ADOPTION LINKS

http://www.adopting.org/ - [Book Mark It!]

Adopt: Assistance, Information, Support provides assistance, information and support for adoption including how to get started, books & magazines, personal stories by birth families, adoptive families, and adoptees; articles by professionals, a family forum, and a support forum.
 
http://www.adopting.com/ - [Book Mark It!]

adopting.com provides internet adoption resources.
 
http://www.adoptivefam.org/ - [Book Mark It!]

Adoptive Families of America is the largest non-profit organization in the United States providing information and support for individuals involved in adoption, including an adoption guide, Adoptive Families Magazine, and their catalog of multicultural resources, adoption books, videos, dolls, and tapes.
 
http://www.sover.net/~adopt - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption Connections Project is a group of women dedicated to bringing together birth mothers, adopted daughters, adoptive mothers, foster mothers and step mothers to share their stories.
 
http://www.adoption.org/adopt - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption Network Home Page provides the names and phone numbers of local government and private adoption agencies, attorneys, support groups, national adoption organizations and publications.
 
http://www.openadoption.org/bbetzen/ - [Book Mark It!]

Domestic Infant Adoption provides recommendations and information for anyone considering domestic infant adoption.
 
http://www.fostercare.org/FPHP - [Book Mark It!]

The Foster Parent Home Page contains a listing of foster parenting resources on the Net. It should also be of interest to adoptive parents who have adopted children out of foster care.
 
http://www.wendys.com/community/adoption/foundation.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - This page, put out by "Wendy's" contains a "Beginner's Guide to Adoption", "Adoption Resource Guide" and discusses how people can get involved in partnering with the Foundation. The Foundation's mission is education, outreach and spreading awareness on adoption issues.
 
http://www.adopt-usa.com/rootsandwings - [Book Mark It!]

Roots and Wings is an adoption magazine. Included on the web site are articles from past issues and previews of upcoming issues.
 
http://www.the-seeker.com - [Book Mark It!]

The Seeker Magazine is an on-line magazine designed to help reunite family members - birth parents, adoptees, adoptive parents (as well as friends, classmates and military pals).
 
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/christian/singlead.htm - [Book Mark It!]

The Single Adoptive Fathers contains a small list of adoption organizations that may be able to help single men looking to adopt.
 

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http://www.erols.com/berke/deafchildren.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Deaf Adoption News Service (DANS) has a web site devoted to the adoption of deaf/hard of hearing foreign children that are available for adoption, contact Jamie Berke at sberke@netcom.com for more information .
 
http://www.adoption.com/federal - [Book Mark It!]

Federal Travel's Adoption Travel Services is provides the travel services necessary to bring adoptive families together. Adoptive parents, Tim and Beverly Swanson, help you with your adoption travel plans. Included on the Web site are personal adoption stories by the Swansons and their customers, a quote request form, links to country information for the most adopted from countries, and links to other adoption sites on the Internet. The current special feature article is "Tips for Adoption Traveling Overseas". You can contact the Swansons via email at federal@adoption.com.
 
http://holtintl.org - [Book Mark It!]

The Holt International adoption agency web site is updated weekly with information on adopting internationally.
 
http://www.parentsofintchildren.com - [Book Mark It!]

Parents of International Children is a support organization for parents who have adopted or are adopting children internationally. The site features photos, articles, programs in need, waiting children and related links.
 
http://rainbowkids.com - [Book Mark It!]

Rainbow Kids (RK) is an on-line publication dedicated to international adoption. The Editor is Martha Osborne (martha@rainblowkids.com). The site is updated with new material once a month.
 

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Australia
 
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/2499/aapt.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Association for Adoptive Parents of the Territory (Australia) is a parent group concerned with the welfare of children and provides aid and support for families adopting from other countries through Australia. The site contains the AAPT newsletters. Note, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view newsletters
 
 
China
 
http://www.tiac.net/users/sunny/ - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption in China website is a product of the collaboration between China's Children and Carol & and Steve Forslind, who adopted their daughter, Victoria (Zhang Xin Fen) in May of 1995. They answer lots of questions about their adoption, have links to other China and adoption sites, and information on China's Children adoption agency.
 
http://www.catalog.com/fwcfc - [Book Mark It!]

