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Postadoption Services
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Series: Bulletins for Professionals |
Author(s):
Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published: 2005 |
1. Introduction
The importance of postadoption services for children adopted from foster care has been well established through research and practice and confirmed by adoptive families themselves. In fact, all adopted children and their families can potentially benefit from services provided after the adoption is finalized. These services may include educational and informational services, clinical services, material services, and/or support networks.
This bulletin will address:
- Who benefits from postadoption services?
- How can postadoption services help?
- What postadoptive services do families need?
- What postadoptive services do States offer?
- How are postadoption services delivered?
- How are postadoption services funded?
- Why evaluate postadoption services?
- What are the implications for practice?
- What future research is needed?
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