Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions - Cultural Guidance for Professionals (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2016
Editors:	Rowena Fong (Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families) • Ruth McRoy
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-17255-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Adoption & fostering
LSN:	0-231-17255-9
Barcode:	9780231172554

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