The Families with Children from China is an adoptive parent organization. Their website includes a list of agencies that have China adoption programs, infomation on who can adopt from China, links to info on China, and more.
 
http://hometown.aol.com/kirbysloan/triplist.html - [Book Mark It!]

Travel Tips for Those Adopting from China is a Web page done by Marie Bartlett-Sloan. She and her husband adopted from China. She covers topics such as Interacting with China and the Chinese, Baby clothes and supplies, Adult clothes and supplies, Luggage, Eats, Cameras, Money Matters, Insurance, Health & General Maintenance, What we brought that we did NOT need, and What we didn't bring that we wish we had.
 
 
Korea
 
http://www.geocities.com/~adoptkorea/ - [Book Mark It!]

The Adopting from Korea website gives information on how to get the international adoption process started, finding the right adoption agency, description of the "homestudy", books, catalogs, adoption-related links, etc.
 
http://www.macatawa.org/~campa/koreanlinks.html - [Book Mark It!]

Korean Links is a page of links for Korean adoption as well as Korean culture, food, resources, news, and language, amidst the sounds of the South Korean national anthem playing as a midi file in the background (for browsers capable of playing embedded sounds).
 
 
Romania
 
http://web.ihermes.com/children - [Book Mark It!]

The Romanian Canadian Adoption Network assists Canadians wishing to adopt from Romania. This non-profit organization is under the umbrella of the relief organization Romanian Orphan & Aid Relief (R.O.A.R.).
 
 
Russia and the Ukraine
 
http://frua.org/ - [Book Mark It!]

Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA) is a support group for adoptive families wishing to or who have adopted from Russia and the Ukraine. Brought to us by Cynthia Teeters, the list administrator of the the A.PARENT.RUSS mailing list (see mailing lists below). Note: Links on this page open new browser window.
 

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The books listed here are ones that my family and others have found useful in dealing with our children's feelings and issues. There are many other books like these. We have just listed our favorites, with a * by some we have found to be very special. We'd love to hear what you and your family's own favorites are too...
 
Adoption
 
A Forever Family - R. Banish, 1992, Harper. **
An 8 year old girl's journey from foster care to adoption as told by the child: what was hard, how it got easier, questions she asks, and things she--like any 8 year old girl--is busy doing.
 
Horace - H. Keller, 1991, Scholastic.
Everyone else in Horace's family has stripes. He has spots. Can he be happy and belong? Yes.
 
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies - A. Turner, 1990, Harper Collins.
Child tells story of how he came from another country to his new adoptive home, how strange and frightening things seemed at first, and how he came to know his new home and parents.
 
http://holtintl.org/bookstore.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Holt International Book Store - For more books specifically about adoption issues, both for children and adults.
 
 
Families & Siblings
 
The Pain and The Great One - J. Blume, 1994, Bradbury Press. *
Which siblings does the parents favor and who gets all the special privileges? It all depends on your point of view. We hear surprisingly similar stories from both brother and sister.
 
Wanted: Perfect Parents - J. Himmelman, 1993, Bridgewater Books. *
The things Gregory's parents would let him do if only they were perfect parents! Fortunately, they already do the very most important thing.
 
Stevie - J. Steptoe, 1969, Harper Collins. *
What would it be like to suddenly get a little brother who isn't a baby. Robert gets a taste of it when Stevie comes to live at his house for a week. For all the irritations and annoyances, the boys share some fun and special times too. Excellent for children awaiting or experiencing the arrival of a non-infant adoptive sibling.
 
Mary Anne Always Can - A. Tyrell & C. Castle, 1988, Barrons.
What does a girl do when her big sister can do everything and she feels like she can do nothing? Find her strengths, of course.
 
 
Fears & Other Feelings
 
Where's My Teddy? - J. Alborough, 1992, Candlewick Press. *
We're all scared of something. Even giant bears need their security objects, as we find when Eddie and the big bear are each reunited with his teddy--each just the right size for its owner and the wrong size for the other.
 
The Winter Bear - R. Craft & E. Blegvad, 1974, MacMillan.
Children out on a winter walk find a neglected teddy bear. They see past his imperfections and bring him home. Tattered, torn, and in need of some mending, "But still, an excellent bear."
 
