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Adoption Resource Library

 

Resources for Adoption (General)

The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia

Children of Open Adoption by Kathleen Silber and Patricia Martinez Dorner

Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin

Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, PhD, Marshall D. Schechter, MD, and Robin Marantz Henig

The Adoption Triangle by Arthur D. Sorosky, MD, Annette Baran, MSW, and Reuben Pannor, MSW

Resources for Adoption (International)

The Subtle Seductions, How to Be a "Good Enough" Parent by Gertrude Blanck

Being Adopted, The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, PhD, Marshall D. Schechter, MD, and Robin Marantz Henig

Know Your Child by Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas

Cross-Cultural Adoption by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz

The Post-Adoption Blues by Karen J. Foli and John R. Thompson

Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray

Toddler Adoption — The Weaver's Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best

Launching a Baby's Adoption by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Raising Adopted Children, A Manual For Adoptive Parents by Lois R. Melina

The Optimist Child by Martin Seligman, PhD

The Birth of a Mother by Daniel N. Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern and Alison Freeland

Adoptive Families in a Diverse Society by Katarina Wegar

Resources for Embryo Adoption

Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign: www.embryoadoption.org

Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston

Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide by Lois Ruskai Melina

Having Your Baby through Egg Donation by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer

Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families by Diane Ehrensaft