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The Praeger handbook of adoption
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The Praeger handbook of adoption

Author: Kathy S Stolley; Vern L Bullough
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Kathy S Stolley; Vern L Bullough
ISBN: 9780313333354 0313333351 9780313333361 031333336X 9780313333378 0313333378
OCLC Number: 71126657
Description: 2 v. (p. xxvii, 862) ; 26 cm.
Contents: v. 1. A-N -- General topical list of original content -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Adoption in history / Vern L. Bullough -- Abandonment and adoption in European folk tales / Gwen Brewer -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and adoption / Judith M. Saunders -- Adolescent/teen adoption / Sara E. Valentino -- First person : Myths and realities of adopting an older child / Lin S. Myers -- Adopted child syndrome / E. Wayne Carp -- Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (ALMA) / Vern L. Bullough -- Adopting after age forty / Elizabeth Kelly -- The Adoption History Project / Ellen Herman -- Adoption insurance / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Adoption literature sampler : the best in children's literature for adoptees / Helen Lodge -- Adoption medicine (overview) / Dana E. Johnson -- Adoption of adults / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar: Adoption of an adult : a case study / Vern. L. Bullough -- Adoption search movement / E. Wayne Carp -- Primary : making adoption records confidential : the 1917 Minnesota Adoption Law -- Adoptive families of America / Susan A. Freivalds -- Adoptive identity / Harold D. Grotevant -- Adoptive parents / Jerica M. Berge -- Sidebar : Parenting and adoption : Nature versus nurture / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : Must adoptive parents profess a religious belief? -- Adult adopted persons' psychosocial adjustment / Barbara J. Pierce -- Advertising adoption / Beth Brindo -- Primary : Adoption advertisements -- Advocacy and adoption (Overview) / Beth Brindo -- Africa and adoption / Alice K. Johnson Butterfield and Tenagne Alemu -- Albee, Edward / Vern L. Bullough -- American Adoption Congress / E. Wayne Carp -- Ancient Babylonia and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Ancient China and adoption / Fang Fu Ruan and Vern L. Bullough -- Arizona orphan abduction / Vern L. Bullough -- Assisted reproductive technologies and adoption / Yvette V. Perry -- Attachment and bonding in adoption / Tami W. Lorkovich -- Sidebar : Biology of attachment and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Australia and New Zealand : the experience of indigenous populations / Dennis Miller -- Baby farming / Priscilla Ferguson Clement -- Primary : Legislating against baby trafficking -- Baby-selling / Karen Balcom -- Ballot initiative 58 / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Primary : House Bill 3194 -- Bastard nation : the Adoptee Rights Organization / E. Wayne Carp -- "Binding-out" children / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Primary : "Binding-out" statutes -- Primary : The demise of apprenticeship, indenture, and binding-out -- Birth fathers / Kevin M. Green -- Sidebar : Unwed Father Registry / Vern L. Bullough -- Birth mothers / Barbara J. Pierce -- Sidebar : A "natural" mother : one woman's experience / Vern L. Bullough -- Boundary ambiguity in adoption / Deborah Fravel -- Brace, Charles Loring / E. Wayne Carp -- Buck. Pearl S. / David Beimers -- Primary : "I am the better woman for having my two Black children" : an account from Pearl S. Buck -- Buddhism, infanticide, and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Byzantine charities and abandoned children / Vern L. Bullough -- Canadian adoption practices / Michael P. Grand -- Sidebar : Lesbian adoptions in Canada / Vern L. Bullough -- Canon law and adoption / James A. Brundage -- The Catholic Church and adoption : lessons from Ireland / Moira Maguire -- Catholicism and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Census 2000 and adoption / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Primary : Adopted children and stepchildren: 2000 -- Child Citizenship Act of 2000 / Suzanne B. Maurer -- Child donation / Vern L. Bullough -- Child protection and adoption / Zoë Breen Wood -- Primary : "Discovering" child abuse and protecting an abused child -- Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) / Elizabeth S. Cole -- Children after disasters and crises / Vern L. Bullough -- Children's Home Society/National Children's Home Society Movement / Roger W. Toogood -- Children's literature as a resource in adoptees' lives / Helen Lodge -- Children's understanding of adoption / M. Elizabeth Vonk -- China and the change in adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Chinese