This edited volume contains contributions from leading
researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and advocates in
adoption policy and practice. Topics covered include adoption
advocacy, race and adoption, placement of older and disabled
children, adoption disruption, adoptive parent recruitment, and
policy related to federal adoption subsidy support.
This collection brings together leading researchers, policy
makers, practitioners, and advocates in the area of adoption policy
and practice. All chapter contributors are nationally recognized
leaders in their particular fields of expertise. Several have been
instrumental in shaping public policy and legislation on behalf of
special needs children and their families.
Chapters cover the following topics: advocacy on behalf of
special needs children, racial issues in the placement and adoption
of special needs children, issues involved in the adoption of older
and disabled children, adoption disruption, recruitment of adoptive
parents for special needs children, and federal and state policy
related to adoption subsidy support. The volume covers the key
issues related to both practice and policy in child welfare. As
such it is essential reading for professionals and policy makers in
social/human services and child welfare. Scholars and other
researchers in the field will also find the collection
invaluable.
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