The Adoptive Difference: New Evidence on How Adopted Children Perform in School
A child who has been abandoned or removed from the care of both birth parents can gain much from being adopted into a loving family. Adoptive families typically provide the children in their care with residence in a safe, supportive neighborhood, attendance at a well-functioning, high-achieving school, and love, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation at home.1 These environmental benefits should enable the young person to rise above the loss of their birth parents and any adverse experiences and enable them to flourish—or so current models of children’s development would lead us to believe. Yet adopted children and their parents often encounter, perhaps, unexpected difficulties, especially when the child gets to school.2 Our analysis of newly-released data from the U.S. Department of Education shows just how prevalent learning and behavioral issues are among adopted students in elementary, middle, and high school.
(PDF) Adoption Decision Making among Women Seeking Abortion
PDF | Background: Little is known about how adoption factors into pregnancy decision making, particularly when abortion is unavailable. Methods: We... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Effects of Adoption on Birth Mother | Adoption Network
The emotional and psychological impacts of adoption on the birth mother can be complicated. Feelings may inlcude grief, loss, regaining control and resolution.
(PDF) Household Composition and Risk of Fatal Child Maltreatment
note: adoptees and foster youth fall under the 4.7x more likely. the 8x more likely is for children living with a parent and their unmarried partner. stop saying 8x more likely.
Nearly 40 Percent of Americans with Annual Incomes over $100,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck
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Adoption-Friendly Benefits in the Workplace - It is the Right Thing to Do. - Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
From simple education activities to implementing a robust adoption benefits program, workplace support of adoption not only increases awareness about the issues confronting our most vulnerable children, but also provides critical support for families formed through adoption. Employers have the power to make a crucial difference in the lives of waiting children. Dave Thomas, who […]
Foster Care Numbers Up for Fifth Straight Year - The North American Council on Adoptable Children
From Adoptalk 2018, Issue 4; Adoptalk is a benefit of NACAC membership. The number of children and teens in US foster care and the number of youth adopted from foster care rose in 2017, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). Every fiscal year, AFCARS collects data on all the children in foster care and […]
What the Adoption Agencies & Professionals Don't Want You to Know About Adoption in the USA. The problem is that adoption is a business, a big business. There
Results In: Adult Adoptee Perceptions in Closed Adoption
The survey was entitled “Adult Adoptee Perceptions in Closed Adoption.” A link to the survey (through Survey Monkey) was shared on Facebook, Twitter, and this blog over a 2-week timefra…
Results In: Adoptee Perceptions. Your Lived Experience. NAAM 2018.
Who and What is Adoption Surveys? About Summary A special survey was created for adult adoptees that was open only for the month of November (2018) which is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM…
The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) collects case-level information on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement.
Foster Care Statistics - Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides details on the reasons why children and youth entered care, the number of placement changes children and youth may experience, various reasons they exit care, and the rates of maltreatment in out-of-home care.