orphan adoption by foreign families and the development of adoption in China / Yue-mei He -- Classical Greece and Rome and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Closed adoption / Betsie L. Norris -- Sidebar : Birth certificates and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Counseling and adoption / Angela K. Fournier -- Primary : Serving needs -- The cradle society / E. Wayne Carp -- Cross-cultural perspectives on adoption / Suzanne Frayser -- Cultural socialization / Richard M. Lee -- Culture camps / Kim Park Nelson -- Custody wars / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar : What makes a family? " a case study from the courts / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Developmental assessment / Bob L. Herman -- Disruption and dissolution of adoptions / Trudy Festinger -- Divorce and adoption / Elizabeth Embry -- DNA, adoption, and locating biological kin / Vern L. Bullough -- Drug-exposed infants and adoption / Tillman Rodabough -- Embryo adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Employment benefits and adoption / Carrie Lacey Boerio -- English Common Law / Vern L. Bullough -- Ethical issues in adoption / Madelyn Freundlich -- Eugenics and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" -- Facilitators, adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Family foster care : British perspectives / Gillian Schofield -- Family preservation / Elizabeth M. Tracy and Trista D. Piccola -- Feminism and adoption : changing feminist perspectives on adoption / Katarina Wegar -- Financial assistance for adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Financial costs of adoption / Sharon Valente -- Fisher, Florence / E. Wayne Carp -- Primary : "Who's Anna Fischer?" -- Florence Crittenton : National Florence Crittenton Mission/Crittenton Services / Katherine G. Aiken -- Foreign adoption and same-sex parents / Vern L. Bullough -- Foster care in the United States / Judith Schachter -- Foster care : transitioning out of care / Donna Dea Holland -- Foster parent adoption / Jeanne A. Howard -- Foundling wheels / Vern L. Bullough -- Gay- and lesbian-headed adoptive families / Scott D. Ryan -- Sidebar : Homosexuals and adoption : the case of Florida / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : Gay, lesbian, and bisexual adoption-related concerns : taking a position -- Primary : Positions on controversial gender and custody issues : where the American Psychiatric Association stands -- Gender and mental health issues / Vern L. Bullough -- Genetic testing / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Genetics and adoption : language and ideology / Barbara Katz Rothman and Amy Traver -- Gesell, Arnold / Ellen Herman -- Gladney, Edna Browning Kahly / Vern L. Bullough -- Grandparent adoption / Diahanna Roberson -- Group adoption and shared motherhood / Vern L. Bullough -- Group homes / Vern L. Bullough -- Guardian ad litem / Sharon Valente -- The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption / Joanne Selinske -- Hanai and adoption in Hawaii / Judith Schachter -- Health issues in adoption / Sharon Valente and Judith M. Saunders -- Primary : Investigating the child : A physician recommends a practice for avoiding the "grave injustice" of placing a mentally defective child -- Holt, Harry and Bertha / E. Wayne Carp -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive infants / Vern L. Bullough -- Human rights and adoption / Sharon Valente -- Illegitimacy / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar : Religious differences in addressing illegitimacy / Vern L. Bullough -- Independent adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- India and child adoption / Robert B. Tapp -- The Indian Adoption Project and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 / Dennis Miller -- Indonesia : Permanency planning post-December 26, 2004, Southeast Asia tsunami : a case study / Joanne Selinske -- Infant adoption / Victor Groza and Frida Perales -- Infertility and adoption / Sun Yung Shin and Vern L. Bullough -- Informal adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : Informal adoption in an African-American community -- Inheritance and adoption / Naomi Cahn -- Institutionalizing parentless children : the current debate / Vern L. Bullough -- International adoption (overview) / Anna M. Mandalakas and Victor Groza -- primary : Immigrant visas issued to orphans coming to the U.S. - 1990-2005 -- Sidebar : The Blumenfeld case / Vern L. Bullough -- International adoption agencies / Susan Soon-keum Cox -- The Internet and adoption : difficulties and rewards / Vern L. Bullough -- Interstate adoption (overview) / Elizabeth (Liz) Oppenheim -- Primary : Oversight of interstate adoption : early legislation -- The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) / Elizabeth (Liz) Oppenheim -- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) / Elizabeth (Liz) Oppenheim -- Irish adoption : a history / Moira Maguire -- Iroquois adoption / William Englebrecht -- Islam and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Janissary / Vern L. Bullough -- Japan and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Judaism and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Kinship care (formal) / Mark F. Testa -- Korea and adoption / Hollee A. McGinnis -- Latin America and adoption / Carol V. Johnson -- Primary : How did a rumor change international adoption policy? -- Lifebooks / Donna Dea Holland -- Little Orphan Annie / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Longitudinal adoption studies / Vern L. Bullough -- Massachusetts Adoption Act (1851) / E. Wayne Carp -- Primary : A milestone in adoption legislation : the Massachusetts Adoption Act (1851) -- Matching / Judith Schachter -- Medical research involving orphans and foster care / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Medieval Europe and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar : Twins and adoption in Medieval Europe / Vern L. Bullough -- Medieval orphanages / Vern L. Bullough -- Mexico and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Model State Adoption Act / Keith N. Hurley -- Mormons and adoption / Gwen Brewer -- Moses and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Muhammad / Vern L. Bullough -- The Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) / Joan Heifetz Hollinger -- Mutual-aid / Elizabeth M. Tracy -- Mutual consent registries / Vern L. Bullough -- Native Americans and adoption : defining who is "Indian" / Vern L. Bullough -- Neighborhood houses / Ginger Hemmingsen -- Primary : Chicago's famous Hull House -- Newborn adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Nineteenth century changes in American adoption / Dennis Miller -- Primary : Adoption by deed in Texas -- Primary : The first act requiring investigation of adoptive parents -- v. 2. O-Z -- Oedipus / Vern L. Bullough -- Older children adoption (ages five-twelve) / David Beimers -- Open adoption / Harold D. Grotevant -- Operation babylift / Bree Cutting Sibbel -- First person : Operation babylift : a first-person narrative / Bree Cutting Sibbel -- Orphanages / Timothy A. Hacsi -- Sidebar : Orphanages and "mental illness" / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : How I spent last Saturday -- Orphans and adoption in adult literature / Claudia Nelson -- Primary : Orphans of all kinds need care -- Orphans' Court / Vern L. Bullough -- Orphan trains / Vern L. Bullough -- The Orthodox Church and adoption (with special emphasis on Serbia) / Tea Nikolić -- Outcomes of adoption / Brent C. Miller, Kyung-Eun Park, and Bryan Winward -- Parens patriae / Amy C. Traylor -- Parental kidnapping / Keith N. Hurley -- Paton, Jean / E. Wayne Carp -- Primary : maturing adoption : Jean Paton calls for a mutual consent registry for adults -- Permanency planning / Joan Vitek Hiller -- Photographs and advertising / Vern L. Bullough -- Political adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- Popular culture and adoption / Barbara Melosh -- Sidebar : Superman / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar : Rapping about adoption :"Just like me" / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Post-adoption services / Madelyn Freundlich -- Postpartum depression and adoption / Vern L. Bullough -- "Professional" searchers / Vern L. Bullough -- Protestant perspectives on adoption / Vernon Murray -- Psychological perspectives on adoption / Jesús Palacios -- Primary : Risky business : Arnold Gesell's call for clinical safeguards -- Public opinion on adoption / Madelyn Freundlich -- Recognition events regarding adoption and fostering / Vern L. Bullough and Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Recruitment, adoption / Beth Brindo -- Relinquishment / Joan Vitek Hiller -- Residential treatment centers / Anne Gruenewald -- Reunification / Kelli Malone -- Reunion / Vern L. Bullough -- Rituals, Adoption / Elizabeth Kelly -- Roman law and adoptions / James A. Brundage -- Romania and adoption / Victor Groza and Cristina Nedelcu -- Russell, Jane / Vern L. Bullough -- Russia and adoption / Laurie Bernstein -- Safe haven/abandonment laws / Keith N. Hurley -- Same-sex adoption and heirs / Vern L. Bullough -- Same-sex couples and religiously-affiliated agencies / Vern L. Bullough -- Sibling adoption / Zoë Breen Wood -- Single parent adoptions / Joan F. Shireman -- Primary : Should a single person adopt a child? -- Sidebar : The psychological risks outweigh the advantages -- Sidebar : A child is better off with one parent than with none -- Social movements and adoption / Bryan Shepherd -- Social