Add to ORKGAdoption has been a way of creating families for centuries. The trend toward more direct and communicative relationships between adoptees, birth parents and the adoptive parents is gaining favor in the adoption arena. The purpose of this analysis is to place an historical context on the evolution of open adoption and to analyze its strengths and weaknesses. The outcome of this research indicates that open adoption is a positive way to build families and create lasting relationships between the adoptee, birth parents and adoptive parents
36 pagesWhile it is commonly presumed that adoption results in the formation of a loving family, it ...
Contribution discusses possible positive and negative effects to those who are adopted or taken unde...
Adoption theory, policy and practice have undergone considerable change in the period between the in...
Adoption has been a way of creating families for centuries. The trend toward more direct and communi...
While adoption has been in existence for centuries, only in recent years has open adoption, the proc...
In open adoptions, birth and adoptive families exchange identifying information and have contact. Al...
One significant change in adoption practice that has occurred over the last four decades is the shif...
Background: Open adoptions have not often been studied prospectively, especially since they have bec...
The author presents a research study on adoptive parents’ perceptions of their own open versus close...
95% of adoption in the United States are open adoptions (Siegel & Smith, 2012). Past research has fo...
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of relationships within an open adoption triad. ...
Adoption is closely intertwined with many issues that are central to public policy in this country-w...
Adoption needs a minimum of three sets of participants: the birth mother, the adoptive parents, and ...
This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of...
This presentation covers some of the history of adoption in the US and the sociological trends tied ...
36 pagesWhile it is commonly presumed that adoption results in the formation of a loving family, it ...
Contribution discusses possible positive and negative effects to those who are adopted or taken unde...
Adoption theory, policy and practice have undergone considerable change in the period between the in...
Adoption has been a way of creating families for centuries. The trend toward more direct and communi...
While adoption has been in existence for centuries, only in recent years has open adoption, the proc...
In open adoptions, birth and adoptive families exchange identifying information and have contact. Al...
One significant change in adoption practice that has occurred over the last four decades is the shif...
Background: Open adoptions have not often been studied prospectively, especially since they have bec...
The author presents a research study on adoptive parents’ perceptions of their own open versus close...
95% of adoption in the United States are open adoptions (Siegel & Smith, 2012). Past research has fo...
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of relationships within an open adoption triad. ...
Adoption is closely intertwined with many issues that are central to public policy in this country-w...
Adoption needs a minimum of three sets of participants: the birth mother, the adoptive parents, and ...
This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of...
This presentation covers some of the history of adoption in the US and the sociological trends tied ...
36 pagesWhile it is commonly presumed that adoption results in the formation of a loving family, it ...
Contribution discusses possible positive and negative effects to those who are adopted or taken unde...
Adoption theory, policy and practice have undergone considerable change in the period between the in...