Perfect the Pig - S. Jeschke, 1980, Scholastic.
When a woman takes in a winged pig and nurtures him, he thrives. When he is abducted by an unkind man, the pig becomes very sad and begins to fail. The woman finds him again and is awarded custody in court. All ends well. Attachment; the reality o f bad guys.
 
Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon - J. Marzollo & C. Marzollo, 1989, Scholastic.
Child figures are victimized by an old wicked elf. Together, they are brave and cunning enough to outsmart him--even if they cry.
 
There's a Nightmare in My Closet - M. Mayer, 1968, Pied Piper. *
A little boy meets his nightmare head on and discovers the nightmare is really afraid of him!
 
My New Boy - J. Philips, 1986, Random House. *
Told from the puppy's point of view, the story of how the new puppy trains his boy. Attachment formation. Status for the newcomer. Very cute and an easy reader.
 
The Right House for Rabbit - S. Saunders, 1986, Merrigold Press.
Rabbit finds that the grass is greener on the other side, until you look closely and it turns out his home is just right after all.
 
Molly's Monsters - T. Slater, 1988, Platt & Plunks. *
Monsters appear in Molly's room at night, but she gets rid of them.
 
I'll Love You Always - H. Wilhelm, 1985, Scholastic. *
A little boy grows up with a dog that eventually dies. He knows he'll get another pet someday and love that one too, and, even though she is gone, he'll always love the Elfie. Attachment, loss, and maintaining connections.
 
 
Series
 
The Berenstein Bears collection - Stan and Jan Berenstein, Random House. *
Topics include fears, too much birthday, too much TV, starting schools, bad dreams, telling the truth, strangers, sibling rivalry, troubl with friends, and trouble with school.
 
Sesame Street Start to Read Books; Sesame Street Growing Up Books - NY: Random House/Golden/CTW.
Both Sesame Street series provide examples of topics and confliects that face children, including fears of the dark, making mistakes, friends, the need for a security blanket, moving into a new neighborhood, feeling left out, trying to keep up, and bu llies. Great for younger ones.

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http://www.c-studios.com/adopt - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption Information for Canadians provides lists of Canadian agencies, general adoption information for Canadians, a booklist and other resources.
 
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/adopt/ - [Book Mark It!]

Adoption InterLink UK provides information about adoption in the United Kingdom.
 
http://pages.map.com/~myron/adoptnws.html - [Book Mark It!]

New England area adoption news, information and upcoming events. This site contains listings of adoption-related events for the New England area. You can also contact Mary or Myron Leathem at myron@map.com for more information.
 
http://www.wp.com/apc/ - [Book Mark It!]

The New York State Adoptive Parents Committee has some articles from Adoptalk magazine such as A Long and Winding Road by Jody T. Sterling, detailing her and her husbands experience in adopting their daughter from Russia.
 
http://www.nysccc.org - [Book Mark It!]

NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children - an advocacy organization of concerned citizens, agencies, and over 150 adoptive and foster parent groups in every region of New York State. This site contains organization information and resources.
 
http://web.ihermes.com/children - [Book Mark It!]

The Romanian Canadian Adoption Network assists Canadians wishing to adopt from Romania. This non-profit organization is under the umbrella of the relief organization Romanian Orphan & Aid Relief (R.O.A.R.).
 

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Usenet Newgroups
Not all internet providers carry these newsgroups, so you may have to request them from your provider.
 
If you don't have a newsreader of your own, try going to Deja News and you can do a search for any of the newsgroups below to read archived articles from that group.
 
alt.adoption

An unmoderated Usenet Newsgroup which discusses a wide range of issues regarding adoption.
 
alt.adoption.agency

An unmoderated Newsgroup which is geared less towards adoptees and more toward adoptive parents. Some domestic and international adoption agencies post child listings here.
 
alt.support.foster-parents

This group is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and experiences regarding foster parenting. It also provides a forum to foster parents, prospective foster parents, and anyone else who is interested, to allow them to exchange comments on the current foster care system, provide a "relief valve" for vexing foster care problems, and allow for the discussion of ways that the foster care system can be improved.Some adoptive parents are also foster parents and foster parenting sometimes leads to adoption.
 
soc.adoption.parenting

An unmoderated group for discussion, education, mutual support, and information by and for adoptive parents.
 
