" Racial Disproportionality" is the new war cry of a powerful group of players in the child
welfare policy arena. Led by the Casey-CSSP Alliance, they characterize as …

Objectives To conduct the first population-based surveillance in the United States of parents
who adopted children from countries outside of the United States. Methods A 556-item …

Using longitudinal data from the National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being
(NSCAW), this study investigates entry into intensive or restrictive settings during a 36-month …

This study explored adoptive parents' responses to unexpected characteristics of their
children with a lens of family stress theory. Ninety individuals in 45 couples, 30 of whom …

This edited book consists of 12 chapters on adoption research. Chapter 1 provides an
overview of contemporary adoption practice in the United States, highlighting the changes …

" Chosen Children" examines the role of the adoption marketplace in shaping how
transracial adoptive families are sorted and matched, and analyzes what these practices …

As adoption of a child from abroad and from the state's foster care system is increasingly
practiced, prospective adoptive parents now have several options: private domestic, foster …

When returning home is not a viable option, adoption is the primary means by which youth in
substitute care achieve permanency. Therefore, understanding the factors that impact …

This study contributes to the literature on child adoption by providing an analysis of how
conceptions of kinship and constructions of race shape how families are sorted and matched …

ABSTRACT A number of researchers have called attention to the lack of information
available on transracial adoption at the national level. This project was a concerted effort to …