Adoption
Organizations and Web Sites
Adoption Doctors (www.adoptiondoctors.com): Offers pre-adoption medical evaluations. Their website also
has an interview regarding adoption and trauma (www.adoptiondoctors.com/PDF%20Files/interview.pdf).
Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website (www.fourfriends.com): Provides information and support for
women who wish to breastfeed an adopted child.
Adoptive Families Magazine (www.adoptivefam.com): Publishes articles and information on a wide variety of
adoption issues.
Center for Family Connections (www.kinnect.org): Provides training, education, consultation, advocacy, and
clinical treatment related to adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.
Comeunity's directory of doctors specializing in adoption health (www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/clinics.
html): Lists doctors with expertise on pre-adoption evaluations, adoption travel preparations, immunizations
and post adoption medical examinations.
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (naic.acf.hhs.gov/admin/aboutus.cfm): Provides information on
domestic and intercountry adoption as well as on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote
the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
Books and Articles
Best, M. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft. Indianapolis, IN: Perspective Press 1998.
Gray, D. Attaching in Adoption. Indianapolis, IN: Perspective Press 2002.
Gribble, K. Mental health, attachment and breastfeeding: Implications for adopted children and their mothers.
Int Breastfeeding J 2006; 1:5. URL for article: http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.
com/content/pdf/1746-4358-1-5.pdf
Gribble, K. Post-institutionalized adopted children who seek breastfeeding from their new mothers. J Prenatal
& Perinatal Psychology & Health 19(3): 217–235. URL for abstract: apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?
request=get-abstract&issn=1097-8003&volume=019&issue=03&page=0217
Peterson, D. Breastfeeding the Adopted Baby. San Antonio, TX: Corona Publishing Co. 1995.
Silber, K. and Speedlin, P. Dear Birthmother: Thank you for Our Baby. San Antonio: Corona 1982.
Takas, M. and Warner, E. To Love a Child: A Complete Guide to Adoption, Foster Parenting, and Other Ways to
Share Your Life with Children. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley 1992.
Williams, W. and Johnston, P. Losing an adoption: Practical advice for moving on after a uniquely painful
experience. Adoptive Families Jan/Feb 1997. URL: www.perspectivespress.com/item.asp?
recordid=losingadopt&pagestyle=default
World Health Organization. Relactation: A Review of Experience and Recommendations for Practice. Geneva:
World Health Organization 1998.
URL: www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/NUTRITION/WHO_CHS_CAH_98_14.pdf
Adoption Doctors (www.adoptiondoctors.com): Offers pre-adoption medical evaluations. Their website also
has an interview regarding adoption and trauma (www.adoptiondoctors.com/PDF%20Files/interview.pdf).
Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website (www.fourfriends.com): Provides information and support for
women who wish to breastfeed an adopted child.
Adoptive Families Magazine (www.adoptivefam.com): Publishes articles and information on a wide variety of
adoption issues.
Center for Family Connections (www.kinnect.org): Provides training, education, consultation, advocacy, and
clinical treatment related to adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.
Comeunity's directory of doctors specializing in adoption health (www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/clinics.
html): Lists doctors with expertise on pre-adoption evaluations, adoption travel preparations, immunizations
and post adoption medical examinations.
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (naic.acf.hhs.gov/admin/aboutus.cfm): Provides information on
domestic and intercountry adoption as well as on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote
the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
Books and Articles
Best, M. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft. Indianapolis, IN: Perspective Press 1998.
Gray, D. Attaching in Adoption. Indianapolis, IN: Perspective Press 2002.
Gribble, K. Mental health, attachment and breastfeeding: Implications for adopted children and their mothers.
Int Breastfeeding J 2006; 1:5. URL for article: http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.
com/content/pdf/1746-4358-1-5.pdf
Gribble, K. Post-institutionalized adopted children who seek breastfeeding from their new mothers. J Prenatal
& Perinatal Psychology & Health 19(3): 217–235. URL for abstract: apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?
request=get-abstract&issn=1097-8003&volume=019&issue=03&page=0217
Peterson, D. Breastfeeding the Adopted Baby. San Antonio, TX: Corona Publishing Co. 1995.
Silber, K. and Speedlin, P. Dear Birthmother: Thank you for Our Baby. San Antonio: Corona 1982.
Takas, M. and Warner, E. To Love a Child: A Complete Guide to Adoption, Foster Parenting, and Other Ways to
Share Your Life with Children. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley 1992.
Williams, W. and Johnston, P. Losing an adoption: Practical advice for moving on after a uniquely painful
experience. Adoptive Families Jan/Feb 1997. URL: www.perspectivespress.com/item.asp?
recordid=losingadopt&pagestyle=default
World Health Organization. Relactation: A Review of Experience and Recommendations for Practice. Geneva:
World Health Organization 1998.
URL: www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/NUTRITION/WHO_CHS_CAH_98_14.pdf
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