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With about 70,000 domestic and international adoptions each year in the United States and Canada, adoption remains a major means of building families in both countries. Its continued success can be inferred not only from the yearly statistics, but from a report issued in 2003 by the U.S. Census Bureau. To the surprise of many, the report announced the existence of 1.6 million adopted children in the U.S. under the age of eighteen. Written by a former social worker who has placed hundreds of children in foster and adoptive homes and a clinical psychologist who has counseled adopted children and parents, this book offers a comprehensive look at the adoption process by merging the best of social work with the best of psychology. Adoption can be a frustrating and intimidating undertaking for the unprepared. This guide provides prospective adoptive parents with the insider information that they need to navigate the process-and it provides students with the sort of expert opinion that they need to grasp the academic theory they receive in the classroom.Product Identifiers
PublisherABC-Clio
ISBN-139780275987992
eBay Product ID (ePID)88427817
Product Key Features
Publication Year2006
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Basics of Adoption: a Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada
TypeTextbook
AuthorMardi Allen, James L. Dickerson
Subject AreaChildren & Family
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJames L. Dickerson, Mardi Allen