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Title Transracial and intercountry adoptions : cultural guidance for professionals / Rowena Fong and Ruth McRoy editors
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 403 pages) : illustrations
Contents Table of Contents ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction, by Rowena Fong, Ruth McRoy and Ann Schwartz; 1. Overview of Intercountry Adoptions, by Rowena Fong, Ruth McRoy, and Hollee McGinnis ; 2. Legal and Policy Issues Impacting Intercountry Adoption Practices, by Karen Rotabi and Carmen Monico; 3. Overview of and Legal and Policy Issues Impacting Transracial Adoptions, by Ruth McRoy, Amy Griffin and Hollee McGinnis; 4. Interculturally Competent Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families, by Devon Brooks, Doni Whitsett, and Jeremy T. Goldbach
5. A Neurodevelopmental Perspective and Clinical Challenges, by Bruce Perry, Erin Hambrick and Robert Perry6. Ethnic Identity Formation, by Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Xian Zhang; 7. Mental Health Issues, by Amanda L. Baden, Jonathan R. Mazza, Andrew Kitchen, Elliotte Harrington, and Ebony White; 8. Medical Issues, by Dana E. Johnson and Judith K. Eckerle; 9. School Issues, by Jae Ran Kim and Beth Hall; 10. The Need for Adoption Competent Mental Health Professionals, by Debbie Riley and Ellen Singer; List of Contributors; Index
Summary For social workers, child welfare workers, psychologists, physicians, teachers, parents-anyone who hopes to better understand transracial and international adoption-this book addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues that can emerge post adoption. It also recommends how to recognize and avoid fraud and coercion and how to navigate the complex laws relating to transracial and intercountry adoptions domestically and abroad. With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source both empirical research and practical knowledge, the volume describes the day-to-day realities of the adoption journey and is wholly inclusive, offering information about 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 also addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala. A book dedicated to achieving greater cultural sensitivity and coordinated care, this comprehensive text provides targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptions, and a host of other issues not addressed in other volumes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Intercountry adoption -- United States
Interracial adoption -- United States
Intercountry adoption -- United States -- Case studies
Interracial adoption -- United States -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
Intercountry adoption
Interracial adoption
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Fong, Rowena, editor.
McRoy, Ruth G., editor.
ISBN 9780231540827
0231540825