Adoption & Fostering

The Routledge Critical Adoption Studies Reader presents a central source of scholarly approaches arranged around fundamental questions about how ad...

Intercountry adoption represents a significant component of international migration; in recent years, up to 45,000 children have crossed borders an...

Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Difficult decisions in fast-moving and often compl...

The overwhelming majority of children and young people in care today are fostered, but for some this only increases their problems through untreate...

A provocative critique of transnational, trans-racial adoption from a critical race and feminist perspective and a vision for reform

While the topic of gay marriage and families continues to be popular in the media, few scholarly works focus on gay men with children. Based on ten...

Since the 1950s, more than 100,000 Korean children have been adopted by predominantly white Americans; they were orphans of the Korean War, or so t...

Seeking Solace is Chani Barlow’s story of following God’s plan despite a series of unforeseen obstacles, in order to find true meaning and peace. T...

The experience of adoption—both adopting and being adopted—can stir up deep emotional pain, often related to loss and early trauma. A for Adoption ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. Young people transitioning out of care towards independence, work and adulthood are on the...

'Necessary and illuminating' Times Literary Supplement'A writer of genuine accomplishment' Good Book GuideA story of adoption and queer parenting f...

With a triadic perspective, this autoethnographic narrative explores the temporal, situated nature of interactions between the author as an adoptee...

A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICEIn 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. C...

An absolutely heartbreaking and gripping historical novel based on a true story, for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Bridgerton and The Girl Behind the G...

The experience of adoption—both adopting and being adopted—can stir up deep emotional pain, often related to loss and early trauma. A for Adoption ...

This title was first published in 2001. A systematic study of non-relative adoption in Hong Kong. It examines the changing profile of non-relative ...

Through careful ethnography and rich in-depth interviews at a non-profit foster family agency, this book takes a look behind the scenes of our trou...

First published in 1967. Part of the International Library of Sociology collection, this is a study on 'Adopted Children' a volume of the Sociology...

In the past two decades, transnational adoption has exploded in scope and significance, growing up along increasingly globalized economic relations...

White Parents, Black Children looks at the difficult issue of race in transracial adoptions—particularly the adoption by white parents of children ...

While the topic of gay marriage and families continues to be popular in the media, few scholarly works focus on gay men with children. Based on ten...

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Throug...

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Throug...

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open ado...

This highly practical guide will give you the knowledge and structures you need to incorporate trauma-informed practice into your school.It provid...

This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to "feel identity" beyond...

This practice-focused guide introduces The SmartStart Toolbox as a remedial program to help mental health professionals and adoptive parents promot...

Adoption is practiced globally yielding a multidimensional area of study that cannot be characterized by a single movement or discipline. This hand...

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open ado...

Can adoptive homes be found for non-white children? Will the children and their new families be happy together though of different race? Will they ...

Describes what being a foster mom is really like, the effects of foster care on the whole family, and how the foster care system fails severely abu...

Responsible decisions are continually being made in social work. In particular the decision to place a child in a foster home can have far-reaching...

Currently, there are over 400,000 youth living in foster care in the United States, with over 20,000 aging out of the child welfare system each yea...

Representing an often overlooked population in social work literature, this book explores the experiences of LGBTQ youth as they navigate the child...

Representing an often overlooked population in social work literature, this book explores the experiences of LGBTQ youth as they navigate the child...

Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in...

When Deborah Gold and her husband signed up to foster parent in their rural mountain community, they did not foresee that it would lead to a roller...

Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in...

Exploring adoption in the Pacific, this book goes beyond the commonplace structural-functional analysis of adoption as a positive “transaction in...

Hilarious and heartwarming stories that will empower you to make space for the other and discover the extraordinary, welcoming heart of God.Author ...

In the past two decades, transnational adoption has exploded in scope and significance, growing up along increasingly globalized economic relations...

“Revealing and much needed.” —Booklist In this unflinching, unforgettable memoir, Regina Louise tells the true story of overcoming neglect in the ...

The practice of adoption has changed dramatically over the past half century, with profound implications for children and families. Perhaps the mos...

Perhaps you dream of having a baby but struggle with infertility. Maybe you have biological children but are considering adoption to build your fam...

In 1990, disturbing television footage emerged showing the inhumane conditions in which children in Romanian institutions were living. Viewers were...