Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions

For social workers, child welfare workers, psychologists, physicians, teachers, parentsanyone who hopes to better understand transracial and international adoptionthis book addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues that can emerge post adoption. It also recommends how to recognize and avoid fraud and coercion and how to navigate the complex laws relating to transracial and intercountry adoptions domestically and abroad. With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source both empirical research and practical knowledge, the volume describes the day-to-day realities of the adoption journey and is wholly inclusive, offering information about the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It also addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China,...

With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume recounts the day-to-day realities of the transracial and international adoption process. It addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and coercion and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text is wholly inclusive, detailing the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala. Dedicated to advancing greater cultural sensitivity and coordinated care, this text provides targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptions, and a host of other issues not addressed in other volumes.

With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues in the transracial and international adoption process and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text details the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala, and offers targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, and the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptions--Hal Grotevant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst