Organizations, Newsletters, and Information Sites Adoption Today,  Enjoyable and informative magazine and site. www.adoption.org Adoptive Families,  Excellent magazine and site www.adoptivefamilies.com ARIS (Adoption Referral & Information Service) www.adoptionreferralservice.com Association for Treatment & Training in the Attachment of Children www.attach.org Child Trauma Academy (Bruce Perry, M.D. Ph.D) www.ChildTraumaAcademy.org. Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment & Remediation (Dr. Boris Gindis) www.ghcenter.com CHADD- Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder www.chadd.org Child Information Gateway, National Clearinghouse on child abuse and neglect information.        www.childwelfare.gov FAS Times Quarterly Newsletter  www.fetalalcoholsyndrome.org/publications.html Fostering families Today,  Magazine also helpful for later-placed adopted children.   www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com FRUA (Families of Russian and Ukrainian Adoption and Neighboring Countries).  Great newsletter and a powerhouse of information for all kinds of adoptive families.  www.frua.org International Adoption Clinic, This organization is on the cutting edge of medical, psychological and social issues facing adopted children/families.  www.med.umn.edu/peds/iac/ Kinship Center, Great source for adoption-related information on parenting. www.kinship.org NACAC (National Council on Adoptable Children) National advocacy organization influences legal, ethical and improves adoption practice.  Excellent website full of resources. www.nacac.org NOFAS (National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) Disperses great information on FASD abd has local chapters. www.nofas.org NAFA (Northwest Adoptive Families Association) is actively involved in education, advocacy and support for its nearly three hundred member families located throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. www.nafaonline.org OHSU Adoption Health Services is provides a broad range of health services for adoptive parents and their children, from pre-adoption medical reviews to post-adoption checkups and beyond. For more information visit www.ohsu.edu/adoption PACT, An adoption Alliance, Adoption placement and education service focused on placing children of color and supporting families with in-racial or transracial children. www.pactadopt.org Raising Black and Biracial Children.  RBC Magazine supports the parenting of African American, interracial, and transracial adoptive and foster families.  RBCeditor@aol.com Society of Special Needs Adoptive Parents Newsletter, Provides the latest information of special needs information including FASD.  SNAP also has a great downloadable book on parenting children affected by FASD.  www.snap.bc.ca/ The Center for Adoption Medicine, This website generated by the University of Washington Pediatric Care Center, is a rich resource for adoptive families.  www.adoptmed.org TAPS (Transracial Adoptive Parent Support).  This telephone support line offers peer support for transracial and transcultural adoptive parents, (888) 448-8277.   Birthparent line (800) 750-7590 The Iceberg Excellent Newsletter that supports families who have members with FASD or FAE. Combines stories, advocacy and research. www.fasiceberg.org/newsletter.htm