ADOPTION READING LIST A Selective List of EssentialDecision Making ToolsDesigned for:Just-Thinking-About-It Beginnersby Pat Johnston This bibliography is not meant to be in any way exhaustive. Instead, it includes resources that
Pat Johnston is Perspective Press’ publisher. She has been writing and speaking and advocating about infertility and adoption issues for nearly 30 years, beginning as a long-term volunteer in Indiana
Moving from infertility to adoptive parenting is a complicated emotional process. In transferring from the process and the culture of infertility and its treatment to the process and culture of
Understanding the Qualifications ofBusinesses Which Offer Adoption Services What Is an Adoption Agency? An adoption agency is a business entity which is licensed, regulated and monitored by a state to
WHY YOUR FOREIGN-BORN ADOPTED CHILD SHOULD HAVE PROOF OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND HOW TO GET THIS PROOF By C.J. Lyford, Esq.* As a result of the Child Citizenship Act of
The trafficking mentality of some Chinese welfare institutions speaks volumes about the objectifying of children. Although this isn’t a happy topic, adoptive parents of children from China need to know
Recommended Reading list compiled by Patricia Irwin Johnston Developmental Trauma Disorder by Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD: a rational approach to complex child trauma. (Link) Adobe free reader is needed for PDF
Moving from infertility to adoptive parenting is a complicated emotional process. In transferring from the process and the culture of infertility and its treatment to the process and culture of