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Adopting.org provides discussion forums where people can ask questions about adoption and receive helpful advice from others who have dealt with similar situations. Questions are placed in many categories including new to adoption, affording adoption, types of adoption, searching or dealing with birthparents, special needs adoption, and more.
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- Adoptive Parent Perspective
- Introduction to Adoption from the Adoptive Parent Perspective
- Choosing to Adopt
- Where Do The Adopted Children Come From?
- Fears Regarding Adoption
- Who Can Adopt?
- The Adoption Process
- Understanding the Adoption Players
- Financing an Adoption
- Deciding Adoption Preferences: Open Versus Closed Adoptions
- Deciding Adoption Preferences: Domestic Versus International Adoptions
- Deciding Adoption Preferences: Age, Race/Ethnicity and Special Needs
- Deciding Adoption Preferences: Agency, Lawyer or Facilitator
- Choosing Between Adoption Agency Alternatives
- Choosing an Adoption Agency, Lawyer, or Facilitator
- Completing the Adoption Application Process
- Dossier and Additional Steps for International Adoptions
- Things to Do While Waiting for an Adopted Child
- Placement of a Child in Domestic Adoptions: Becoming a Parent
- Placement of a Child in International Adoptions: Becoming a Parent
- Common Post-Adoption Issues: Bonding
- Common Post-Adoption Issues: Talking about Adoption
- Common Post-Adoption Issues: Telling Children about their Adoption
- Common Post-Adoption Issues: Coping With Insensitive Comments
- Things That Can Go Wrong: Disrupted Adoptions
- Things That Can Go Wrong in an Adoption: Unknown/Unexpected Health Conditions
- Issues in International Adoptions
- The Role of the Birth Parents in an Adoption
- Seeking Birth Parents After an Adoption
- Adoption Conclusion
- Birth Parent Perspective
- Introduction to Adoption from the Birth Parent Perspective
- Types of Adoption
- The "Players" in an Adoption
- Choosing a Adoptive Family
- Financial Aspects of Adoption and Relinquishment
- Telling Family/Friends About an Adoption and Other Emotional Issues
- Time in the Hospital and Adoption Placement/Saying Goodbye
- Long-Term Issues for Birthmothers After Adoption
- Long-Term Issues for the Adopted Child
- Adoption Registries/Potential Reunion Meetings and Conclusion
- Adoptive Parent Perspective
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