The Net

www.adopting.org  Information for triad
www.adoption.com  Largest listing of adoption related websites
www.adoptivefam.org  Nation's largest adoptive parent support organization
www.calib.com/naic  National Adoption Information Clearinghouse...excellent!
www.nacac.org  North American Council on Adoptable Children
www.travel.state.gov/adopt.html  U.S. State Department
www.sandiego-online.com/fccsd  Families with children from China
www.attachmentcenter.org  Institute for Attachment & Child Development
www.adoptioninstitute.org  Evan B. Donaldson Institute for research & policy
www.adopt.org  National Adoption Ctr. with photolisting of waiting children
www.eeac.org  Eastern European Adoption Coalition
www.pnpic.org  Parent Network for the Post-institutionalized child

www.perspectivespress.com  Perspectives Press

www.theadoptioncounselor.com  Brenda McCreight adoption/foster therapist/consultant

www.tapestrybooks.com  Complete source of adoption/foster care  books
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org  Interactive educational courses online

The Reading Room

Before You Adopt

Adopting After Infertility  by Patricia Irwin Johnston, M.S.
Raising Adopted Children  by Lois Ruskai Melina
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother  by Jana Wolff
Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child  by Holly van Guilden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew  by Sherrie Eldridge
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children  by Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson
Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility  by Foster Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay

Adopting Older Children

A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera I.Fahlberg, M.D.
Adopting the Older Child    by Claudia L. Jewett
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft    by Mary Hopkins Best, Ed.D.
Parenting Your Older Adopted Child by Brenda McCreight, Phd

Attachment Issues

When Love is Not Enough : A Guide to Parenting Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder by Nancy L. Thomas
Attaching in Adoption:  Practical Tools for Today’s Parents   by Deborah Gray
Adopting the Hurt Child:  Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids  by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, L.S.W.
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow  by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina Kupecky, L.S.W.
Holding Time  by Martha G. Welch, M.D.
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children  by Daniel A. Hughes
 

Adoption Journey

Creating Enduring Ties: A Supportive Guide for Families in the Adjustment Phase of Adoption by Lori Bryant, MSW and Susan Wingate, LCSW
After the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees  by Dr. Sook Wilkinson and Nancy Fox
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self  by David Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall Schechter, M.D. and Robin Henig
The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another by Cindy Champnella