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An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader
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Welcome Home! An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader is an essential guide to the process, pros, and cons of adopting children from outside the United States, with special needs, and/or from a different racial/cultural background. The book documents every aspect of the adoption procedurefrom working with facilitators, adoption agencies, and attorneys to mixed reactions over a child's possible loss of heritage as the result of a transracial or multicultural adoption. Parents and adoptees offer unique, firsthand perspectives on the cautions and benefits of nontraditional…mehr
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- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781135421052
- Artikelnr.: 39704959
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781135421052
- Artikelnr.: 39704959
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* Contributors
* Foreword
* Chapter 1. Opening the Door
* Why Adopt?
* Where Do We Begin?
* What Are Our Options?
* Other Considerations in Creating a Family
* Introducing Personal Stories
* Chapter 2. Welcome Home: From the Perspective of Research on
International Adoption
* The Northeast-Northwest Collaborative Adoption Projects (N2CAP)
* The Questions: The Family Questionnaire
* Survey Findings
* Summary and Concluding Remarks
* Chapter 3. From Couple to Family
* How We Got to be a Family of Seventeen
* And We Wait and Wait and Wait . . .
* The Transatlantic Phone Call
* We Get to Go Home
* We Very Quickly Become a Family of Five
* Addendum by Deborah Johnson
* Chapter 4. Coming Home from China
* The Potential Parents
* Our Experiences en Route to the Adoption
* Becoming Gianna
* Beginning Life with Gia
* Keeping in Touch with the Chinese Culture
* Gia's Adoption Story
* Chapter 5. The Family I Wanted
* Getting Started
* At Long LastA Daughter
* Our Family Expands
* Taking the Plunge Once Again
* And Then There Were Four
* Suggestions for Those Contemplating a Larger Family
* Chapter 6. Our Daughters from China Have Two Mommies
* Making The Decision to Adopt
* The Adoption Process: A Circuitous Paper Chase
* Lia: Our First Daughter
* The Decision to Adopt Again: Getting Amy
* Adoptions from China Today
* Chapter 7. From One Wondrous Second to Countless Memorable Moments:
Adventures In Adoption
* Adoption Wonderings
* Adoption Disappointments
* The Arrival of Zoë
* The Arrival of Zachary
* Zoë and Zachary Then and Today
* My Adoption Insights
* Reflections Today
* Addendum by Karina Barragar
* Addendum by Reese Barragar
* Addendum by Samantha Erin Barragar
* Addendum by Krista Barragar
* Addendum by Mildred Peterson
* Chapter 8. Welcome HomeLiv, Kim, and Love
* Swedish Adoption
* Why Did I Adopt a Child?
* Experiences en Route to the Adoption
* Costs of International Adoption
* My DaughterDelivered at Stockholm Airport
* My Older SonA Happy Encounter in The Land of Smiles
* My Youngest SonA Less Dramatic Start
* Who Am I?
* Going Back: Searching for Roots
* Reflections
* Chapter 9. A Perfect Lottery
* Preadoption Considerations
* The Adoption of Carolina Martha Linnea Kaufman
* Jonathan Edgar Erik Joins the Family
* Our Three Children
* Telling Children About Their Background
* The Present
* The Adoption Process
* Chapter 10. Adopting from Eastern Europe 101
* Deciding to Adopt
* Finding a Child
* Adoption and Heritage
* Zoë Today
* Chapter 11. Miracle Sisters from Romania
* Our Decision to Adopt
* Joanna's Half Sister Arrives
* Chapter 12. Adventures in Adoption: From Russia to America
* The Preadoption Phase
* The Adoption Is Finalized
* Peter Enters Our Hearts and Our Family
* Reflections
* Chapter 13. Four Roads Less Traveled but They All Lead Home
* Factors Leading to My Adoptions
* A Full Circle
* The Miracle Baby
* Jo Arrives on the Scene
* CharlesA Fight That Had to Be Won
* BriannaA Very Different Story
* A Retrospective Glance
* Chapter 14. Problems, Perils, and Pleasures of Multicultural and
Biracial Adoption
* Reasons for Seeking to Adopt Abroad
* Multicultural Issues
* Coping with Uncertainties and New Realities
* Reflections
* Legal Concerns
* Postscript
* Appendix. Adoption Resources
* In the United States
* Outside the United States
* Bibliography
* Index
* Contributors
* Foreword
* Chapter 1. Opening the Door
* Why Adopt?
