Stepping Out of Adoption’s Shadow: Confronting the Problem of Unlicensed Adoption Intermediaries and Online Advertising in Private Domestic Adoption Adoption Advocate No 176 … [Read more...]

Adoption creates a split between a person’s biology and biography, and openness is an essential way to help adoptees heal this split.1 This article covers what openness means in the context of adoption and how adoptive parents can, through openness, help adoptees integrate and heal. There are … [Read more...]

Exploring Medication for Adopted Children: Mental Health and Behavioral Treatment Options Published by the Adoption Advocate, July 2023, Issue Number 173 The adoption community has made great progress in understanding the impact of trauma on children’s mental health and emotional well-being. … [Read more...]

Adoption Advocate Prenatal Stress, Preverbal Trauma, and Developmental Trajectories: The Importance of the Attachment Relationship The impact of prenatal stress and preverbal trauma on developmental trajectories is both a topic of education and area of treatment focus in my … [Read more...]

It is always better for children and youth to remain with their birth families if it is safe to do so. When foster care is necessary, the goal is to provide a temporary safe, stable and nurturing environment for children and adolescents while actively seeking and supporting reunification with their … [Read more...]

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