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Journal articles on the topic "Intercountry adoption. Adopted children Adoptees Adoptive parents"

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Gibbs, Anita. "Parenting adopted children and supporting adoptive parents: Messages from research." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 22, no. 2 (2010): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol22iss2id207.

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This article considers adoption from the perspective of parents, especially the strategies that they employ to enhance attachments and build positive parent-child relationships. The article draws particularly on recent New Zealand research regarding intercountry adoptive parenting, as well as overseas literature on good adoptive parenting practice generally in domestic and intercountry adoption. It also considers the research on methods of supporting parents who adopt and whether there are gaps in legislation, policy or practice in New Zealand that could be closed by borrowing from good examples in the literature, and, or current practice examples. The author is an adoptive parent of Russian-born children and is actively involved in adoptive parent support networks.

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Walton, Jessica. "Supporting the Interests of Intercountry Adoptees beyond Childhood: Access to Adoption Information and Identity." Social Policy and Society 11, no. 3 (2012): 443–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746412000115.

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Drawing on select examples of adoption policy, this article considers key assumptions in discourse about ‘the best interests of the child’. The central argument is that the life-long impact of adoption needs to be recognised so that the long-term interests of adoptees are met, and not only when they are children. Based on doctoral research into the experiences of adult Korean adoptees in the United States and Australia, this article argues that currently post-adoption services are geared to adoptive parents and the adoptee-as-child and do not adequately address the needs of adoptees beyond childhood. Accurate and accessible information is important for adoptees as they try to understand their past and make sense of their identities.

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Richards, Sarah. "“I’m More Than Just Adopted”: Stories of Genealogy in Intercountry Adoptive Families." Genealogy 2, no. 3 (2018): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy2030025.

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In contrast to the historical ‘blank slate’ approach to adoption, current policy places significant emphasis on providing children with knowledge; family history; biological connections; stories, a genealogy upon which to establish an authentic identity. The imperative for this complex, and often incomplete, genealogy is also explicit within the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption established in 1993 to ensure that intercountry adopted children will be provided with a genealogical ‘heritage’. Yet, despite the recurring dominance of this approach, ‘heritage’ remains an ambiguous dictum which holds the expectation that adopted children should have access to any available birth/first family information and acquire cultural competence about an often distant and removed birth country. Providing such heritage becomes the responsibility of intercountry adoptive parents. It is therefore unsurprising that this role has become part of how intercountry adoptive parents perform and display their parenting and family practices before and after adoption (Richards 2014a; 2018). Such family work is explicit in the stories that parents and children coconstruct about birth family, abandonment, China, and the rights of adopted children to belong first and foremost to a birth country. Using qualitative data provided by a social worker, eleven girls aged between five and twelve, and their parents, this article explores the role and changing significance of narratives as familial strategies for delivering such heritage obligations. Outlined in this discussion is the compulsion to provide a genealogical heritage by adoptive parents which can ultimately be resisted by their daughters as they seek alternative and changing narratives through which to construct their belongings and identities.

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Hanna, Michele D., Erin Boyce, and Diane Mulligan. "When Love is Not Enough: Parenting an Adopted Child with Mental Illness." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 98, no. 3 (2017): 201–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2017.98.30.

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This article presents the results of a qualitative study designed to explore the experiences of adoptive parents who placed an adopted child with mental illness in a residential treatment center (RTC). Twenty-four adoptive families from across the United States who placed an adopted child in residential treatment were interviewed. The adopted children represented various types of adoption including public child welfare, domestic infant, and intercountry adoption. Parents reported feeling victimized by their child and by the very systems designed to help them, including child welfare, mental health, health care, and education. The findings reveal signs of trauma in the adoptive parents as a result of their experiences. The article concludes with recommendations from adoptive parents for adoption, mental health, and residential treatment professionals who work with adopted children and their families.

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Kim, JaeRan. "“You Can't Run into a Burning Building without Getting Burned Yourself”: An Ecological Systems Perspective of Parents Choosing Out-of-Home Care for an Intercountry Adopted Child." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 98, no. 3 (2017): 169–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2017.98.28.

