Annotated bibliography covers children's and adolescent fiction and nonfiction on the topic of adoption published since 1988. Brief content descriptions and indications of age appropriateness are given for 35 books. Books dealing with transracial adoption are starred. (KRN)

Discusses areas of disagreement with Park and Green's assertion that legal and scientific assessments of the success of transracial adoptions follow a Eurocentric bias. Considers issues of limitations in adoption research, the need for research to support cases against transracial adoption, Africentrism, and models for assessing transracially…

Discusses China's efforts to reform child welfare practices to provide safe, permanent families for children instead of institutional care. Considers legal provisions for adoption in China, including the adoption of Chinese children by Western families, and increasing use of this alternative for providing for children's welfare in a culture with a…

Notes that Steinberg and Hall's book examines challenges and possibilities of transracial adoption, asserting that the work is the choice for white parents thinking about becoming or already in a transracial-adopted family, and for professionals working with parents and/or children in such families. Suggests that the book's only weakness stems…

Issues in the movement for increased accessibility of adoption records are discussed in light of the changing function of adoption.

The Factoran System for determining salaries involves consideration of three primary factors--time (including the employee's education and experience), mental demand of the job, and personality of the worker. (IRT)

The eagerness of administrative staffs to propose the adoption of new formulas is essentially a magical phenomenon. Faced with uncertainty, administrators respond by reposing faith in a new ritual that, if perfectly practiced, will solve hitherto insoluble problems. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the changing adoption field, including services needed by the children, biological parents, and adoptive parents. (DP)

Failed adoption is defined as removal of the adoptive child at any time between placement and legal adoption. A study of failed adoptions in a statewide adoption agency found a failure rate of less than 3 percent. Reasons for failure are analyzed and implications for practice are suggested. (Author)

Successful farmers have no intention of sharing their information and techniques. Extension workers must devise a means of discovering changes being made and ways for assisting the less progressive farmers. (NL)

Examines various factors (such as periods of high emotion, ritual and claiming behaviors and positive interaction) in the attachment process between adoptive parents and older children. Shows that most components parallel those of bonding in biological parents. (Author/RH)

Over the last 30 years, the practice of White American parents adopting African American children has been the focus of much deliberation and commentary. In this article, the authors illuminate relevant literature and research regarding transracial adoption. Counseling and legal implications are also discussed. (Contains 58 references.) (Author)

Conducted qualitative study of adoptive parents' (n=21 couples) reactions to recent open adoptions of their infants. Findings indicated overwhelmingly positive feelings about open adoption. Respondents often noted that issue of openness was eclipsed by other concerns: coping with infertility, finding a baby, dealing with personnel, and dealing…

A study of 54 couples who gave birth to a child by means of donor insemination (DI) showed that most couples who had children by DI had previously considered adoption. Their reasons for choosing DI ranged from the practical to the emotional and from perceived negative aspects of adoption to perceived advantages of DI. (MDM)

Reviews chapters of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption which establish requirements for intercountry adoption, provide for a system of adoption authorities in contracting states, establish procedures to be adopted by the authorities, and provide for recognition of adoptions made under the convention. Notes that the convention guarantees…