03579nam 2200637 450 991046075430332120200520144314.00-231-54082-510.7312/fong17254(CKB)3710000000576223(EBL)4206308(MiAaPQ)EBC4206308(DE-B1597)468902(OCoLC)935931814(DE-B1597)9780231540827(Au-PeEL)EBL4206308(CaPaEBR)ebr11210931(CaONFJC)MIL984603(OCoLC)951065037(EXLCZ)99371000000057622320160531h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTransracial and intercountry adoptions cultural guidance for professionals /Rowena Fong and Ruth McRoy, editors ; introduction, Rowena Fong, Ruth G. McRoy, and Ann E. SchwartzNew York :Columbia University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (418 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-17254-0 0-231-17255-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of Intercountry Adoptions -- 2. Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Intercountry Adoption Practices -- 3. Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Transracial Adoption Practice -- 4. Interculturally Competent Practice with Gay and Lesbian Families -- 5. A Neurodevelopmental Perspective and Clinical Challenges -- 6. Ethnic Identity Formation -- 7. Mental Health Issues -- 8. Medical Issues -- 9. School Issues -- 10. The Need for Adoption- Competent Mental Health Professionals -- Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions. Conclusions -- Contributors -- Index With essays by well-known adoption practitioners and researchers who source empirical research and practical knowledge, this volume addresses key developmental, cultural, health, and behavioral issues in the transracial and international adoption process and provides recommendations for avoiding fraud and techniques for navigating domestic and foreign adoption laws. The text details the history, policy, and service requirements relating to white, African American, Asian American, Latino and Mexican American, and Native American children and adoptive families. It addresses specific problems faced by adoptive families with children and youth from China, Russia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, and Guatemala, and offers targeted guidance on ethnic identity formation, trauma, mental health treatment, and the challenges of gay or lesbian adoptionsIntercountry adoptionUnited StatesInterracial adoptionUnited StatesIntercountry adoptionUnited StatesCase studiesInterracial adoptionUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.Intercountry adoptionInterracial adoptionIntercountry adoptionInterracial adoption362.734089Fong RowenaMcRoy Ruth G.Schwartz Ann E.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460754303321Transracial and intercountry adoptions2492677UNINA