusses considerations for prospective parents when adopting a child with special needs or disabilities. It explains how to understanding children with special needs, pre-adoption considerations, choosing an adoption agency, and more.
This article explains why foster care and adoption training are required. It discusses pre-service training, foster parent in-service training, post-adoption training, kinship-specific training, and more. The author also provides general advice about learning how to parent.
This resource is from the Children’s Aid Society of Alabama and offers several adoption trainings. Trainings cover domestic adoption, international adoption, medical courses, and more.
This Christian adoption agency offers curriculum designed to help families prepare for the placement and care of a child. They also offer courses for post-adoption life, webinars, and individual training appointments.
This is a Christian organization that offers programs including Post-Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Both programs help parents better understand their children. Holt also provides resources about racial and adoptee identity, birth parents, privilege, and international adoption.
A brief article regarding different types of adoption training for prospective and adoptive parents. There’s also a list of trainings that are required or useful for parents researching child development.
