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Assistance, Information, Support for Adoption

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Miracle of Adoption Cards, Prints & Announcements
Come see new cards, announcements, prints and birth parent cards

Adoption Services International urgently recruiting California families for 6 Korean infant boys. Email: asicas@aol.com

Pact, An Adoption Alliance facillitates adoptions of US born African American, Latino, Asian and multiracial children. We work with families from all over the country. We are always seeking same race families and also work with transracial parents who are prepared to provide their child with a positive racial identity.

SK Investigations: Searching throughout the USA
Our guarantee to you: No charge unless we are successful!

Support Forum & FAQ About Adoption
Do you have a question about adoption? Ask it here, get your questions answered.

Adoptee/Birthparent Search Support Forum

The American Surrogacy Center, Inc. (TASC)
Information on family-building through surrogacy. Articles from doctors, lawyers, counselors, agencies, parents thru surrogacy and women who have been surrogates relating their personal experiences and a directory of providers.

Infertility/Waiting
Adoption Information Especially for Pre-Adoptive Families

• Handling the Holidays
  For those of you still waiting to adopt
• Enduring the Wait until you Adopt
• Pre-adoptive Parents: Meeting your Birth Mother
• National Council for Single Adoptive Parents
  Single women and men can adopt! It's legal in every U.S. state and Canadian province.
• What about the cost of adoption? Can I adopt if I am not rich?
  Is there any financial help to adopt?
• Especially for Men:
  Stories written by and for birth fathers, adoptive dads and a reunion story of an adoptee with her birthfather.
• Networking: A Proactive Approach to Adoption/Finding a Birth Family on your Own
• What kinds of benefits are available from employers for adoption?
  Includes discussion of adoption leave, list of companies offering adoption benefits
• What is Interstate Compact?
• Issues to Consider Concerning International Adoption
• Painful Lessons: the Need for True Open Adoption by Marcy Axness
• What is the Jewish position on adoption?
  "Adoption as a Jewish Option" by Rabbi Michael Gold
• Can I adopt if I amin the military?
• Can I adopt if I am gay/lesbian?
• How to Choose Your Baby's/child's pediatrician
  Don't wait until your child comes home. Start looking now.
• Supporting an Adoption
• Positive Adoption Language
  

How do I Adopt? Where do I Start?

• What is a Home Study?
  
• How can I use networking to find a child to adopt?
  
• What Is Independent/Private Adoption?
  
• Adoption Law Center of Beverly Hills
  More than 9,000 private adoptions completed successfully
  from Alaska to Maine and Canada too!
  
• The Law Offices of O'Neil &Widelock
  A different approach to adopting. WE bring birthmothers and prospective adoptive parents together. WE CAN HELP YOU.
  
• The Law Offices of Stephen Ravel
  Independent Adoptions with care,
  attention to your wishes and a personal touch!
  
• What is open adoption?How does it work?
  
• Adoption Center of Northern California
  Loving, open adoptions for Californians with gentle guidance through the process by Nanci R. Worcester, adoption attorney and adoptive mom
  
• What is an Agency Adoption?
  
• Adoption Associates, Inc.
  Michigan's leading agency in infant adoption. An Accent Adoption affiliate handling domestic and international adoptions.
  
• Family Builders
  A Special Needs Agency, Adoptions for 9 Northern California Counties at no cost to the adopting family.
  
• Future Families
  Your Adoption Agency for the 408 & 415 area codes.
  Foster care and adoption -- At no or low cost but high support.
  
• How does International Adoption Work?
  
• Everything you ever wanted to know about travel and international adoption
  International Adoption: More than 50 countries from the State Department's site
  
• Adoption Travel Services
  For your travel plans to China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Central and South America at great prices! Call toll-free 1-800-414-1155.
  
• International Adoption Consultants
  Help with paperwork needed to complete an international adoption.We can prepare your dossier quickly, affordably and professionally!
• ACCEPT
  International Adoptions and Counseling Center for Northern Californians.
  
• Adoption Associates, Inc.
  Michigan's leading agency in infant adoption. An Accent Adoption affiliate handling domestic and international adoptions.
  
• Adoption Services International Founded by adoptive parents in 1984; licensed international adoptionsthroughout the State of California.
  Programs in Chinaand Korea.
  
• Bufete Rodriguez-Contreras
  International adoptions from Honduras for USA and Europeans.
  
• The Family Network
  International adoptions in many countries of the world.
  
