Chapter 14
Resources and Reference
This is the conclusion of the Adoption Education sessions. Of course, it is not the end of our contact with you. We hope that you will continue researching, discussing and learning about adoption. We know that this preparation course is not all inclusive. That is one reason why we have this last chapter. It will provide you with some reference material to continue on your own. It was our goal to familiarize you with some topics in adoption and parenting. You have probably discovered that there are special issues pertinent to adoption. Being informed will help you meet the challenges these issues bring. Sensitive, knowledgeable and consistent parenting is the central component to success.There are many ways to get more information. This chapter will supply some resources. We do not endorse these resources but provide them for you as a place to start. Some of the citations are not complete but should give you enough information to find the source. Internet URLs change so you may find that one of the internet addresses is no longer available or has changed. Please keep in mind that while enormously helpful, the internet can be inaccurate and full of rumors. Double check the information you receive especially if it seems dubious. The internet is largely unregulated and allows people to post anonymously which also means they are not accountable for their posting.
At the end of this chapter is a certificate for you to print out, sign and send to Commonwealth. Please send two copies. We will keep a copy in your file to certify that you have participated in our training.
We look forward to receiving your certificates and to continuing our work together as you expand your family through adoption.
Medical Resources: See Chapter 5
Books
Adoption: A Handful of Hope by Suzanne ArmsAdoption and the Schools: Resources for Parents and Teachers by Lansing Wood and Nancy Ng
Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child by Joan and Bernard McNamara
Adoption Healing: A Path to Recovery by Joe Soll, CSW
Adoption Today by Cynthia V.N. Peck
Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption by Marlou Russell, Ph.D. Website: www.marlourussellphd.com
Adoption and the Famly System: Strategies for Treatment by Miriam Reitz, Ph.D., LCSW and Kenneth W. Watson, MSW, LCSW
Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure by R. Barth, M. Freundlich, and D. Brodzinsky (ed.)
The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years by Elinor B. Rosenberg, M.D.
Adoption Without Fear by James L. Gritter, MSW (ed)
Adoption Subsidy: A Guide for Adoptive Parents by Tim O'Hanlon
The Adoptive Family as a Healing Resource for the Sexually Abused Child by Deborah Minshew, MSSW and Chrisan Hooper, MSSW,
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids (1995) by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW
An Annotated Guide to Adoption Research by Deborah Martin
Are Those Kids Yours? American Families with children Adopted from Oter Countries by Cheri Register, Ph.D.
Attachment in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray
Being Adopted: the Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshal Schechter, M.D., and robin Henig
Birthparent's Book of Memories by Brenda Romanchik
A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera Falberg
The Complete Idiots Guide to Adoption by Chris Adamec
Designing Rituals of Adoption by Mary Martin Mason
Did My First Mother Love Me? By Kathryn Ann Miller
Don’t Touch My Heart: Healing the Pain of an Unattached Child by Christopher H. Waldmann, MA, LPC and Lynda Gianforte Mansfield
Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption by E. Wayne Carp
Filling in the Blanks by Susan Gabel, M.Ed.
The Greatest Gift: Reflections on International and Domestic Adoption by Betsy Buckley
Growing Up Adopted: A Portrait of Adolescents and Their Families by P.L. Benson, Ph.D., A.R. Sharma, Ph.D., L.P, and E.C. Roehlkepartain
The Healing Power of the Family by Richard J. Delany, Ph.D.
Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett-Jarratt
I'm Brown and My Sister Isn't by Robbie O'Shea
Insights into Adoption by Barbara Taylor Blomquist
Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
International Adoption: challenges and Opportunities by Thais Tepper, Lois Hannon, and Dorothy Sandstrom (ed.)
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton
Lost and Found: the Adoption Experience by Betty Jean Lifton
Older Child Adoption by Grace Robinson
The Other Mother by Carol Schaefer
The Waiting Child by Cindy Champnella
Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent’s Guide by Lois Ruskai Melina
Parenting with Lova and Logic: teaching children Responsibility by Foster W. Cline and Jim Fay
Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched by Adoption by Patricia Irwin Johnston, MS
*Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
Raising the Rainbow Generation: Teaching Your Children to Be Successful in a Multicultural Society by Darlene Powell Hopson and Derek S. Hopson
Real Parents, Real Children by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Talking with Young children About Adoption by Mary Watkins, Ph.D., and Susan fisher, M.D.
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy E. Keefer and Jayne E. Schooler
*Toddler Adoption: The Weavers Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Twenty things Adopted Kids Wish their Adoptive Prents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
Two Birthdays for Beth by Gay Lynn Cronin
The Other Mother by Carol Schaefer
Our Chosen Child by Judith Levy
The Russian Word for Snow by Janis Cooke Newman
The Russian Way: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and customs of the Russians by L.L. Vokhmina, Lilia Vokhmina and Zita Dabars
Talking with Young Children About Adoption by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
White Swan Express by Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki
Why Am I Different by Norma Simon
Why Didn’t She Keep Me? Answers to the Question Every Adopted Child Asks by Barbara Burlingham-Brown, MS
With Eyes Wide Open: A workbook for Parents Adopting International Children Over Age One by Margi Miller, M.A. and Nancy Ward, M.A., LICSW
Bookstores
Amazon Bookswww.amazon.com
Tapestry Books
P.O. Box 359
Ringoes, NJ 08551-0359
www.tapestrybooks.com
Perspectives Press, Inc.
