We recommend the following list of helpful adoption resources:
• Helpful Website Links
• Recommended Books
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
(BCIS) is where families interested in international
adoption can download
the application for Advance Processing of an Orphan Petition
(I-600A) in order to start the BCIS application process.
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is a national
non-profit organization devoted to improving adoption policy
and practice.
The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
(NAIC) features
hundreds of articles about adoption, adoption statistics
and referrals for birthparents, adoptive parents, adoptees,
and
adoption professionals.
Orphan Doctor is a site developed
by Dr. Jane Aronson, a pediatrician specializing in adoption
medicine. It is designed
to educate
families hoping to adopt children both domestically and
Internationally, starting with pre-adoption counseling
to long-term developmental
issues and concerns. This site includes relevant medical
research and definitions.
PACT, An Adoption Alliance is
a non-profit organization specializing in transracial adoption
issues. PACT is
dedicated to the
mission of providing high quality adoption-related
services to children
of color, their birth parents and their adoptive families.
The Plumsite Adoption Website Ring is a ring
of over 400 select web pages devoted to the best interests
of adoptees
and those
in the adoption triad. It includes sites for adoptees,
birthparents and adoptive parents. NO commercial
agency, attorney, professional
searcher, intermediary or therapists sites are listed.
RESOLVE of Northern California is an organization
that provides support services, workshops, and family
building
information
to people experiencing infertility, or are having
difficulty building their families.
Stars of David is a nonprofit
information and support network for Jewish and inter-faith adoptive
families
of all sizes,
ages and origins. It serves all members of the
triad including Jewish
birth parents, adoptees, adoptive parents, prospective
parents, single parents, grandparents, interfaith
couples, transracial
and transcultural families, and those with children
by birth and adoption.
Tapestry Book Company specializes
in the distribution of hundreds of adoption related books for
adults
and children
alike.
Perspectives Press is an infertility
and adoption book publisher providing award-winning books,
article, and
workshops for
consumers and for medical, mental health,
counseling and allied professionals
on infertility, reproductive health, and
alternative family building.
Jewish Family and Children's
Services (JFCS) has been serving the Northern California
community for over 150 years.
JFCS has
provided comprehensive, caring social services
to Bay Area residents of all ages with over 40 programs. Adoption
Connection
is proudly
affiliated with this nationally acclaimed
non-profit organization.
Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Information and
resources covering sexual and reproductive health topics.
Research on sexual health problems and directory of health
centers in the US.
Fore Adoption Foundation provides financial
support in the form of direct grants
to Adoptive Parents
for attorney
and
agency
fees, court approved birthmother expenses,
and an education fund for the adoptive
child.
Online Adoption Chat Groups and
Forums
Adoptionforums.com is
a site specifically run as an online venue to chat with
other birth
parents, adoptive
parents,
or adult
adoptees about adoption related issues
or concerns.
About.com has
specific adoption chat groups. You can add your email address
to their
weekly newsletter
about
adoption.
Yahoo.com has
hundreds of individual
adoption groups run by many different
member of
the adoption triad.
Google.com also
has adoption groups.
Comeunity.com provides many adoption forums.
Find an adoption forum
that best meets
your needs. It
is organized
by country
or topic.
We recommend the
following books for adoptive
parents:
Adoption
Nation: How the Adoption
Revolution is Transforming America
By Adam Pertman
The Essential
Adoption Handbook
By Colleen Alexander-Roberts
Adoption
Without Fear
By James L. Gritter
Adopting in
America: How to Adopt Within
One Year
By Randall B. Hicks
The Adoption
Sourcebook
By Cheryl Jones, MSW
Dear Birthmother:
Thank You for Our Baby
By Kathleen Silber and Phylis
Speedlin
Reaching Out: The Guide
to Writing a Terrific Dear Birthmother
Letter
By Nelson Handel
Adopting on Your
Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting
as a Single
Parent
By Lee Varon
Birthmarks: Transracial
Adoption in Contemporary America
By Sandra Patton
Inside Transracial
Adoption
By Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
Lesbian
and Gay Fostering and Adoption
By Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott
The
Kid, What Happened After My Boyfriend
and I Decided to
Go Get
Pregnant:
An Adoption Story
By Dan Savage
Being Adopted: The
Lifelong Search for Self
By Brodzinsky, Schechter & Henig
Real
Parents, Real Children: Parenting
the Adopted Child
By Holly van Gulden & Lisa
M. Bartels-Rabb
Making Sense of
Adoption: A Parent's Guide
By Lois R. Melina
How to Raise
An Adopted Child
By Judith Schaffer and Christina
Lindstrom
Talking With Your Young
Children About Adoption
By Mary Watkins, Ph.D. and Susan
Fisher, MD
Flight of the Stork:
What Children Think (and When)
about Sex and
Family Building
By Anne C. Bernstein
For more
adoption books go to: Tapestry
Books at www.tapestrybooks.com
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