An article explaining the role a support group can play in the lives of adopted children and their families. The article also explains how support groups form and five different types of support groups.
The Support for Adoptive Families, Birth Families, and Adoptees is part of the New Beginning community. This community provides many kinds of support groups, including ones for adoptive parents, adult adoptees, and youth adoptees. Although this organization is in Idaho, most meetings are held over Zoom.
This network gives adoptive parents a community of people to share experiences and answers about adoption. They have a list of support groups for parents in Michigan, filtered by county. AFSN also publishes a calendar of all the organization’s events (meet ups, teen groups, etc.).
This alliance brings adoptive families together in North Carolina. They offer three types of groups: therapist-led, community-led, and a mix of support and education (“support-ucation”). Session donations of $20 are suggested, but all groups are “pay what you can.”
Heart of Adoptions is a private adoption agency. They offer a list of various support groups, and descriptions and contact information for each group. There are single parent, adoptee, mental health, birth family groups, and more.
This is an online forum containing numerous threads about adoption. Categories include adoptive parents, foster care, special needs, adult adoptees, and more. Each category contains multiple subcategories where people can publish posts and interact with other users.
A list of support groups in North America, including name, state, meeting times, and contact information. Group members can include both adopted adults and birth parents. Others welcome anyone impacted by adoption, while only a few are open exclusively to adoptees or birth parents.
This webpage offers resources on for all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, however it focuses on adoption from the US foster care system. It includes information for adoption professionals, adopted adults, prospective adoptive parents, and birth families on a broad range of adoption topics.
A list of intercountry and transracial, adoptee-led, post-adoption services located in the US. It includes search reunion services, counseling and therapy services, mentorship programs, and more.
A documentary about a South Korean pastor made famous for his “drop box.” The film underscores his religion, work with adoption, and the function of the drop box.
