The Adoption Resource Book, 4th Edition - by Lois Gilman (Paperback)

About the Book

All the latest information on financing, the best sources for pursuing an international adoption, and a completely updated listing of more than 1,000 agencies and support groups are included in the revised edition of this classic adoption handbook.

Book Synopsis

This practical, wise, and encouraging book contains all the information a couple or an individual needs to investigate adoption alternatives and arrange for and complete a successful adoption. Beginning with a broad overview of options for both domestic and foreign adoption, the author provides details about agencies, home studies, paperwork, and legal issues. She goes on to cover procedures for agency and independent adoptions as well as concerns about intercountry adoption, special-needs children, preparing for a child's arrival, and longer term questions about raising an adoptive family.

This new edition includes completely updated listings of nearly a thousand domestic agencies, along with names and addresses of parent groups, exchanges, and public service offices. Also inculded are key domestic agencies handling adoptions of foreign-born children, all-new information about open adoption and the many new and emerging adoption practices, and a diverse bibliography of recommended reading.

From the Back Cover

With the heart of an adoptive mother and the eye of a journalist, Lois Gilman navigates the often complicated but ultimately fulfilling world of adopting a child.

This practical, wise, and encouraging book contains all the information a couple or an individual needs to investigate adoption alternatives, arrange for and complete a successful adoption, and raise an adoptive family. Beginning with a broad overview of options for both domestic and foreign adoption, the author provides details about agencies, home studies, paperwork, and legal issues. Also covered are procedures for agency and independent adoptions as well as concerns about intercountry adoption, special-needs children, preparing for a child's arrival, and longer term questions about the impact of adoption on your family over the years.

This newly revised fourth edition features:

• more information on open adoption and creating the relationship with birth parents that's right for you and your child;

• the latest on financing an adoption, including loans, government subsidies, and tax credits;

• the best sources for pursuing an international adoption;

• new stories throughout from birth mothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children to illustrate adoption issues today, and a detailed bibliography for further reading;

• and completely updated listings of over a thousand domestic agencies, parent groups, information exchanges, and public service offices.

Review Quotes

While it is impossible to predict where anyone's adoption journey will end, it is easy to suggest where that quest should begin: right here, with this book. Jill Smolowe, author of" An Empty Lap "Lois Gilman has concisely compiled a wealth of essential information for prospective parents in a book that is not only readable but a valuable reference. Lois Melina, author of" Raising Adopted Children" and" Making Sense of Adoption "Lois Gilman hasn't missed a thing in this comprehensive, informative and well-organized source of information." Ours "A resource guide, indeed: very much attuned to today's adoption [needs]... Gilman's optimistic outlook, her specific advise and cautions, and her extensive listings...gives childseekers every possible advantage." Kirkus Reviews ""While it is impossible to predict where anyone's adoption journey will end, it is easy to suggest where that quest should begin: right here, with this book."Jill Smolowe, " An Empty Lap"