* Where Do We Begin?
* What Are Our Options?
* Other Considerations in Creating a Family
* Introducing Personal Stories
* Chapter 2. Welcome Home: From the Perspective of Research on
International Adoption
* The Northeast-Northwest Collaborative Adoption Projects (N2CAP)
* The Questions: The Family Questionnaire
* Survey Findings
* Summary and Concluding Remarks
* Chapter 3. From Couple to Family
* How We Got to be a Family of Seventeen
* And We Wait and Wait and Wait . . .
* The Transatlantic Phone Call
* We Get to Go Home
* We Very Quickly Become a Family of Five
* Addendum by Deborah Johnson
* Chapter 4. Coming Home from China
* The Potential Parents
* Our Experiences en Route to the Adoption
* Becoming Gianna
* Beginning Life with Gia
* Keeping in Touch with the Chinese Culture
* Gia's Adoption Story
* Chapter 5. The Family I Wanted
* Getting Started
* At Long LastA Daughter
* Our Family Expands
* Taking the Plunge Once Again
* And Then There Were Four
* Suggestions for Those Contemplating a Larger Family
* Chapter 6. Our Daughters from China Have Two Mommies
* Making The Decision to Adopt
* The Adoption Process: A Circuitous Paper Chase
* Lia: Our First Daughter
* The Decision to Adopt Again: Getting Amy
* Adoptions from China Today
* Chapter 7. From One Wondrous Second to Countless Memorable Moments:
Adventures In Adoption
* Adoption Wonderings
* Adoption Disappointments
* The Arrival of Zoë
* The Arrival of Zachary
* Zoë and Zachary Then and Today
* My Adoption Insights
* Reflections Today
* Addendum by Karina Barragar
* Addendum by Reese Barragar
* Addendum by Samantha Erin Barragar
* Addendum by Krista Barragar
* Addendum by Mildred Peterson
* Chapter 8. Welcome HomeLiv, Kim, and Love
* Swedish Adoption
* Why Did I Adopt a Child?
* Experiences en Route to the Adoption
* Costs of International Adoption
* My DaughterDelivered at Stockholm Airport
* My Older SonA Happy Encounter in The Land of Smiles
* My Youngest SonA Less Dramatic Start
* Who Am I?
* Going Back: Searching for Roots
* Reflections
* Chapter 9. A Perfect Lottery
* Preadoption Considerations
* The Adoption of Carolina Martha Linnea Kaufman
* Jonathan Edgar Erik Joins the Family
* Our Three Children
* Telling Children About Their Background
* The Present
* The Adoption Process
* Chapter 10. Adopting from Eastern Europe 101
* Deciding to Adopt
* Finding a Child
* Adoption and Heritage
* Zoë Today
* Chapter 11. Miracle Sisters from Romania
* Our Decision to Adopt
* Joanna's Half Sister Arrives
* Chapter 12. Adventures in Adoption: From Russia to America
* The Preadoption Phase
* The Adoption Is Finalized
* Peter Enters Our Hearts and Our Family
* Reflections
* Chapter 13. Four Roads Less Traveled but They All Lead Home
* Factors Leading to My Adoptions
* A Full Circle
* The Miracle Baby
* Jo Arrives on the Scene
* CharlesA Fight That Had to Be Won
* BriannaA Very Different Story
* A Retrospective Glance
* Chapter 14. Problems, Perils, and Pleasures of Multicultural and
Biracial Adoption
* Reasons for Seeking to Adopt Abroad
* Multicultural Issues
* Coping with Uncertainties and New Realities
* Reflections
* Legal Concerns
* Postscript
* Appendix. Adoption Resources
* In the United States
* Outside the United States
* Bibliography
* Index