Adoption
Organizations, Newsletters & 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