• Frost International Adoptions.
  Building Families With Love. Adoptions from Russia.
• Global Adoption Services,Inc
  With offices in both the USA and Russia, this international agency makes adopting from Russia easier and safer. There is also a program for those with completed dossiers.
  
• Help the Children
  International adoptions and information from Lois Paul
  
• Seedlings
  International adoptions and information from China, Central and south America.
  
• Universal Aid For Children
  More than 1500 adoptions facilitated from around the world since 1977. Programs in Russiaand Romania.


Once You've Adopted


• Talking to Your Child about adoption
• Explaining Adoption to Your Child
• Answers to children's questions About Adoption
• Post Adoption depression syndrome
  Yes, it is more common than you think. You've reached your goal of parenthood, but depression often follows.
• What are some of the issues we face with interracial adoption?
• How do I answer those"rude/awkward" questions people ask me about my children?
  One mom's gracious answers to awkward questions about our adopted kids
• Adoption and the Stages of Development:
  What Parents Can Expect at Different Ages
• The Identity crisis years
  Sometime in their lives most adopted people must face the issue that they were given up by their birth parents.
• What are some of the Issues which face Interracial Families?
• Building Bridges to your Child's Ethnic Community
• Adoption and FAS (fetal alcohol Syndrome)
• When You Need Help
  How do I know when I need help? Post adoption counseling.
• Common Clinical issues among Adoptees
  (Those who have received psychological treatment)
• In the Best Interests of Whom?
  The Baby Richard Case and the Need for Reform by Marcy Axness

adoption cards and Gifts


• Adoption Option Cards and Gifts
  Adoption Life Book suitable for infant or older child, international versions available plus adoption announcements, bumpersticker, T-shirtsand more! Adoption01@aol.com
  
• The Miracle of adoption cards and Announcements
  Cards, Announcements and Prints for all your adoption-related events and experiences

Books on Adoption and Infertility


• Create-a-Book: A personalized book of your Adopted Child's Birth
  Adopted child, Single mother, Twin, Christian & Jewish versions available.
  

Magazines about Adoption


• Roots and Wings adoption magazine
  A magazine with articles and information for all members of the adoption community.
  
• Wide Smiles
  A magazine dedicated to information and support for families ofcleft-affected children, but with many adoption related stories as well.


General Parenting Issues, Information and Help


• Finding the Right Pediatrician for You
  10 guidelines to help you choose your pediatrician. Waiting until your child arrives could mean having to pick an unfamiliar name from the phone book.
• Teaching Friendship Skills to Young People
  How can I help my child make friends?
• Jack Pearson: Mr. Song-Strummin' Storyman
  Songs and Stories for the whole Family!
  Winner of the Parents' Gold Choice Award

Especially for Birth Family


• Are you pregnant and thinking about adoption?
  
• The impact of adoption on birth parents

Information about Searching for Birth Relatives


• Family Finders &The Canada-Wide National Registry
  Re-uniting Canadians from coast to coast
  
• Find People Fast
  Find friends, family for as little as $39.00
  
• Seekers of the Lost
  Matching adoptees and birthparents all over the world through their international Registry. Over 100 people a day are joining.
  
• Worldwide Tracers
  Reuniting adoptees, birthparents and missing people in all 50 states of the USA & 39 Foreign Countries. Specializing in national & international searches.


Especially for Adoptees: Adoption Issues

• Searching for Birth Relatives
• National Search Organizations
• State Search Organizations
• Searching Resources
• In Defense of the primal wound
  Marcy Axness discusses Nancy Verrier's primal wound theory in adoption.
• Second Rejection: the issue of Rejection Among Reunited Adoptees
• Hearts in Exile: A Reunion Story
• Adult Adoptee Writes of the Recovery Experience Post-Reunion
• Many Hands: An Adult Adoptee and the Healing Process
• Going Back So You Can Go Forward
  Adoptee goes back to find foster family
  

Personal Stories About Adoption


Professionals Write About Adoption Issues


Odds'n Ends


• I/we would like to have my agency/resource/service appear on this page for $50/month
  
• Famous Adoptees and Adoptive Parents
• Adopted Heroes and Heroines in Literature
• A Look on the Light Side/Cartoons by DeeAnne
  [Text description of cartoons)
• Adoption-related Sites on the Internet and FAQ for adoptive parents
• A Very Special Site
  Share your life. Share your decision. Support the Organ Donor Program!
• Parenting Sites on the Internet
• Finding Your Way Around the Internet




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