 
Mailing Lists
Note: The Rainbow Kids web site has an additional listing of e-mail lists related to adoption.

 
adoption@sjuvm.stjohns.edu

The Adoption mailing list consists of adoptees, adoptive parents, and birthparents. To subscribe to the adoption mailing list you need to send a message to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with this line as the body of your message:

subscribe adoption firstname lastname
replacing firstname with your first name and lastname with your last name. To set your subscription to receive daily digests send a message to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with this line as the body of your message:
set adoption digest
To send a request for personal help to both Diane Hillman and Roger Myers (list owners) send the message to: adoption-request@sjuvm.stjohns.edu. Various FAQs will be made available via email from the adoption list at St. Johns University. To get a list of the files available through St. Johns University, send a message to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with this line as the body of your message:
index adoption
 
adoption-research-l@cornell.edu

For those involved with adoption research you may be interested in subscribing to the Adoption Research mailing list. Send a message to listproc@cornell.edu and type:
subscribe adoption-research-l
in the body of the message. Your request will be forwarded to jjh15@cornell.edu for approval.
 
aparent@sjuvm.stjohns.edu

APARENT - Adoptive Parents mailing list is a meeting place for adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, and their families to discuss the everyday life experiences and challenges of adoptive parents and their families. The procedure to subscribe is to send an e-mail message to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with the body of the message saying:
SUBSCRIBE APARENT Yourname
You can reach the listowner at Myers@ab.edu.
 
a.parent.russ@list.serve.com

The A.PARENT.RUSS mailing list is for parents who are either interested in adopting or have adopted children from Russia or from one of the republics that used to be part of the former Soviet Union. To subscribe to the list, address an email message to listproc@list.serve.com and in the message body put the following line:
subscribe a.parent.russ Your Name
(where Your Name is your real name).
 
Cross Cultural Adoption

To subscribe to the Cross Cultural Adoption Mailing List, send an email message to the owner, Kathi Nelson at kjam@umich.edu with a brief description of your family and your interest in the list. The list is for cross cultural adoptive parents (pre- or post-adoption) and cross cultural adult adoptees (cross cultural meaning whether or not it is a U.S. or international adoption). The owners are a cross cultural adoptive parent, and Tahnee, an adult cross cultural adoptee.
 
Deaf Adoption News Service

To subscribe to the Deaf Adoption News Service (DANS) which is a text based email mailing list of deaf/hard of hearing foreign children that are available for adoption, contact Jamie Berke at sberke@netcom.com. DANS Also has a web site at http://www.erols.com/berke/deafchildren.html.
 
foster-parents-list@worldaccess.com

The Foster Parent Home Page is now hosting a mailing list for foster parents. It is open to all foster parents, and is unmoderated. To join the list send e-mail to listserver@worldaccess.com and in the body of the message type:
subscribe foster-parents-list YOUR NAME
 
ilist@acpub.duke.edu

To subscribe to the Infertility Mailing List send a request to majordomo@acpub.duke.edu with the body of the text as:
SUBSCRIBE ILIST your name
This mailing list offers a private forum for those wanting to give and receive emotional and informational support.
 
openadoption@xsoft.sd.xerox.com

To subscribe to the Open Adoption Mailing List, address your message to majordomo@xsoft.sd.xerox.com . In the BODY of the message put:
subscribe openadoption
The mailing list consists of discussions on various issues related to open adoption.
 
 
Bulletin Boards
 
http://www.adgrafix.com/boardz/internationaladoption.html - [Book Mark It!]

The International Adoption Bulletin Board is a place where families who are interested in International Adoption can go to share experiences, exchange stories, advice or ask questions.
 
http://www.parentsplace.com/talking.html - [Book Mark It!]

ParentsPlace.com is a resource for parents, including a bulletin board and chat forum. In addition to basic parenting topics, they also have postings and chats on adoption and foster parent issues.
 
http://news.ysu.edu:3075 - [Book Mark It!]

You can read netnews from the web by going to this site with a web browser that supports forms (Netscape, IE, AOL). You will need to create an account for yourself (just follow onscreen instructions) before you can start to read the postings.
 
 
Other Bulletin Boards exist on America On-line, Compuserve, Prodigy (see the social issues bulletin board) and Delphi that focus on adoption.

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http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/acyf - [Book Mark It!]

