Eastern European Adoption: Policies, Practice, and Strategies for Change

ISBN-13: 9781138509344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 238 str.

Josephine A. Ruggiero

Opis

Between 1990 and 2006, more than 76,000 children born in Eastern Europe were adopted into American families

Spis treści

Part I. An Introduction to International Adoption from Eastern Europe Chapter 1. Adoptions from Eastern Europe to the United States Chapter 2. Understanding What Motivates Americans to Adopt a Child or Children Internationally Chapter 3. Similarities and Differences in Issues Relevant to International and Domestic Adoption Part II. Studying Older-Child and Sibling Group Adoptions from Eastern Europe Chapter 4. Parents Speak About the Process of International Adoption and Their Satisfaction-Dissatisfaction with Their Decision to Adopt Internationally Chapter 5. Embarking on the Journey of a Lifetime: Breathing Life into the Data through Case Narratives Chapter 6. Case Narratives of Satisfied Adopters Chapter 7. Case Narratives of Families Who Typically Feel “Caught in the Middle” Politics and Planning in the Holy City Chapter 8. Case Narratives of Adopters Whose Children Have Many, Serious Problems Chapter 9. Parents Speak About State and Federal Government Involvement in Regulating Agencies Engaged in Placing International Adoptees with Americans Part III. Interventions and Policy Shifts Chapter 10. Impacts of Existing Adoption Policies and Practices: When Private Troubles Become Public Issues Chapter 11. Mapping Changes Needed in Adoption Policy and Practice Chapter 12. Solutions and Strategies That Are Linked to Clients’ Rights and Agencies’ Responsibilities Part IV. Producing Positive Changes for the Long Run Chapter 13. Bringing about Changes That Are in the Best Interest of Adoptees and Their Adoptive Families, Epilogue: Out of the Past and into the Future

O autorze

Josephine A. Ruggiero