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This book focuses on adoptive families after the legal finalization of the adoption has taken place. The authors, Susan Livingston Smith and Jeanne A. Howard, incorporate the findings of their own unique research project on troubled adoptive families
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Research on Social Work Practice. 29:185-194
Our commentary highlights the authors’ conceptual and empirical contributions for understanding the incidence and dynamics of varying types of adoption breakdowns and their impact on adopted youth and their families. Important distinctions are made
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Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. 33:118-134
Clinical program directors from 59 residential treatment facilities responded to an online survey addressing the representation of adopted youth currently being served by their organization, the extent to which adoption issues are incorporated into c
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Adoption Quarterly. 17:165-184
This study examines the emotional health of women who placed an infant for adoption during the first year post-placement and in their current life. Data were collected from 235 women, on average, 3.5 years after placement. Approximately 75% of women
Autor:
Doris M. Houston, Susan Livingston Smith, Gardenia Harris, Donna Brown, Scott D. Ryan, Jeanne A. Howard
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Journal of Public Child Welfare. 5:445-466
This exploratory study assessed caseworkers' and foster parents' experience, training, and attitudes related to youth's post-adoption contact with birth family members. The Open Adoption Scale, a validated instrument, was used to measure the attitude
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Journal of Social Service Research. 32:123-134
This study compares the outcomes of 113 subsidized guardianship families and 733 child welfare adoptive families served by a therapeutic counseling program for adoptive/guardianship families at risk of child placement or dissolution. No significant d
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Adoption Quarterly. 9:19-44
Little research on adoption disruption has been conducted in recent years, particularly with large populations and multivariate methods. Utilizing administrative data on 15,947 children, this study examines adoption disruption in a large state child
Autor:
Jeanne A. Howard, Diane L. Zosky PhD, Acsw, Lcsw, Susan Livingston Smith Msw, Anne M. Howard Ba, Kristal H. Shelvin Bs
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Adoption Quarterly. 8:1-23
Children who have been adopted through the child welfare system often have significant challenges regarding adjustment issues, psychological scars, and relational deficits. Post-adoption services can be instrumental in helping parents weather the sto
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Adoption Quarterly. 7:1-30
Through parent surveys, the level of adjustment in home, school, health, mental health, and community of children from three types of adoptive and from birth families was compared. The sample groups include: child welfare adoptions (1340), domestic i
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Children and Youth Services Review. 22:539-562
Research and practice literature have examined behavior problems in adopted children, and many studies have found that adoptees from about age 6 through adolescence demonstrate more behavior problems than non-adopted children (Berry, 1992; Brodzinsky