Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
About Us
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute's mission is to provide leadership that improves adoption laws, policies and practices - through sound research , education and advocacy -in order to better the lives of everyone touched by adoption. In order to achieve its goals, the institute conducts and synthesizes research; offers education to inform public opinion; promotes ethical practices and legal reforms; and works to translate policy into action.
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Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Articles by Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
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2002 National Adoption Attitudes Survey
Executive Summary In America today, more than 134,000 children wait in foster care for adoptive homes. That is more...
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The Americans With Disabilities Act: What Adoption Agencies Need To Know
The Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], signed into law on July 26, 1990, prohibits discrimination on the basis of...
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Adoption in the Schools: A Lot to Learn
Executive Summary "I know that all families are good - my teacher taught me that." As adoption becomes increasingly...
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Adoptive Parent Preparation Project Phase I
Executive Summary Changes in the institution of adoption over the past few decades have resulted in many questions...
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What's working for Children: A Policy Study of Adoption Stability and Termination
Executive Summary Increasingly over the past 25 years – as a result of professional consensus that children benefit...
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Listening to Parents: Overcoming Barriers to the Adoption of Children from Foster Care
Executive Summary Each year, public and private child welfare agencies spend tens of millions of dollars to recruit...
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Adoption by Lesbians and Gays: A National Survey of Adoption Agency Policies, Practices, and Attitudes
Considerable controversy surrounds the issue of parenting by gays and lesbians, and it seems certain to escalate. It is...
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The Gathering of the First Generation of Adult Korean Adoptees
Introduction "Many of us were from the same orphanages. Many of us came over the same flights. Many of us were adopted...
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Adoption and the Internet
Since the first web site with a photolisting was introduced in 1994, many public and private adoption agencies have...
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Meeting the Mental Health and Developmental Needs Of Adopted Children
Introduction Changes in the institution of adoption over the past few decades have resulted in many questions about the...
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