work perspectives on adoption / Ruth G. McRoy -- Primary: The National Association of Social Workers : positions on child welfare, foster care, and adoption -- Sociological perspectives on adoptive families / Katarina Wegar -- Soldiers' orphans' homes / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Primary : Celebrating the care of soldiers' orphans -- Primary : How Iowa cared for orphans of her soldiers of the Civil War -- Primary : Helping war orphans abroad -- South African changes in adoption : a case study / Pam Wilson -- Special needs adoption / Jeanne A. Howard -- Sidebar : Large special-needs adoptive families / Vern L. Bullough -- Primary : Voices of disabled parents -- St. Peter Damian / Vern L. Bullough -- State adoption laws : overview of contemporary challenges / Joan Heifetz Holinger -- Primary : Minors' rights as parents -- Statistics on adoption / Penelope L. Maza -- Primary : Adoption statistics : What do we need to know? -- Stepparent adoption / Naomi Cahn and Joan Heifetz Hollinger -- Subsidy programs for adoption / Tim O'Hanlon -- Primary : Adoption assistance for active duty members of the U.S. military : the Department of Defense Adoption Reimbursement Program -- Surrogacy and adoption / Amy Traver -- Primary : Thoughts on becoming a surrogate : Mary Beth Whitehead in her own words -- Primary : The surrogacy agreement -- Primary : What makes a "fit" mother? -- Termination of parental rights / Martin Guggenheim -- Sidebar : Suing for parental rights termination / Vern L. Bullough -- Terminology/language of adoption / Jerica M. Berge -- Textbooks on marriage and family : how they include adoption / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Thomas, Dave / Carrie Lacey Boerio -- Transracial and intercountry adoption / Rita J. Simon -- Sidebar : Transracial adoption : a controversial case / Vern L. Bullough -- Sidebar : Institute of Black Parenting / Vern L. Bullough -- First person : Growing up in a transracial adoptive family : two narratives / Susan Bullough and James Bullough-Latsch -- Primary : Results of an "experience survey" : What about transracial adoption -- Primary : National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) policy on preserving families of African ancestry -- Uniform Adoption Act of 1994 : proposed UAA / Joan Heifetz Hollinger -- The United Nations and adoption / John Glass -- U.S. Children's Bureau and adoption / Penelope L. Maza -- U.S. Naturalization Service and foreign adoptions / Suzanne B. Maurer -- U.S.-born children adopted by non-U.S. parents / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- The Vietnamese who did not get adopted / Vern L. Bullough -- Vivaldi, Antonio / Vern L. Bullough -- Wednesday's child / Kathy Shepherd Stolley -- Wrongful adoption / Madelyn Freundlich -- Appendices -- Introduction to the appendices -- Appendix A : Timeline of adoption history -- Appendix B : Providing for children in need : institutions, societies, and the growth of adoption work -- Almshouses -- Before the growth of the orphanage : children in almshouses -- Counting children in almshouses -- Institutions and societies for children in need -- Establishing institutions for orphans : the Boston Female Asylum -- The first year of the Children's Aid Society -- Dangerous classes of New York -- The growth in institutions for children -- Booker T. Washington addresses the informal and institutional care of Black children -- The changing demographics of orphanhood -- Changing adoption practices and the professionalization of adoption work -- The child-savers -- African-American women's efforts to save children -- The outcomes study -- A eugenics response to theis : outcome research -- The increasing professionalization of adoption work : identifying good adoption practices -- Illegitimacy -- Adoptive parents and agencies -- Unwed mothers : preventing illegitimacy through mental hygiene -- Unwed fathers : considering his responsibilities and needs -- The child : promoting a "square deal" for illegitimate babies -- Trafficking -- Investigating the "traffic in babies" -- Interstate adoption and the black-market baby "racket" -- Appendix C : Federal legislation -- The Indian Child Welfare Act, 1978-- The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994, as amended by the Interethnic Provisions of 1996 -- The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 -- Appendix D : International conventions -- United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child -- The Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption -- Appendix E : Selected bibliography of adoption foster care and related issues -- Index -- About the advisors, editors, and contributors.
Responsibility: edited by Kathy Shepherd Stolley and Vern L. Bullough.
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