Resources
Adoptive Parenting
- “5 Tips to Save Your Sanity While Raising Kids with Prenatal Substance Exposure” (Online Article by Creating a Family)
- Adopted: For the Life of Me
- “Adopted” by Barb Lee (A Point Made Films Documentary)
- “Adoption & Attachment: Forming a Secure Bond with Your Adopted Child” by The Attachment Project
- Adoptive Families (AFA)
- Adoption is a Family Affair: What Relatives and Friends Must Know by Patricia Johnston
- “Adoption is a Lifelong Process” (Online Article by Buckner)
- “Adoption is Not the Same as Having a Child of Your Own”
- Adoption Learning Partners
- Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America by Adam Pertman
- Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections by Jean MacLeod
- Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies by Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden, and Sara Easterly
- “Attachment 101” by Creating a Family
- “Awareness of Post-Adoption Depression” by NCFA
- “Building the Bonds of Attachment with Adopted Children” (Podcast by Creating a Family)
- Center for Adoption Support and Education
- Child Mind Institute (Trauma Lens)
- “Coming to Terms with Infertility Grief before you Adopt or Foster” (Podcast by Creating a Family)
- “Coping With Complicated Feelings as an Adoptive Parent” by Very Well Mind
- “Creating a Secure Attachment in the Adopted Child” by The Attached Family
- “Effects of Separation and Loss on Children’s Development” by Susan Hois
- “Fatherhood: How to Bond with Your Baby” by Fathers.com
- Finding and Working with Adoption-Competent Therapists by Child Welfare Information Gateway
- “Grief, Loss and Fear of the Adopted Child” by Grief Specialists
- “Growing into the Role: New Dads and Brain Research” by Fathers.com
- “Healthy Discipline for Adopted Children” by Focus on the Family
- Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett
- Hospitious Adoption by James L. Gritter
- “Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure” (Podcast by Creating a Family)
- National Training and Development Curriculum
- “Parenting Adoptive vs Biological Children” (Online Article from Adoption & Beyond)
- “Parenting to Promote Attachment” by Adoptive Families
- The Post Adoption Blues by Karen Foli, Ph.D.
- “Preparing to Blend Kids by Birth and Adoption or Foster/Kinship Care” by Creating a Family
- Raise the Future
- Raising Adopted Children by Lois Melina
- Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel
- Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child by Holly Van Gulden
- Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff
- Telling the Truth to your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer
- The Adopted Child by Lois Melina
- Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
- The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment by Karyn Purvis, PhD & Lisa Qualls
- The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
- The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole by Lori Holden and Crystal Hass
- The Power of Showing Up by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
- The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family by Jayne E. Schooler
- Trust-Based Relational Intervention and More!
- Twenty Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
- Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed by Sherrie Eldridge
- “Understanding Prenatal Substance Exposure” by Creating a Family
- “What You Should Know Before You Adopt” by The Attachment Center
- While We Wait: Spiritual & Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt by Schlumpf
- W.I.S.E. Up! PowerBook for Children in Foster Care
Adoptees
- Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees What Happens After by Judith Gediman
- Being Adopted the Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky
- The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier
- “Profiles in Adoption: Adult Adoptee Experiences” (Online Resource by NCFA)
- Questions Adoptees Are Asking by Sherrie Eldridge
- Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make by Sherrie Eldridge
Adopting the Older Child
- “6 Parenting Tips for Older Child Adoption” (Online Article by Creating a Family)
- Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley and John Meeks
- Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Birth Parents
- “Birth Mom Experiences in Open Adoption” by NCFA
- Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories by Merry Bloch Jones
- Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers’ Stories by Mary Martin Mason
- “Profile in Adoption: Adult Adoptee Experiences” by NCFA
Children’s Books on Adoption
- “A” Is for Adopted by Eileen Tucker Cosby
- A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
- Beginnings: How Families Come to Be by Virginia Kroll
- Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate by Arleta James
- Did My First Mother Love Me? by Kathryn Ann Miller
- I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
- Jin Woo by Eve Bunting
- Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
- Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
- Tell Me a Real Adoption Story by Betty Jean Lifton
- The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story by Anne Brodzinsky
- Twice Upon a Time: Born and Adopted by Eleanora Patterson
- Under His Wings: Truths to Heal Adopted, Orphaned, and Waiting Children’s Hearts by Sherrie Eldridge
Infertility
- Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston
- Give Us a Child: Coping With the Personal Crisis of Infertility by Lynda Rutledge Stephenson
- The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
- Sweet Grapes: How to Stop Being Infertile and Start Living Again by Jean and Michael Carter
International Adoption
- Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years by Patty Cogen
- The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child by Dawn Davenport
- With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting International Children by Margi Miller and Nancy Ward
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
Open Adoption
- “Adoptee-Centered Relationships” by Adoption Unfiltered
- Adoption Without Fear by James L Gritter
- Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby by Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin
- Hospitious Adoption by James L. Gritter
- Lifegivers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption by James L. Gritter
- “5 Tips for Navigating Sticky Situations with Birth Parents” by Creating a Family
- The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia
- The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption by Holden
- The Spirit of Open Adoption by James L. Gritter
Transracial Adoption
- “Adoptees of Color with White Parents Struggle to Talk About Race”
- Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
- Black Children, White Parents: Putting the Pieces Together by Tonya Moore
- Conspicuous Families Training by Adoption Learning Partners
- “Hierarchy of Racial & Cultural Identity Needs of Transracial Adoptees: A Two-Part Webinar Series” by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker
- “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf”
- Inside Transracial Adoption: Strength-based, Culture-Sensitizing Parenting by Gail Steinberg
- “Struggle for Identity: Issues In Transracial Adoption”
- “The Adoptive Parent’s Responsibility when Parenting a Child of a Different Race” by NCFA
- “The Open Book Blog: A blog on Race, Diversity, Education, and Children’s Books”. A list of children’s, middle grade, and young adult books that feature transracial adoption
- You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race Identity and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker