Open Adoption Support
for families and individuals who support openness in adoption
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Hedra created the link Open Adoption Insight 2 months ago · View
Great source of information on the philosophy and practice of child-centered open adoption. Founded by Brenda Romanchik, a first mother and open adoption pioneer and advocate. Home of R-Squared Press, the publisher of the excellent Open Adoption Pocket Guides and children’s book “Pugnose Has Two Special Families”.
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Heather created the link Do You Have Any Children? 2 months ago · View
Personal essay at RH Reality Check by a first mother in an open adoption about the social silence and stigma surrounding adoption as a reproductive choice.
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Heather created the link Open Adoption: Not So Simple Math 2 months ago · View
New York Times “Modern Love” column from 2009 written by a first mother in a open adoption.
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Heather voted up the link Dawn Friedman's Blog: this woman's work 2 months ago · View
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Heather created the link Early Growth and Development Study 2 months ago · View
Logitudinal study (currently underway) of adopted children, adoptive families, and birth families looking at both the adoption process and the influence of heredity and of family environment on child development.
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Heather created the link Minnesota-Texas Adoption Research Project (MTARP) 2 months ago · View
Logitudinal study spanning two decades of outcomes in open adoption.
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Heather created the link The Adoption History Project 2 months ago · View
The Adoption History Project is a digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption in theory and practice.
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