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| GENERAL |
| Adopting.com www.adopting.com "Everything prospective adoptive parents need to know about adopting." • Get site info |
| Adopting.org www.adopting.org/ar.html Articles, information, links to waiting child listings, waiting family listings. • Get site info |
| Adoption.com www.adoption.com "Where families come together." • Get site info |
| Adoption Helper's Teacher's Guide to Adoption www.familyhelper.net/ad/adteach.html#four Ways that educators can become more sensitive to adoption issues and language. • Get site info |
| Adoption Information.com adoptioninformation.com Gathering of links on a wide variety of adoption topics. • Get site info |
| Adoption Solutions.com www.adoptionsolutions.com/parents/parent_info.htm On-line adoption info, including waiting child and parent registries, listings of attorneys and agencies, and post-adoptive info like this page on adoption and schools. • Get site info |
| Casey Family Services www.caseyfamilyservices.org/index.html Information on foster parenting and adoption, to help "children, family and communities grow strong together." • Get site info |
| Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute www.adoptioninstitute.org/ Adoption research, policy and practice. • Get site info |
| Pact, an Adoption Alliance www.pactadopt.org "The internet's most comprehensive site addressing issues for adopted children of color." • Get site info |
| Post Adoption Depression Syndrome http://www.adopting.org/pads.html Article from adopting.org site. • Get site info |
| Teacher's Guide to Adoption www.Rainbowkids.com/802teachers.htm Teaching modules, including information on adoption language and examples of inclusive "family tree"-type assignments, from the RainbowKids Web site. • Get site info |
| DOMESTIC |
| Adopt US Kids www.adoptuskids.org New government-sponsored Web site promoting the adoption of waiting children in the U.S. Includes national photolisting. • Get site info |
| All About Emil go.to/emilville Information about foster care, adoption and child abuse, along with stories, jokes, quotations and miscellaneous items of interest. |
| Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/ Information on adopting and advocating for waiting children from the man behind Wendy's. • Get site info |
| FACES of Adoption: America's Waiting Children www.adopt.org Searchable photolistings of children who are waiting for forever families. • Get site info |
| National Adoption Information Clearinghouse www.calib.com/naic "A comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption." • Get site info |
| National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoptions www.nrcadoption.org "...to ensure the safety, well being, and permanency of abused and neglected children through adoption and post legal adoption services program planning, policy development and practice." • Get site info |
| INTERNATIONAL |
| Adoption Adventure Network www.adoptionadventure.com/ Sponsors "American culture camps" at which children from Russian orphanages can meet prospective families; also offers translation services, seminars and the inspiring story of the Avilla family. • Get site info |
| Eastern European Adoption Coalition www.eeadopt.org Information and support for pre- and post-adoptive parents of children from Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, and other Eastern European countries. • Get site info |
| Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption www.frua.org Support for families adopting from Russia and neighboring countries, with emphasis on cultural and ethnic pride. • Get site info |
| Families with Children from China fwcc.org Gathering of information to help families planning to adopt from China. • Get site info |
| iChild www.ichild.org Information on adopting from India. • Get site info |
| Inasmuch www.inasmuch.ro Information on street kids and orphans of Romania, and those who help them. • Get site info |
| International Pediatric Health Services www.orphandoctor.com Web site of Dr. Jane Aronson, a pediatrician specializing in international adoption. • Get site info |
| Precious in HIS Sight precious.org Searchable photolisting of children available for international adoption. • Get site info |
| RainbowKids.com www.rainbowkids.com/ Online international adoption publication, including searchable photolistings. • Get site info |
| POST-INSTITUTIONALIZATION |
| BGCenter for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation www.bgcenter.com/ Site of Russian psychologist Boris Gindis, whose Suffern, NY, clinic evaluates and works with children adopted from Eastern Europe. Includes articles, FAQs, and information on the center's services. • Get site info |
| The ChildTrauma Academy www.childtrauma.org "Service, training and research in the area of child maltreatment." • Get site info |
| Developmental Research Laboratory/The Adoption Project www.drl.tcu.edu/Main/drl.htm "Our mission is to support -- through research, education, training, and advocacy -- families who have adopted children with backgrounds of institutionalization, abuse, and/or neglect." Offers camps and courses. • Get site info |
| Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children pages.towson.edu/sglennen/index.htm "Designed to provide answers to the many questions parents and professionals have about language learning" in children formally under orphanage care. • Get site info |
| Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child www.pnpic.org "A support network devoted to understanding the medical, developmental, emotional and educational needs of children adopted from hospital, orphanages and institutions throughout the world." • Get site info |
| Post Adoption Information www.postadoptinfo.org Excellent site with articles, research and resources for families of children adopted from Eastern European orphanages. • Get site info |
| Practical Attachment home.att.net/~PracticalAttachment/ Help for parents trying to sort out post-institutionalization issues, and understand the difference between the process of attachment and attachment disorder. |
| HEALTH ISSUES |
| Health of Children Adopted from China www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/105/6/e76 Article in the journal "Pediatrics" by Dr. Laurie Miller and Dr. Nancy Hendrie. • Get site info |
| The Helicobacter Pylori Foundation www.helico.com/ "...dedicated to providing you with the latest information about Helicobacter pylori, its diagnosis, treatment and clinical correlations." • Get site info |
| University of Virginia H. Pylori Center vianet.net.au/~bjmrshll/uva_rlg1.htm More information on the pesky parasite. |
| LIST SERVERS |
| Eastern European Adoption Coalition www.eeadopt.org/home/services/mlists/index.html Wide range of e-mail lists for adoptive parents of children from Eastern Europe. • Get site info |
| GAARPadopt groups.yahoo.com/group/GAARPadopt Gracefully Aging Aware Refined Parents Adopt: E-mail list for adoptive parents over 40. |
| HS Russia groups.yahoo.com/group/HSrussia E-mail list for those homeschooling children adopted from Russia or Eastern Europe. |
| SHOPPING |
| AdoptionShop.com www.adoptionshop.com "A wide variety of adoption-related items, with 20 percent of proceeds going to adoption causes." • Get site info |
| Adoption Video Services www.pergamondesign.com A company run by adoptive parents, Pergamon Film & Video, can create a professional quality video or DVD of your family's adoption journey, using your own video and photographs and editing to songs of your choice.• Get site info |
| Celebrate the Child www.celebratechild.com/ Adoption- and culture-related items. • Get site info |
| EMK Press www.emkpress.com Publisher of empowering adoption books for children.• Get site info |
| Heart and Seoul www.HeartAndSeoul.com/ Cute adoption-related products along with cute pictures of cute kids. • Get site info |
| Rosetta Stone www.rosettastone.com/ "Dynamic immersion" language learning software. • Get site info |
| Topographical Treasures www.topographicaltreasures.com "Original birth country paintings and products for adoptive parents and adult adoptees." • Get site info |
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