Adoption

Resources in this category:

About.com: Adoption/Foster Care
http://adoption.about.com/

An Internet guide to adoption and foster care, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include adoption & foster care basics, international adoption, nontraditional situations, legal & financial issues, parenting information, and adoption & foster care rights & reform.

Adopt: Assistance Information Support
http://www.adopting.org/

A fairly comprehensive site introducing the broad range of topics related to adoption. The site provides information about technical, legal, societal and psychological issues related to the adoption process. There are links to many other sites which provide legal and support information for parents and children of adoption.

Adoption.com
http://www.adoption.com/

Searchable, browsable adoption resource which "feature[s] adoption chat rooms and bulletin boards, The Adoption Daily News, Photolistings of children awaiting adoption, The Adoption Library, The Adoption.com Reunion Registry to find lost birth relatives, the Adoptive Parent Registry and much more. Adoption.com is committed to strengthening families, and is dedicated to provide the best service possible for all individuals whose lives are touched by adoption. Our primary goals are to: Make quality adoption information available so each individual can make an educated decision about their adoption options; Help find families for as many children as quickly as possible; Simplify and shorten the process of prospective adoptive parents searching for a child to adopt; And provide resources to adoption professionals to best assist them in serving their clients."

AdoptioNetwork Home Page
http://www.adoption.org/

"A volunteer-operated information resource for the adoption community." Includes directories of adoption agencies and support groups for adoptees.

Famous Adoptees and Foster Children
http://www.dil.aber.ac.uk/dils/Research/RFocus9/staf_rrf.htm

"Biographical directory of influential and famous persons who were adopted or spent time being raised by people other than their biological parents."

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: What are the implications for adoptive parents?
http://www.adopting.org/rwfas.html

This page discusses the problem of fetal alcohol syndrome and adoption.

International Adoption
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48489

This IPL pathfinder is a starting point for people interested in international adoption. Many countries worldwide have international adoption programs for children who cannot be adopted in their country of origin. Both print and Internet resources are provided.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/

A federally-funded one-stop resource for information on all aspects of adoption and related issues, including infant, intercountry (foreign), and special needs adoption.