Adoption Professionals
Resources and information for adoption professionals include continuing education opportunities, regulations, and materials to increase effectiveness.
directory.adoption.com is the largest directory of adoption professionals on the Internet.... [more]
A selection of adoption documentaries and educational films on video, offering education for families, professionals, advocates, and lawmakers.... [more]
For the student of history, social scientist, and others looking for statistics, studies, and research materials, these books are the answer.... [more]
Research, studies, reports, statistics, facts, and background references for professionals, doctors, teachers, and students with an interest in adoption, foster care, and stepfamilies.... [more]
Good, concise information for pregnancy counselors about adoption to help correct any misperceptions they may have themselves, and make an accurate presentation of adoption as a positive option.... [more]
Adoption Career Information Career information and help for those seeking to work in the adoption field.
A Guide to the Multiethnic Placement Act A monograph prepared by the American Bar Association explaining the act and setting out guides for what agencies can do and what workers should do.
Adoption by Disabled Americans From the Evan B. Donaldson Institute, what adoption agencies need to know.
Adoption World Specialties Books, workbooks and other ideas for the professional preparing a child for permanent placement.
Children's Services Practice Notes A pilot project, this online magazine was created to place research and practice models into the hands of practicing social workers in North Carolina, but it is of value to adoption professionals, social workers in other states, and researchers in other areas.
Information for Professionals Legal updates, permanency options, and kinship care and best practices reports, from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
Institute for Adoption Education, Inc. Providers and developers of educational projects, mainly targeted toward professionals and the media to better educate about all aspects of adoption.
Loving & Caring Brochures and Guides Designed as handouts and class materials, these brochures and guides offer both faith-based and secular approaches.
NAE Online A private, membership based site for Adoption Agencies.
Professional Education Opportunities The Evan B. Donaldon Adoption Institute offers CEUs to adoption professionals through conferences, workshops and seminars.
Research Database The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute database consists of over 1,000 articles, master's theses, Ph.D. dissertations, conference proceedings, books, book chapters, reports and unpublished manuscripts. It can be searched by keyword or category.
Research to Practice Initiative From the Child Welfare League of America, the goal of R2P is "to support and promote the implementation of well-researched/evaluated methods or practices that positively impact people, organizations, and systems." To do this, they are asking for your input.
Spaulding Nat'l. Resource Center for Special Needs Adoptions Training, consultation, and informational materials for adoption professionals.
Subscribe to the Child Welfare Journal From the Child Welfare League of America. Individual, institutional, and student rates.
The Adoption Worker's Essential Bookshelf A recommended reading list for all professionals working in adoption.
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My brother recently found out that his ex-girlfriend is 6 1/2 mos. Pregnant. He was informed by a letter from a lawyer that represents the ex in the adoption of the baby. He DOES NOT want to give the baby up and is not in the best financial situation.if anyone has been in a similar situation that could help with info on how to handle something like this I would really appreciate it. Email at tillsmom@alltel.blackberry.com
Posted by: tillysmom at 08/18/2009 08:55 PM
The first foster care/adoption agency I worked for attempted to start their own version of "Children's Services Practice Notes" by requiring social workers to keep detailed documentation of their weekly experiences with children and families in the form of journals, letters, notes and whatever other medium was comfortable for each individual. These journals were also supposed to be a tool for them to share the connections they were making between weekly training classes and the work they were doing in the field. The intent originally was to have this posted weekly for the rest of the staff to learn about other areas of the agency, including fellow social workers but also and especially those in other fields that were not privvy to much of the "hands-on" work but confined to fundraising offices and event planning as well as other administrative staff. Unforunately, the social workers often would let this activity slip away each week, and were not particularly encouraged by those that set it up to continue the process. I think they found it to be more of a chore than a valuable experience that would inform their own work and the higher functioning of the entire agency. I was saddened by the lack of morale among employees, and while I totally understand how overwhelming it is to not only work with the challenges of families and children on a daily basis, many hours each week, but also try to make sense of it at the end of a long and difficult time, I still think it's a great idea, and one that should be attempted within all types of agencies, regardless of how frequently the notes are published, shared and written in the first place.
Posted by: avalanche at 11/13/2005 10:59 PM
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