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Increasingly, intercountry adopted children have special needs similar to children adopted from foster care in the United States. Out-of-home placement may be necessary when less restrictive services have not adequately addressed an adopted child's needs. The experiences of 19 adoptive parents who chose to place their intercountry adopted child in out-of-home care due to their child's disability were explored through qualitative interviews and family ecomaps. Themes emerging from interviews relate to adoptive parent definitions of adoption and disability, challenges identifying and accessing services, and the effects of placement on their family, within an ecological systems perspective. Findings show the need for service providers to better understand the impact of an intercountry adopted child's disability and preadoption history on family adjustment, as well as to support parents through the out-of-home placement process.

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Soon Huh, Nam, and William J. Reid. "Intercountry, transracial adoption and ethnic identity: A Korean example." International Social Work 43, no. 1 (2000): 75–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/a010522.

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Intercountry, transracial adoptions, such as adoptions of Korean and Chinese children by American families, raise questions about the formation of ethnic identities of the adoptees. Such questions were addressed in a study of 40 Korean adopted children and their American parents. It was found that a high degree of involvement by children in Korean cultural activities was positively associated with scores measuring the strength of the children's Korean identity as well as with ease of communication with their parents about their adoptions. Parental encouragement of cultural activities and co-participation in them seemed to be critical in the development of ethnic identification.

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Mather, Mary, Natalia Bell, Jan Way, and Gill Haworth. "The quality of medical information given to prospective intercountry adopters in England." Adoption & Fostering 41, no. 1 (2017): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308575916684996.

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Poor quality medical information adds to the risks associated with intercountry adoption. Other receiving countries acknowledge this more readily than the UK. All have to tackle the problems posed by inadequate reports and most insist on further assessment of the child on arrival. This article comprises a retrospective review of 120 medical reports from 23 countries written about children matched with adopters from IAC-the Centre for Adoption (registered as the Intercountry Adoption Centre) between April 2010 and November 2014. The quality and quantity of medical information varied widely but was generally inadequate. Most reports consisted of an isolated, single physical examination. There was incomplete screening for important medical conditions, inadequate medical histories and virtually no assessment of development. The reports for special needs children and adolescents were particularly concerning. In almost all cases, there was a lack of the essential information needed by adopters in order to make an informed decision about the suitability of the match. All intercountry adopted children, regardless of their country of origin, need the involvement of an experienced medical adviser in the matching process and should have a comprehensive paediatric health assessment after placement. This should be carried out on the NHS and be free to parents, as it is in Northern Ireland. The number of children concerned is small but their needs are important, particularly as they are disadvantaged compared to domestic adoptees.

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Chou, Shihning. "Intercountry Adoption on the Internet." Adoption & Fostering 31, no. 2 (2007): 22–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590703100206.

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This study by Shihning Chou, Kevin Browne and Melanie Kirkaldy investigated whether inter-country adoption agencies on the internet upheld the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC 1989) and the Hague Convention (1993). A systematic search on the UK-based Google search engine was carried out. The search yielded 2,383 hits, of which 116 were adoption agencies. All 116 agencies were registered in the USA and 37 per cent of the agency websites clearly stated that potential adoptive parents are allowed to select a child they wish to adopt, with 34 per cent offering the option to apply online. The average total fee for intercountry adoption per child was US$20,338 with an average application fee of US$273.97. The majority of websites displayed photographs of children: 9.5 per cent showed photos of named children who had been adopted, 25 per cent displayed photos of named children currently available for adoption and 50 per cent of websites displayed general photographs of children with no identifiers. Furthermore, 18.1 per cent of agencies used terminology that promoted children as a commodity rather than as individuals in need. There was a positive correlation between agencies using such terminology and those displaying photographs with personal information. If these views are accepted, it means that it can be estimated that at least 38 per cent of the agencies were in breach of the UNCRC and the Hague Convention.

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Conroy, Paula Wenner. "Intercountry Adoption of Children with Visual Impairments: An Exploratory Study." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 112, no. 3 (2018): 239–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x1811200303.

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Introduction Although there is much research related to the adoption of children with disabilities in general, there is none that focuses specifically on the experiences of parents who have adopted children with visual impairments (that is, who are blind or have low vision) from outside of the United States (also called “intercountry” or “international” adoption). Methods Fifteen parents of children who were adopted from outside the United States and had visual impairments were interviewed in this exploratory study. The participants all lived in the United States following the adoptions and volunteered to participate in this study in 2015. Research questions focusing on pre-adoption (why and who), challenges, and supports framed the open-ended interviews. The interviews were transcribed and themes emerged through the process of coding. Results Parents shared their personal experiences through interviews. All 15 parents had similarities in the process of adoption. Parents adopted in order to begin or enlarge their families, but did not necessarily go into the process desiring to adopt a child with a visual impairment. Challenges were experienced in the areas of medical, educational, and social-emotional needs. Parents agreed that supports were necessary before, during, and after the adoption process. Discussion The need for supports throughout the entire process of inter-country adoption of a child with a visual impairment was made clear through this study. Adoption agencies and agencies for visually impaired individuals are in a good position to set up support networks and mentorship programs. Implications for practitioners This study only scratches the surface of the topic of intercountry adoption of children with visual impairments. By sharing experiences, attention can be given to issues, and systems can be put into place to better support families in raising internationally adopted children with visual impairments.

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Liu, Yanhong, and Richard J. Hazler. "Variables Associated With Indiscriminate Friendliness Displayed by Chinese Adoptees in U.S. Families." Family Journal 25, no. 4 (2017): 414–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480717731345.

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The study investigated potential variables associated with indiscriminate friendliness (IF) in children adopted from China by U.S. parents. Children in this study were adopted at a mean age of 19 months and have spent an average of 61 months with their adoptive parents. The sample comprised of 92 U.S. parents with children adopted from China. Children’s age at the time of adoption, length of postadoption time, prior institutional care, and postadoption parenting by adoptive parents were investigated in association with IF. Findings showed that prior institutional care was significantly associated children’s IF, whereas an increase in postadoption time shared with adoptive parents was not accompanied by a decrease in children’s IF. The significant regression model explained 9% of variance in children’s IF. Results provided practical implications for family counselors and other mental health professionals working with adoptive families.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Intercountry adoption. Adopted children Adoptees Adoptive parents"

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Cournoyer, Louise. "The experience of parents in forming a relationship with their older adopted children from Russia or other former Soviet Union countries /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2325.

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Mellor, Sharon Jean. "The use of drawings for rapport building with international adoptees and parents." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1691.

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"The influx of children adopted into the United States from other countries has increased the need for social workers experienced in practice techniques that asssist in building rapport between the parents and children in these newly formed families. This study explored the use of employing the kinetic family drawing as a tool to build rapport between parents and children. This was an exploratory multiple case design. Six families participated in the process of drawing a picture of their family engaged in an activity together. It was anticipated that the drawings would be an effective tool to build rapport between parent and child."

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Bruns, Ashleigh. "Adoption and attachment the compensation and correspondence hypotheses in relation to God and adoptive parents /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0371.

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Buchanan, Toby. "Family resilience as a predictor of better adjustment among international adoptees." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10106/1034.

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Books on the topic "Intercountry adoption. Adopted children Adoptees Adoptive parents"

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Toanen, Laetitia. L'adoption internationale: Guide à l'intention des futurs parents. G. Saint-Jean, 2007.

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Two little girls: A memoir of adoption. Berkley Books, 2006.

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That these two will live: An adoption memoir. Word Alive Press, 2011.

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L'adoption internationale: Une histoire d'amour... de mon rêve à ta réalité. Marcel Broquet, la nouvelle édition, 2013.

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Amend, Deborah. A dress for Anna: The story of the redemption of the life of a Ukranian orphan. FaithWalk Pub., 2009.

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Blecourt, Kim de. Until we all come home: A harrowing journey, a mother's courage, a race to freedom. FaithWords, 2012.

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The waiting child: How the faith and love of one orphan saved the life of another. St. Martin's Press, 2003.

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The waiting child: How the faith and love of one orphan saved the life of another. Thorndike Press, 2003.

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MacLeod, Jean. At home in this world: A China adoption story. EMK Press, 2003.

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Arŭmdaun inyŏn: Sŭweden i kirŭn uri aidŭl. Saram kwa Ch'aek, 2009.

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