Overview
With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues in the transracial and international adoption process and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text details the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala, and offers targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, and the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptions
Full Product Details
Author: Rowena Fong (Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families, University of Texas at Austin) ,
Ruth McRoy (University of Texas at Austin)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9780231172547
ISBN 10: 0231172540
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 26 January 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
This excellent book notes the increasing diversity in American families, many of which have been formed through transracial and/or intercountry adoption. The book will be a valuable resource for mental health practitioners, medical doctors, teachers, child welfare workers, even adoptive parents. -- Malinda Seymore, Texas A&M University, School of Law Both evidence-based and accessible. The research reflects the authors' multidisciplinary backgrounds and the growing interdisciplinary nature of the field of adoption research and practice. -- from the foreword by Hal Grotevant, University of Massachussetts-Amherst
This excellent book notes the increasing diversity in American families, many of which have been formed through transracial and/or intercountry adoption. The book will be a valuable resource for mental health practitioners, medical doctors, teachers, child welfare workers, even adoptive parents. -- Malinda Seymore, Texas A&M University, School of Law
Author Information
Rowena Fong is the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin and Member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Ruth McRoy holds the Donahue and DiFelice Endowed Professorship at the Boston College School of Social Work and is a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
