Adoption

Background and history. Lifelong issues in adoption ; Who adopts children? ; How agencies screen prospective parents: the home study process ; Types of children available for adoption ; Methods (styles) of adoption ; Types of adoption and care ; Possible emotional and health problems ; Laws and policies ; Other information of interest ; Summary -- Issues and controversies. Open versus closed adoption ; Open versus closed records ; Do transcultural and/or transracial adoptions work? ; Should single people be allowed to adopt? ; What about same-sex couples? ; Should the government provide more or less regulation of adoption? ; What about infant abandonment laws? Are they "safe havens," or "baby dumps?" ; What about adoption itself? Is it valuable, or not? ; Summary -- Adoption around the world. Canada ; The United Kingdom ; Russia ; China ; Romania ; South Korea ; Finland ; Sweden ; The Philippines ; India ; Mexico -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches. Viola Wertheim Bernard ; John Bowlby ; Charles Loring Brace ; Pearl S. Buck ; Reverend George Clements ; Dorothy DeBolt and Robert DeBolt ; Michael Dorris ; Marian Wright Edelman ; Vera Fahlberg ; Florence Anna Fisher ; Anna Freud ; Sigmund Freud ; Arnold Gesell ; Clara McBride Hale ; Joan Heifetz Hollinger ; Harry Holt and Bertha Holt ; Patricia Irwin Johnston ; C. Henry Kempe ; H. David Kirk ; Janusz Korczak ; Betty Jean Lifton ; Lois Ruskai Melina ; Jean Paton ; Justine Wise Polier ; Jessie Taft ; Sophie van Senden Theis ; Dave Thomas ; Barbara Tremetiere -- Facts and data. The Children's Bureau ; The Child Welfare Information Gateway ; Data collection history and sources ; Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systems (AFCARS) ; Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) ; What Is the difference between AFCARS and SACWIS? ; AFCARS data ; Federal laws and policy ; Testimony and statements ; Litigation in adoption ; Supporting adoptive families -- Directory of organizations. Federal agencies concerned with adoption ; National resource, educational, support, advocacy, and/or policymaking organizations concerned with adoption ; National legally oriented organizations with adoption connections ; State offices -- Selected print and nonprint resources. Books ; Journals and other periodicals ; Websites ; Videos and DVDs ; CD-ROMs ; Software ; Databases.