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Articles Tips for Talking with a Pregnant Woman / Couple for the First
Time
Friends In Adoption offers advice, reminders and other suggestions.
to read more... "Adopting Again": Talking to the Other
Children in the Home
An interview with Sharon Kaplan Roszia by Beth Hall.
to read more...
Adoption
Professionals/Consultants Michael Colberg JD, CSW
Adoption consultations,
therapy & seminars and maintains a private practice in NYC.
1-212-777-7270
for Q & A with Michael Colberg... Rose Capurso PhD
Practicing Psychologist in Albany, New York
to read her article called "How does my child’s conceptualization
of his/her adoption change from preschool to elementary school years?"...
Adoption Law & Finance Curt M. Hughes
Attorney at Law
www.adoptvt.com Brendan C. O'Shea, Esq.
Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea
Adoption Attorney
1-518-432-7511 www.calib.com/naic
Summaries of state by state law and legal rights. www.adoptionattorneys.org
National directory of attorneys who specialize in adoption.
Gay & Lesbian Adoption www.plag.com
Parents, families and friends of Gays & Lesbians. www.daddyandpapa.com
Johnny Symon's heartwarming and unusually funny new documentary that tells the
stories of four families with gay dads. www.adoptivefamilyresources.com
Adoption and parenting help and information. www.familieslikemine.com
Dedicated to decreasing isolation for people who have parents who are gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender (GLBT), and bringing voice to the experiences of these
families. www.mysticwomen.com
A store for the Alternative Family
- clothing, gifts for men, women and children since 1999. *Operated by FIA adoptive
moms Stacy and Jessie.
Miscellaneous Center
for Family Connections
www.kinnect.org
CFFC serves those touched by
adoption through training, education, consultation, advocacy and clinical treatment.
The website has info. for adoptive parents and adopted people. www.adopting.org/cards.html
Offers a line of cards and announcements for the adoption community including
cards for expressions, announcements, birth parents, still waiting to adopt, finalization
day and more. adoption.elitehost.com
Offers an adoption life
book that is suitable for infants or an older adopted child and an international
version. www.christianadoptions.com
Website devoted to Christian
pre-adoptive families. Offers postings of Dear Birthmother profiles as well. www.adoptivefamilies.com
Monthly online newsletter for families before and after adoption. www.adoptiononline.com
A terrific site to post Dear Birthmother profiles. |
Adoption Books and Reference Materials Stairways
to Stories
www.stairwaytostories.com
Stairway to Stories subscriptions
are designed for prospective parent(s) and their friends and family during the
adoption waiting time. Stairway to Stories is a monthly gift club that mails gift-wrapped
children's books each month to the parent(s) waiting for an adoption.
Tapestry
Books
www.tapestrybooks.com
Wonderful resource for adoption related
books - for adoptive parents, adoptive children and birth parents. For everyone
touched by adoption. Pact's Book Source
www.pactadopt.org/booksource
The Book Source is described as "A reference guide to books on adoption and
race for adults and children." It really is an unparalled resource that is
a must see and must own for everyone. Adopting in America: How to Adopt
Within One Year (rev. ed.)
By Randall B. Hicks, Esq.
Written by a
prominent adoption attorney, host of the PBS series Adoption Forum, Adopting in
America is a step-by-step guide to the entire adoption process. This book contains
a comprehensive legal summary, by state, including procedures, requirements, necessary
paperwork, licensed agencies, and waiting periods. The Adoption Resource
Book
By Lois Gilman
Covers the adoption procedure from learning about
adoption through preparing for your child, and raising an adopted child. The
Essential Adoption Handbook
By Colleen Alexander-Roberts
This book
is a guide to effectively and aggressively organizing your search for a child.
It includes sample agency application and homestudy forms. The Family
of Adoption
By Joyce Maguire Pavao
Puts a complicated subject into
a readable language and easy to understand terms. The Third Choice
By Leslie Foge & Gail Mosconi
An enlightening perspective on what a pregnant
woman/couple goes through when considering making an adoption plan. Dear
Birthmother
By Kathleen Silber & Phylis Speedlin
An open adoption
classic. Gently provocative, warm and convincing, this guide includes actual letters
between adoptive parents and birthparents, and between the latter and the children
they have. Out of the Shadows: Birthfather's Stories
By Mary
Martin Mason
Through stories and photos, this book examines the thoughts,
feelings and motives of birthfathers. Loving Across the Color Line: A
White Adoptive Mother Learns About Race
By Sharon E. Rush
A must read
for any white person - especially those seriously considering adopting across
the color line. In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their
Stories
By Rita J. Simon & Rhonda M. Roorda
Adoptees speak on
issues such as identity and race. If you are interested in adopting African American
or biracial children or have been adopted transracially, this is a must read.
Includes FIA staff member Jessica's personal adoption story. Raising
Adopted Children: A Manual for Adoptive Parents
By Lois Ruskai Melina
A parents guide to rearing children in an adoptive family. It examines the child's
physical, emotional and psychological development at every age. When
Friends Ask About Adoption
By Linda Bothun, Friends and family often have
questions about the adoption process, but they may be embarrassed or afraid to
ask them. This is a question and answer guide for them. Roots & Wings
- Adoption Magazine: Adoption is a lifetime commitment, not a one-time event!
This magazine is for adoptive parents, adoptees and birthparents Subscribe
- (908) 637-8828 Adoption & the Jewish Family - Contemporary Perspectives
By Shelley Rosenberg
Focuses on the primary issues that confront these families,
issues that until now had never been addressed in a Jewish context. To order call
215-564-5925. The Fertility Sourcebook
By M. Sara Rosenthal
Provides everything you need to know about: finding a fertility specialist, changing
your lifestyle habits to enhance your fertility, understanding both male and female
fertility, assessing fertility drugs and their risks, and much more. Overcoming
Infertility: 12 Couples Share Their Success Stories
By Herbert A. Goldfarb,
M.D. with Zoe Graves, Ph.D. and Judith Greif, R.N.C., M.S.
In these poignant
and inspiring true stories, twelve couples share their personal struggles with
infertility and their joys at resolving it. In Pursuit of Fertility:
A fertility Expert Tells You How to Get Pregnant (rev. ed.)
By Robert
R. Franklin, M.D and Dorothy Kay Brockman
This completely revised, up-to-date
guide covers all infertility treatments, including the latest medical breakthroughs
and technological discoveries. The Long Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting
After Infertility
By Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
Even after they become
parents, many people still feel the impact of being infertile. This book deals
with the effects of parents' infertility as their children grow. |
