The Encyclopedia of Adoption by Adamec, Christine A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE PREFACE

Sources

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ADOPTION

Historical Adoption Practices Orphaned Children and Adoption in the United States The Rise and Fall of the Almshouse Placing Out: The Orphan Train Modern Adoption Changes and Trends through the Twenty-first Century The Adoption of Children in Foster Care The Adoption of Children from Other Countries More Information for Adopted Adults Who Search for Birthparents The Internet

ENTRIES A–Z

abandonment abuse academic progress acting out adjustment adolescent adopted persons adolescent birthmothers adopted-away/adopted-in “adoptee” v. “adopted person” adoption adoption agencies Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS) Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 adoption benefits adoption circle adoption medicine adoption studies adoption subsidy adoption triad adoption triangle adoptive parents adult adopted persons adults, adoption of advertising and promotion in adoption AIDS alcohol abuse and birthmothers alcoholism and adopted persons almshouses ambivalence anemia, iron deficiency Asians assisted reproductive technology (ART) at-risk placement attachment disorder attitudes about adoption attorneys autobiography

baby selling baby shortage background information biographical information biological parents biracial birth certificate birthday birthfather birthfather registry birth grandparent birth kin birthmother or birth mother birth order/family order birthparent black/African-American adoptive parent recruitment programs black families blended families blood ties bonding and attachment breast-feeding an adopted infant

Canada and adoption case records case study child abuse Child Citizenship Act of 2000 children, adopted Children’s Aid Society of New York children’s rights China, adoptions from “chosen child” classes for adoptive parents confidentiality consent (to an adoption) corporate benefits costs to adopt counseling crisis pregnancy cultural differences culture camps culture shock custody

demographics developmental disabilities disabilities, developmental disruption divorce of adoptive parents doctors Down syndrome drug abuse/addiction

early intervention early puberty/precocious puberty eastern European adoptions eating disorders in adopted children economics of adoption education of adoptive parents emotional problems employee benefits for adoption entitlement environment etiquette expenses to adopt explaining adoption

failed adoptions family preservation family tree father, legal federal government fertile adoptive parents fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) finalization foreign adoption forever family foster care foster parent foster parent adoption fraud in adoption

gays and lesbians adopting children gender preference genetic parents genetic predispositions girls, adoptive parents’ preference for grandparent adoptions grandparent caregivers grief group homes growth delays guardian ad litem Guatemala, adoptions from

Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption handicapped children hard-to-place children health insurance Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori) hepatitis heredity high-risk placements home study homosexual adoption hospitals’ treatment of birthmothers hotlines human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

identity illegitimacy immigration and naturalization immunizations incest income tax law benefits for adoptive parents independent adoption India, adoptions from Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 infant adoption infectious diseases, serious infertility informal adoption inheritance insurance intelligence intercountry adoption intermediary international adoption Internet interracial interstate adoption Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children intestinal parasitic infections

jargon used in adoption judge

kin kinship care Korea

language language delay large families Latin American adoptions Latinos laws, federal laws, state lawsuits lawyer legal custody legal father legal risk adoption lifebook loss

married birthparents matching maternity homes maternity services mature women planning adoption media and adoption Medicaid medical history medical problems of internationally adopted children mental health of adopted children and adults military members and adoption multiethnic Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) mutual aid groups mutual consent registries

naming National Adoption Month Native Americans naturalization natural parents neglect nonidentifying information nonsectarian agencies notice

older child only child adoptive families open adoption “openness” open records optional adopter orphan orphanage “orphans of the living” Orphan Train outreach

parens patriae parental leave parental rights paternity testing pathology and adoptive status pediatricians permanency planning photolistings physicians placement placement outcome post-legal adoptive services postplacement services preadoptive counseling prebirth consent to an adoption pregnancy after adoption pregnancy counseling prenatal care prenatal exposures preparing a child for adoption preplacement visits private adoption private agencies prostitution protective services psychiatric problems of adopted persons psychological parent public assistance putative father

race rainbow families rape reactive attachment disorder re-adoption “real parents” recruitment registries reimbursement relative adoptions religion relinquishment reproductive technologies research, problems with residential treatment centers resilience résumé reunification reunion revocation rickets, nutritional Romania, adoptions from Russia, adoptions from

school screening sealed records search search and consent laws search groups sectarian agencies self-esteem self-help sensory integration disorder separation and loss sex of child, preference of adoptive parents sexual abuse, childhood sexually transmitted diseases showing of the child siblings single adoptive parents skin color sleep disorders, in newly adopted children sliding scale fees social workers socioeconomic status South Korea, adoptions from special needs adoption Stanley v. Illinois state laws state social services department statistics on adopted children stepparent adoptions subsidies substance abuse success rates support groups surrender surrogacy arrangements syphilis

teachers and adopted children teenage adopted persons teenagers, adopted termination of parental rights therapy and therapists transracial adoption tuberculosis twins

unadoptable updated home study

videotape

waiting children waiting lists waiting period Wednesday’s Child working mothers wrongful adoption

Y, Z

youths zero population growth

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX I: STATE ADOPTION/SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES APPENDIX II: PROVINCIAL SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICES IN CANADA APPENDIX III: ADOPTION-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS APPENDIX IV: STATE LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH RELATIVES FOR ADOPTION

ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

APPENDIX V: INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES: CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

APPENDIX VI: ADOPTIVE PARENT CHECKLIST: EVALUATING AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHILD APPENDIX VII: STATE LAWS ON ACCESS TO IDENTIFYING BIRTH FAMILY INFORMATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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