Transracial and intercountry adoptions : cultural guidance for professionals / Rowena Fong and Ruth McRoy, editors ; introduction, Rowena Fong, Ruth G. McRoy, and Ann E. Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fong, Rowena, editor, writer of introduction.

McRoy, Ruth G., editor, writer of introduction.

Schwartz, Ann E., writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercountry adoption--United States.

Intercountry adoption.

Interracial adoption--United States.

Interracial adoption.

Intercountry adoption--United States--Case studies.

Interracial adoption--United States--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues in the transracial and international adoption process and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text details the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala, and offers targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, and the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptions

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Overview of Intercountry Adoptions

2. Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Intercountry Adoption Practices

3. Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Transracial Adoption Practice

4. Interculturally Competent Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families

5. A Neurodevelopmental Perspective and Clinical Challenges

6. Ethnic Identity Formation

7. Mental Health Issues

8. Medical Issues

9. School Issues

10. The Need for Adoption- Competent Mental Health Professionals

Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions. Conclusions

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231540827

0231540825

OCLC:

935931814