Rita Laws, PhD

• Adoption Subsidy: Negotiating and Renegotiating Your Child's Contract
• Divorce After Adoption: Practical Tips for Parents
• False Abuse Allegations, Adoption, and Foster Care
• From Hell to Heaven: How Orphan Care Evolves
• Preparing for the Arrival of Your Child/ren
• Positive Steps for Families in Crisis (and Those Heading That Way)
• Special Needs Adoption FAQ
• What Adoptive Parents Need
• What to do When Your Adoption is Failing: A Parent's Guide to Adoption Disruption & Dissolution
  

Rita Laws, Ph.D., is mom to 2 daughters and 10 sons through both birth and adoption. She has written several books about special needs adoption and many articles. You can find her online courses at fosterparents.com and adoptnet.org, and recent writings at nacac.org. She is a member of the Oklahoma Choctaw tribe and lives in rural Oklahoma with "way too many pets."

• "Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child", by L. Anne Babb and Rita Laws
  
• "Adoption Assistance: Tools for Navigating the Bureaucracy", by Rita Laws and Tim O'Hanlon
  
• "Adoption Digest: Stories of Joy, Loss & the Journey", by Rita Laws and Tim O'Hanlon
  

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