Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption Bridging the Gap Between Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children

Subjects:

• Family Resources » Adoption
• Sociology » Social Work

Reviews:

• Designed to be a much-needed resource for adoption professionals....Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption is highly successful and provides an excellent tool for both experienced and novice workers in the field. The book features contributions from well-respected authors and researchers on adoption and includes complete references, practice recommendations, and useful but concise introductions to each chapter.
  —Affilia Spring 2001
• Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption provides an in-depth examination of the adoption process. It is a must-read for adoption professionals.
  —Decree Fall 2000
• The authors address their gap-bridging goal primarily from a social-work perspective, providing a solid introduction for the novice or budding professional who will be working with this population.
  —READINGS: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health
• Groza and Rosenberg have written a very useful volume....[T]here is much informative reading in this slim volume....Adoption practitioners have few resources to choose from to assist them in the important work that they do. This book is certainly a good starting point.
  —Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
• Books on clinical practice in adoption usually focus on either infant adoption or the adoption of older children, and attempts to integrate these areas are rare. The authors' endeavor to overcome this fragmentation in adoption research and practice and to elaborate on similarities and differences between infant adoptions and adoptions of older children is thus a novel one and should certainly be of interest to adoption professionals....Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption presents a stimulating attempt to integrate the areas of infant adoption and adoption of children at an older age. It points at many complex clinical and ethical issues which must be addressed in a collaborative effort by adoption researchers, adoption professionals, and the members of the adoption triad.
  —Adoption Quarterly

Table of Contents:

• Treatment Issues of Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children: Similarities and Differences by Victor Groza and Karen F. Rosenberg
• Infertility and Adoption by Regina Kupecky and Karen J. Anderson
• Shared Identity Issues for Adoptees by Betty Jean Lifton
• Search and Reunion Issues by Jayne Schooler
• The History, Elements, and Ongoing Need for Adoption Support by Rita Laws
• Ethics in Contemporary American Adoption Practice by L. Anne Babb
• Treatment Issues in Adoption Practice from a Triad and Systemic Perspective by Joyce Maguire Pavao, Victor Groza, and Karen F. Rosenberg
• Index