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ERIC Number: EJ739977
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 24
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4021
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Mediated Reunions in Adoption: Findings from an Evaluation Study
Speirs, Carol Cumming; Duder, Sydney; Sullivan, Richard; Kirstein, Silvia; Propst, Mona; Meade, Dolores
Child Welfare, v84 n6 p843-866 Nov-Dec 2005
In Canada, there are long waiting lists of adopted persons and birthparents seeking information or actual reunions. In the province of Quebec, the government authorized a pilot project, involving a fee-for-service program and use of contract social workers to supplement agency staff as intermediaries in the reunion process. This article reports on the project's evaluation and provides birthparents' and adoptees' responses to reunion. A survey of clients who used this service found a high level of satisfaction. There were, however, some significant differences between birthparents and adoptees as well as between those who were searching and those found. (Contains 3 tables.)
Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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