Resources and Education
BELOW ARE SOME RESOURCES TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE YOUR JOURNEY.
Helpful Resources
Adoption
adoption funding opportunities
Below is a helpful Q&A session with adoptees about their experiences:
Informative Articles
Featured ARTICLEs:
Domestic Adoption
Early adoption disclosure
Trauma
Recommended Readings
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn B. Purvis , David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole by Lori Holden
Twenty Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption by Elisabeth O’Toole
While We Wait: Spiritual and Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt by Heidi Schlumpf
Labor of The Heart: A Parent’s Guide to Decisions and Emotion in Adoption by Kathleen L. Whitten
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The Primal Wound, Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier
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