Since the early 1990s, close to 250,000 children born abroad have been adopted into the
United States. Nearly half of these children have come from China or Russia. Culture …

This article presents an overview of the practice of adoption to counseling psychologists to
promote clinical understanding of the adoption experience and to stimulate research on …

Recognizing that handbook readers will be greatly varied in prior knowledge about
adoption, this initial chapter provides basic contextual information about adoption in the US …

This article reviews the history of adoption in the United States from colonial times to the
present day. It details the changes that have occurred in the process of adoption and in the …

Illustrates the hidden challenges embedded within the evangelical adoption movement. For
over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have …

There is a vast amount of literature on the topic of adoption, yet it is difficult to find a central
source of the most contemporary scholarship from a variety of disciplines. The primary …

Bronze Medalist, 2007 Independent Publishers Book Award in the Gay/Lesbian Category
The Family Flamboyant is a graceful and lucid account of the many routes to family …

This article addresses whether there is the beginning of a fifth wave of intercountry
adoptions (ICAs) from Africa to the United States (US). ICAs function as a “quiet migration” of …

Understanding cultural history is essential to becoming a culturally responsive counselor.
Despite adoptees' increased risks for negative mental health outcomes, the history of …

This study finds that the National Urban League, in the middle decades of the 20th century,
led widespread efforts by child welfare agencies to recruit adoptive African American homes …