Health and Medical Guide to Children and Adolescent Health Adoption Health information topics about Adoption: Children 1. Adoption and the Stages of Development National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_stages/index.cfm 2. Adoption - A Child's Questions and Concerns American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ13GLPIUC&sub_... 3. Being Adopted Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/adoption.html 4. Foster Families Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/foster_families.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Adoption National Institutes of Health http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/search/condition=adoption&recruiting=true Coping 1. Value of Adoptive Parent Groups National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_value.cfm 2. Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_impact/index.cfm 3. Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_issues.cfm 4. After Adoption: The Need for Services National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_after/index.cfm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Adoption: Glossary National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/admin/glossary.cfm 2. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse Glossa National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/admin/glossary.cfm Directories 1. AdoptUSKids http://www.adoptuskids.org/servlet/page?_pageid=65&_dad=portal30&_schema=PO... 2. U.S. Adoption Agencies That Place Children from Ab National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/country_resource_lists.cfm 3. Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents: Resources for Pr National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_gay/index.cfm 4. National Adoption Directory Search National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/nad/index.cfm 5. National Adoption Organizations That Provide Suppo National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?svcID=135&rate_chno=AR-0011... 6. Related Organizations/Resource Lists in Child Welf National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/organizations/index.cfm Financial Issues 1. Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_benefi.cfm 2. Costs of Adopting National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/s_cost/index.cfm 3. Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Fost National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_subsid.cfm 4. Tax Topics: Adoption Credit Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html Law and Policy 1. Family and Medical Leave Act Dept. of Labor http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/ 2. Stepparent Adoption National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_step.cfm 3. Cooperative Adoptions: Contact between Adoptive an National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/cooperative.cfm 4. State Regulation of Adoption Expenses National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/expenses.cfm 5. Standby Guardianship National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/guardianship.cfm 6. Presumed (Putative) Fathers National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/putative.cfm 7. Parties to an Adoption National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/parties.cfm 8. Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Ch Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/graphics/lawsregs/handbook/adopt_book.pdf 9. How Do I Apply to Bring a Foreign-Born Orphan to t Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/fororphan.htm 10. Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/groundtermin.cfm 11. Intercountry Adoption National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_inter/index.cfm 12. Access to Family Information by Adopted Persons National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/infoaccessap.cfm 13. Benefits for Grandchildren Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/kids/parent5.htm 14. Consent to Adoption National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/consent.cfm 15. Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/factsheets/adopted.htm Organizations 1. Children's Bureau http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/ 2. Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ 3. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/ 4. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse Dept. of Health and Human Services http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/ Overviews 1. Adoption American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.asrm.org/Patients/FactSheets/Adoption-Fact.pdf 2. Adoption: Where Do I Start? National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_start.cfm 3. Adoption Process American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org/adoption/adoptionprocess.html Related Issues 1. Are You Pregnant and Thinking about Adoption? National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_pregna.cfm 2. Benefits of Adoption American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org/adoption/benefitsofadoption.html 3. Adoption Home Study Process National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_homstu.cfm 4. Adoption and School Issues National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_school/index.cfm 5. Explaining Adoption to Your Children, Family, and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_explaining.cfm 6. Foster Care American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/64.htm 7. Foster Care and Adoption for Waiting Children National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_fostercare/index.cfm 8. Hepatitis B Vaccine Is Imperative for Families Ad Immunization Action Coalition http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4153adop.htm 9. International Adoption: Health Aspects American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/321.xml 10. Keeping the Family Tree Intact Through Kinship Car National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_kinshi/index.cfm 11. Medical Issues in Adoption Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/medical_adopt.html 12. Obtaining Background Information on Your Prospecti National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_background.cfm 13. Parenting the Sexually Abused Child National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_abused/index.cfm 14. Single Parent Adoption: What You Need to Know National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_single/index.cfm 15. Tips on Selecting an Adoption Therapist National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/r_tips.cfm 16. Searching for Birth Relatives National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_search.cfm 17. APA Position Statement: Adoption and Co-Parenting American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/adoption_coparenting121802.pd... Research 1. Innovative Foster Care Programs Show Promise in Re Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040701b.htm Specific Conditions 1. Foster Parent Adoption: What Parents Should Know National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_fospar.cfm 2. Adopting a Child with Special Needs National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_specne/index.cfm 3. Guidelines for Choosing an Adoption Agency or Atto American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org/adoption/guidelineschoosingagency.html 4. Military Families and Adoption: A Fact Sheet for F National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_milita.cfm 5. Openness in Adoption: A Fact Sheet for Families National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_openadopt.cfm 6. Transracial and Transcultural Adoption National Adoption Information Clearinghouse http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/f_trans.cfm Statistics 1. State by State Adoption and Foster Care Statistics Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/dis/tables/index.htm 2. National Adoption and Foster Care Statistics Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/dis/afcars/publications/afcars.htm Teenagers 1. Adoption Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/adoption.html 2. 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