Adoption

If you or anyone you know has been thinking about adoption, or are currently in the process of it, you may have a lot of questions.  It is definitely an on-going learning process.  I've listed some resources below that hopefully will help you get the answer you need.  I will be continuously updating it as I, too, learn more.  You are also welcome to email me at any time with specific questions.

Adoption Education Courses:
http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/

http://adopteducation.com/

General Adoption:
http://www.icareaboutorphans.org/


http://www.adoption.com/

http://www.adoption.org/

http://www.childwelfare.gov/index.cfm

http://wacap.org/

http://www.lawguru.com/index.php

http://www.adoptionforum.org/

http://www.adoptionsupport.org/

International Adoption:
http://showhope.org/


http://www.rainbowkids.com/


http://wacap.org/


http://www.jointcouncil.org/

http://www.adoptionforum.org/

Special Needs Adoption:
http://comeunity.com/

http://specialchildren.about.com/

Fertility:
http://www.theafa.org/

Books: 

(the following list was taken from the resourse list at http://www.hearttoheartadopt.com/for-children.htm)

Did My First Mother Love Me? by Kathryn Ann Miller What a natural and normal question for an adopted child to ask! Children may fear that their birthparents gave them away because they weren't loved or even lovable. Miller is a birthmother and this book is intended to help children understand why an adoption plan was made for them through the use of a birthmother’s letter to her child. Ages 4-8 Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini This book explores several family types through the eyes of a young Korean adoptee. Interracial families, step families, and single parent families are among the nine different types of families she finds glued together with love. Ages 4-8 Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon This bright, cheerful book shows the joy and love of new parents as they watch their child grow, and follows one family's progress as they celebrate each year of their child's life in the family with a spectacular adoption day celebration. ages 4-8 Horace by Holly Keller A leopard child adopted by tiger parents feels different, and finds belonging. ages 4-8. The Colors of Us by Karen Katz A celebration racial differences! Take a walk with Lena among her friends and neighbors and end up with a smorgasboard of skin tones: "Cinnamon, chocolate, and honey. Coffee, toffee, and butterscotch” Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis A book about love, affirmation and belonging. Some family stories are so special that they need to be heard over and over again. ages 3-8 You Are Special by Joanna Ferlan and Mary Fox Prather We all have many gifts that make us special. Joanna learned at an early age from her adoptive father just how special she was because he wrote her a story about just how much he loved her.