The US government's Administration on Children, Youth and Families has basic information on its Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs.
 
http://www.webcom.com/kmc/ - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption Information, Laws and Reforms Web site is by Kevin McCarty. There are links to the adoption FAQs, descriptions of the adoption newsgroups, and links to California's adoption laws and pending legislation. You can even do text searches on these laws. There are also links to U.S. Federal adoption-related law and pending legislation, the proposed Uniform Adoption Act, adoption laws of other states and nations, UN conventions on intercountry adoption and the rights of the child, and pointers to law journal articles and other policy-oriented information related to adoption.
 
http://www.fpsol.com/adoption/advocates.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Adoption Policy Resource Center offers legislative news and analysis such as summaries of pending federal legislation on adoption and adoption assistance (subsidy) information resources.
 
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=fam&codebody= - [Book Mark It!]

Here you can find The California Family Code table of contents. Look near the end of the document for Division 13 - ADOPTION.
 
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/NCRA/foster.html - [Book Mark It!]

Foster Kids and the Law is about Jane Harlan, an Iowa attorney, who represented the five Cooper children as they battled with the Iowa State Department of Human Services in an attempt to remain in the care of the foster parents they had come to love and recognize as their true parents.
 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/adoption.html - [Book Mark It!]

The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School has a Web site with adoption law information.
 
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/NCRA/ncra.html - [Book Mark It!]

The National Child Rights Alliance web site.
 
http://thomas.loc.gov/ - [Book Mark It!]

The Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet is a service of the U.S. Congress that includes the full text of legislation; the full text of all versions of House and Senate bills searchable by keyword(s) or by bill number for the 103rd and 104th Congresses and the Congressional Record's full text of the daily account of proceedings on the House and Senate floors searchable by keyword(s). This is a resource for looking up adoption legislation.
 
http://www.fourmilab.ch/uscode/8usc/8usc.html - [Book Mark It!]

The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. This document allows you to access the complete text of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 of the U.S. Code (8 USC) in a variety of ways. This may be of help to parents interested in international adoption.
 
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov - [Book Mark It!]

Information on the U.S. Immigration And Naturalization Service. This is on the U.S. Department of Justice Web site.
 
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html - [Book Mark It!]

For families travelling overseas to adopt their children, the U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets are available.
 

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http://www.adoption.com/federal - [Book Mark It!]

Federal Travel's Adoption Travel Services is provides the travel services necessary to bring adoptive families together. Adoptive parents, Tim and Beverly Swanson, help you with your adoption travel plans. Included on the Web site are personal adoption stories by the Swansons and their customers, a quote request form, links to country information for the most adopted from countries, and links to other adoption sites on the Internet. The current special feature article is "Tips for Adoption Traveling Overseas". You can contact the Swansons via email at federal@adoption.com.
 
http://www.moscow.com/Resources/Adoption/Adoption.html - [Book Mark It!]

Adoption information by Lois Melina, author of Raising Adopted Children and Making Sense of Adoption, tapes, and newsletters.
 
http://der.org/docued/films/lost-and-found.html - [Book Mark It!]

Lost And Found: The Story of Romania's Forgotten Children is about the documentary that moved hundreds of people to start the adoption process in Romania. There is brief information about the film and information on how to order it.
 
http://www.izzy.net/~danr/rsquared.html - [Book Mark It!]

R-Squared Press has a site of resources for Birthparents, including a newsletter called "Open Adoption Birthparent."
 
http://www.asyst.net/roze/roszia.htm - [Book Mark It!]

Roszia Unlimited is about the counselling services for all members of the adoption triad by Sharon Kaplan Rozsia, a social worker. She also has information on her books and tapes.
 
http://www.mcs.net/~taikai/ - [Book Mark It!]

"Tai Li Comes Home" is a two-hour videotape of a group's visit to China to adopt their four baby daughters. It answers many questions about preparing for the trip, shows the process involved and includes lots of sightseeing and general information about China's history and culture. Intended to be helpful to those waiting to adopt in China or considering such an adventure, but also enjoyed by those who have already adopted in China who can appreciate the documentation of the adoption process.
 
http://www.webcom.com/~tapestry - [Book Mark It!]

The Tapestry Press has books about adoption, infertility and parenting challenges.
 

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