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National Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This document is designed to fill major information voids in the field of adoption and to provide prospective adoptive parents with reliable data on which to base decisions. The factbook contains four major types of new information: (1) a frank discussion of the issues concerning adoption -- including costs; tax regulations; transracial adoption;…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Organizations (Groups), Resources
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Brodzinsky, David M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Discusses issues related to the adoption revelation process and the two interrelated goals of telling and understanding. Evidence indicates developmental changes in the way children understand this family status. Distinction between "working adoption vocabulary" and true understanding of adoption is made. Provides guidelines concerning…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Welfare, Cognitive Processes
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Edelstein, Susan B. – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report examines the current situation for children who have been maltreated by…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies