Parenting After Adoption
Adoption is a lifelong process. Families often need additional support at various times after placement and after the adoption is legally finalized. Families may need services as a child develops and as normal development, adjustment, and adoption-related issues arise. In this section find resources for adoptive families that explain what to expect at various developmental stages. Also, learn how to talk about adoption, address adoption issues in school, help children with grief and loss, recognize and get help for postadoption depression, find needed services, and obtain financial assistance.
- Adoption and developmental stages
- Talking about adoption
- Adoption and school
- Training for adoptive families
- Helping adopted children cope with grief and loss
- Lifebooks
- Postadoption depression
- After domestic infant adoption
- After adoption from foster care
- After intercountry adoption
- Finding services for an adopted child
- Educational assistance
- Handling false allegations of child abuse and neglect
- Disruption/dissolution
Impact of Adoption on Adoptive Parents | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 401KB) |
Year Published: | 2010 - 14 pages |
This factsheet explores some of the emotional ups and downs that adoptive parents may experience as they approach the decision to adopt, during the adoptive process, and after the adoption. It explores some stresses that adoptive parents may experience, including depression, issues related to identity and attachment, and issues related to the child's adjustment, such as contact with the birth family. Useful resources and suggestions for finding help are included. |
Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Melina (1998)
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Helps parents through all stages of their child's development, offering guidance on open adoption, intercountry and transracial adoption, adjustment issues, bonding and attachment, ethnic and cultural identity, behavioral problems, and other special issues.