Catalogue by countries / Open and Closed: Adoption Casework in the Nineties
| Documentation presentation | |
| ISS/IRC Code | COM-ADOPT ENG-016 |
| Partner | |
| Title | Open and Closed: Adoption Casework in the Nineties |
| Author | BYRD A Dean |
| Generic unit | Newsletter |
| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-1996 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
| Place published | |
| Editor | Renee Garfinkel |
| Publisher | Adoption Studies Institute, 2924 M Street, NW, Suite 101, Washington DC 20007, USA |
| Distributor | |
| Page | 4 p |
| Price | |
| ISBN | |
| Type of material | Monograph |
| Language of document |
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| Document information | |
| Document description | |
| Country concerned |
UNITED STATES |
| Index |
Origins-info Adoption-open Adoption-domestic Child-interest Identity-adoptive |
| Free text | On the issue of open adoption, the authors come to the conclusion that current available research does not clearly point out the benefits to the adoption ' triad ' of full openness. Among the risks and 'challenges' presented by open adoption they list the risk of a lack of adjustment by the birth mother to the loss of her child, attachment or bonding problems with the adoptive parents with subsequent identity formation difficulties; there is a further risk in the child grieving if contact between the adoptive family and the birth parents comes to an end for any reason. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Of interest |
| Work area |
Psychology |
| Potential users | |
| Other potential users |
Adopt-Agency Adopt-Parents |