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The following is a list of books by Adoption Institute authors as well as a select list of of readings on adoption with links to Amazon.com for purchase. The inclusion of certain titles does not signify Adoption Institute support or endorsement of the author, or his or her perspectives or positions.
Books By Adoption Institute Authors
McRoy, Ruth G. Special Needs Adoptions: Practice Issues . New York: Garland Publishing, 1998.
Select Readings
Altstein, Howard and Rita J. Simon. Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective. New York: Praeger, 1991.Babb, L. Anne. Ethics in American Adoption., 235. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1999.
Barth, Richard; Jil Duerr Berrick and Neil Gilbert eds. Child Welfare Research Review., 392. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Barth, Richard P. Adoption and Disruption: Rates, Risks and Responses ., 247. New York: Aldine DeGruyter, 1988.
Barth, Richard P. Jeanne Pietrzak and Malia Ramler eds. Families Living With Drugs and HIV: Intervention and Treatment Strategies ., 368. New York: The Guliford Press, 1993.
Brown, Sarah S., and L. Eisenberg. The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-being of Children and Families., 380. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1995.
Callahan, Joan C. Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1995.
Carp, E. Wayne. Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption ., 304. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Child Welfare League of America. Kinship Care: a Natural Bridge., 98. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1994.
Crumbley, Joseph, and Robert Little. Relatives Raising Children: an Overview of Kinship Care., 124. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
DeFries, John, Robert Plomin, and David W. Fulker. Nature and Nurture During Middle Childhood., 357. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1994.
DeWoody, Madelyn. Adoption and Disclosure: a Review of the Law., 61. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1993.
DeWoody, Madelyn. Health Care Reform and Child Welfare ., 58. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1994.
DeWoody, Madelyn. Making Sense of Federal Dollars: a Funding Guide for Social Service Providers ., 154. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1994.
DeWoody, Madelyn, Kathy Ceja, and Megan Sylvester. Independent Living Services for Youth in Out- of-Home Care., 53. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1993.
Edelstein, Susan B. Children With Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption., 105. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1995.
Emenhiser, David, Robert Barker, and Madelyn Dewoody. Managed Care: an Agency Guide to Surviving and Thriving., 106. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1995.
Etter, Jeanne. A Child's Needs: Mediating Permanency Outcomes ., 20. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
Etter, Jeanne A. A Cooperative Adoption: Workbook 3, 20. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
Etter, Jeanne A. Letting Go: Mediating Permanency Outcomes Workbook 4., 20. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
Etter, Jeanne A. Looking at Options: Mediating Permanency Planning Workbook 2., 20. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
Everett, Joyce E., Sandra S. Chipungu, and Bogart R. Leashore. Child Welfare: an Africentric Perspective., 325. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991.
Eyer, Diane E. Mother Infant Bonding: a Scientific Fiction ., 237. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
Falberg, Vera I. A Child's Journey Through Placement ., 432. Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press, 1991.
Finch, Stephen J., David Fanshel, and John F. Grundy. Data Collection in Adoption and Foster Care: the State of the Art in Obtaining Organized Information for Policy Analysis, Program Planning, and Practice., 71. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1991.
Flint, B. M., J. G. Partridge, and E. G. Stark. Pathways to Maturity: Insights From A Thirty-Year Study of Deprived Children. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Freundlich, Madelyn, and Lisa Peterson. Wrongful Adoption: Law, Policy and Practice., 85. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1998.
Galatzer-Levy, Robert M., and Louis Kraus. The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions ., 468. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Gambrill, Eileen, and Theodore Stein. Controversial Issues in Child Welfare ., 309. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.
Grabe, Pamela V. Adoption Resources for Mental Health Professionals ., 366. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1993.
Greef, Roger. Fostering Kinship: an International Perspective on Kinship Foster Care. Roger Greeff., 216. Brookfield, IL: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1999.
Gritter, James L. The Spirit of Open Adoption., 315. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1997.
Gross, Harriet E., and Marvin B. Sussman. Families and Adoption., 258. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, 1997.
Groza, Victor, and Karen F. Rosenberg. Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption: Bridging the Gap Between Adoptees Placed As Infants and As Older Children ., 175. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998.
Groze, Victor. Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption ., 161. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996.
Guggenheim, Martin, Alexandra Dylan Lowe, and Diane Curtis. The Rights of Families., 339. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996.
Hansen, Karen V., and Anita Ilta Garey. Families in the U.S.: Kinship and Domestic Politics ., 888. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1998.
Hardin, Mark, and Robert Lancour. Early Termination of Parental Rights: Developing Appropriate Statutory Grounds., 88. Washington, D.C.: American Bar Association, 1996.
Hegar, Rebecca L., and Maria Scannapieco. Kinship Foster Care: Policy, Practice, and Research . New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Imber-Black, Evan ed. Secrets in Families and Family Therapy., 425. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1992.
Kirk, H. David. Adoptive Kinship: A Modern Institution in Need of Reform ., 183. Port Angeles, WA: Ben- Simon Publications, 1985.
Kleinfeld, Judith, and Siobhan Wescott. Fantastic Antone Succeeds!: Experiences in Educating Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome., 371. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 1993.
Levy, Terry, and Michael Orlans. Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families ., 313. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1998.
Macklin, Ruth. Surrogates and Other Mothers: the Debates Over Assisted Reproduction ., Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1994.
Martin, Deborah L . An Annotated Guide to Adoption Research: 1986-1997., 358. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1998.
McDonald, Thomas P., Reva Allen, Alex Westfelt, and Irving Piliavin. Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Foster Care: a Research Synthesis ., 232. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1996.
Merkel-Holguin, Lisa . Children Who Lose Their Parents to Hiv/Aids: Agency Guidelines for Adoptive and Kinship Placement., 117. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1996.
Moffitt, Robert A. Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Research Prospectives., 204. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998.
O'Hanlon, Tim. Accessing Federal Adoption Subsidies After Legalization ., 67. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1995.
Pavao, Joyce Maguire. The Family of Adoption., 138. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1998.
Pertman, Adam. Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America. Basic Books, 2000.
Pinderhughes, Elaine. Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Power., 269. New York: The Free Press, 1989.
Pine, Barbara A., Robin Warsh, and Anthony N. Maluccio. Together Again: Family Reunification in Foster Care., 215. Washington, D.C.: Child Wefare League of America, 1993.
Plomin, R., J. C. DeFries, and D. W. Fulker. Nature and Nurture during Infancy and Early Childhood. Cambridge; England: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Quinton, David, Alan Rushton, Cherilyn Dance, and Deborah Mayes. Joining New Families: a Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood., 266. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Rae, Scott B. The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood. Westport, CT: Preager, 1994.
Robins, Lee, and Michael Rutter. Straight and Devious Pathways From Childhood to Adulthood ., 389. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Rosenberg, Elinor B. The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years. , 209. New York: The Free Press, 1992.
Stanton, Greta W. Children of Separation: an Annotated Bibliography for Professionals., 358. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Sullivan, Ann. Adoption and Privatization., 33. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1998.
Sullivan, Ann. Issues in Gay and Lesbian Adoption: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Pierce- Warwick Adoption Symposium., 41. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1995.
