Locating the adoption professionals who will work with you to guide you through the adoption process is the most important step you will take. Learn where to find professionals, questions to ask, and how to find which one is best for you.
Directory of Adoption Professionals
Use this tool to find a professional in your area, one who deals with a specific type of adoption, or another adoption service provider.
Selecting a Professional
Excellent guidance on the various types of professionals, how to find them, and questions to ask, from Adoption.com.
Selecting an International Adoption Professional
Excerpted from the "International Adoption Guidebook," author Mary M. Strickert reviews the difference between agencies and facilitators, and offer suggestions for interviewing professionals.
Adoption Agents and Facilitators
The U.S. Department of State has issued this caution to those adopting internationally about the need to check licensing and authority to work in individual countries prior to making commitments.
Prospective adoptive parents often rely on agencies and adoption professionals to tell them everything, but information can be left out. Check out these resources to help you know what to ask and who to ask. Don't be afraid of the hard questions! The answers will help you be a better parent.... [more]
Helpful information on locating and working with adoption attorneys.
Information and resources to help in the selection of an agency for both international and domestic adoptions. Questions to ask and potential warning signs.
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