PO Box 90318
Indianapolis, IN 46290
(317) 872-3055
www.perspectivespress.com
www.boundbylove.net/page2.html Early language books for kids
www.half.com
Magazines
Adoptive FamiliesP.O. Box 5159
Brentwood, TN 37024-9457
www.adoptivefamilies.com
Adoptive Families of America
2309 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
www.adoptivefam.org
FACE Adoption Quarterly
Families Adoption Children Everywhere
P.O. Box 28058, Northwood Station
Baltimore, MD 21239
www.rainbowkids.com on-line magaine
Roots & Wings Adoption Magazine
P.O. box 577
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Newsletters
Adoption/Medical NewsAdoption Advocates Press
1921 Ohio St. NE
Palm Bay, FL 32907
The Post
Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child
P.O. Box 613
Meadowlands, PA 15347
Intercultural Development Research Association
5835 Callaghan Road, Suite 350
San Antonio, Texas 78228-1190
Phone: (210) 444-1710 / Fax: (210) 444-1714
www.idra.org
Internet
www.adoption.about.comwww.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org Adoption Benefits
www.adoptionweek.com
www.adoptioninstitute.org The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org Online Adoption Education
www.adoptionexperts.com
www.adoptionsites.com
www.asha.org American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
www.calib.com/naic
www.forums.adoption.com Adoption Forums
www.fwcc.org Families with Children from China
www.frua.org Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
www.lapa.com Latin America
www.parentingteens.about.com
www.raisingadoptedchildren.com by Lois Melina
www.serve.com/ichild India
Help With Adoption Expenses
Several States have tax credits for adoptive families which are sometimes restricted to domestic adoptions but check with your state adoption unit for more information. www.nacac.org/subsidy_stateprofiles.htmlActive Duty military families may have a one-time adoption reimbursement of $2,000 per child. www.nefe.org/adoption/adopt.pgs/helpf.html
www.irs.gov Federal Adoption Expense Tax Credit
www.kkadoption.com Raising money for adoption
www.achildwaits.org
www.chinacare.org/adoptions.html
www.orphans.com
www.homestead.com/brightfutures
www.i-a-a.org/chanceforachild.htm
www.nefe.org/adoption National Endowment for Financial Education
Employee Benefits. Some employers provide reimbursement for adoption expenses. www.adopt.org/workplace
www.giftofadoption.org
www.cwla.org Child Welfare League
www.angelfire.com/journal/adoptionhelp/adopthelp.html
www.jsw-adoption.org/
www.nafadopt.org/NafGrants.htm
www.loans.adoption.com
Government
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)United States Deartment of Homeland Security
http://uscis.gov/graphics/faqsgen.htm
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Telephone: 202-619-0257
Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775
www.hhs.gov
U.S. Department of State
Office of children’s Issues
Room 4811
Overseas Citizens Services
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC 20520-4818
www.travel.state.gov
http://travel.state.gov/adopt.html
Department of Health and Human Services
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
330 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20447
Phone: (703) 352-3488 or (888) 251-0075
Fax: (703) 385-3206
www.calib.com/naic
Social Security – Use locator on web site for local offices
Office of Public Inquiries
Windsor Park Building
6401 Security blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
1-800-772-1213
www.ssa.gov
Organizations
Adoptive Families of America (AFA)2309 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
www.adoptivefam.org
Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio
Gregory Keck, Ph.D.
12608 State Road Suite 1
Cleveland, Ohio 44133
www.abcofohio.net
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
440 First St. NW , Suite 310
Washington, DC 20001
www.cwla.org
Evergreen Consultants in Human Behavior
28000 Meadow Dr., suite 206
Evergreen, CO 80439
www.attachmenttherapy.com
Federation for Children with Special Needs
95 Berkeley St., suite 104
Boston, MA 02116
www.fcsn.org
International Concerns for Children (ICC)
911 Cypress Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
www.fortnet.org/icc
Joint Council on International Children’s Services from North America (JCICS)
1403 King Street
Suite 101
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-535-8045
Fax: 703-535-8049
jcics@jcics.org
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013-1182
www.calib.com/naic
National Center for Adoption Law and Policy
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614-236-6730
Fax:614-236-6956
www.ncalp.org
National Council For Adoption
225 N. Washington Street
Alexandria VA 22314
www.ncfa-usa.org
National Council for Single Adoptive Parents
P.O. Box 55
Wharton, NJ 07885
www.adopting.org/ncsap.html
North American Council on Adoptable Children
970 Raymond Ave
St. Paul, MN 55114
612-644-3036 Fax: 612-644-9848
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/
The Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child
PO box 613
Meadowlands, PA 15347
724-222-1766
RESOLVE, Inc.
1310 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02144
www.resolve.org
Life Books
www.adoptbooks.com Life Bookswww.adoptionshop.com
Kaleidoscope of Dreams
1092 Via Media
Lafayette, CA 94549
E-mail dreams1092@aol.com
Other
Therapists and Support Groupswww.kuddlekids.com
Time and Date in other countries
www.timeanddate.com
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