Catalogue by countries / Special-Needs Adoption: A Study of Intact Families
| Documentation presentation | |
| ISS/IRC Code | TOOL-ADOPT US-004 |
| Partner | |
| Title | Special-Needs Adoption: A Study of Intact Families |
| Author | ROSENTHAL James A |
| Generic unit | |
| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-1992 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
| Place published | |
| Editor | |
| Publisher | Praeger Publishers, One Madison Avenue, New York, USA |
| Distributor | |
| Page | 240 |
| Price | |
| ISBN | 0 275 93790 9 |
| Type of material | Book |
| Language of document |
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| Document information | |
| Document description |
Commentaries Testimony |
| Country concerned |
UNITED STATES |
| Index |
Failure-placement Special-needs-child Disabled Prepa-adoption-paps Adopt-fam-post-adopt-sup |
| Free text | Results of study conducted in 1988 among families who adopted children with special-needs in Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois and focuses on success rates of those adoptions. The authors include testimonies from the perspective of adoptees. The experience of single adoptive parents is represented. Chapter on recommendations for special-needs adoptions including the need for pre-placement and post-placement services, respite care, support groups, financial subsidies and the new challenge posed by AIDS. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Valuable |
| Work area |
Health Psychology Social work --> |
| Potential users | |
| Other potential users |
Adopt-Agency Adopt-Parents |