Official Adoption Resources Thread

Please let me know if you have additional resources to add in!


Types of Adoption
Open Adoption - Communication is often and visits are permitted.
Closed Adoption - No Communication.
Semi-Open Adoption - Communication terms are set by adoptive family.
Domestic Adoption - Child that is a citizen and resident of the United States.
International Adoption - Overseas Adoption / Out of Country
Waiting Child Adoption - Adopting from Foster Care

Books for Parents Adopting
The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting by Laura Christainson
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child by Dawn Davenport
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, Second Edition by Christine Adamec
Born in Our Hearts: Stories of Adoption by Filis Casey and Marisa Catalina Casey
The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Adoption: Everything You Need to Know About Domestic and International Adoption by Elizabeth Wire Falker
Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families by Natalie Nichols Gillespie
The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child: A complete handbook to welcoming your adopted child into your heart and home (Everything (Parenting)) by Corrie Lynne Player Brette McWhorter Sember and Mary C Owen

Books for Adopted Kids
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis
I Wished for You: an Adoption Story by Marianne Richmond
Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
A Mother for Choco (Paperstar) by Keiko Kasza
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
The Red Blanket by Eliza Thomas
Happy Adoption Day! by Trevor Royle


Life books - A life book is similar to a baby book but its tailored for adoptive children and foster children.

Homestudy Information
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_homstu.cfm
http://adopting.adoption.com/child/the-adoption-homestudy.html

Information Websites
http://www.adoption.com/
http://www.openadopt.org/
http://www.bethany.org/ - christian based adoption agency
http://www.americanadoptions.com/
http://adopting.adoption.com/adopt/issues-to-consider.html
http://www.hopingtoadopt.org
http://usaadoption.com/ - military adoptions