Two leading experts provide an authoritative and reassuring guide to the issues and concerns of adoptive and birth families through all stages of the open adoption relationship.
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Lois Melina is the editor of Adopted Child newsletter and serves on the board of directors of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of information about adoption and providing guidance for practice and policy change in the field. Melina speaks frequently about adoption to professional organizations and adoptive parents throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. She is the author of Making Sense of Adoption and coauthor of The Open Adoption Experience.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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The bible of open adoption: the most valuable reference book,
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This review is from: The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families (Paperback)
When my husband and I first decided to adopt a child, our adoption counselor asked that we read The Open Adoption Experience. We felt that we were "prepared for anything" after reading the book and continuously referred to it during the adoption process. It helped us to forge strong bonds with our birthfamily. Our son, Thomas, was born four years ago. As he grows and circumstances change, I find myself referring to this book time and again. Just today, I picked up the book to find learn about issues surrounding the impending birth of Thomas' first birth sibling. Open Adoption has been full of WONDERFUL surprises. This book, takes much of the stress and fear out of the open adoption experience.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A great read for those involved in open adoptions,
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This review is from: The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families (Paperback)
I found this book to be extremely helpful in learning about all that is involved in open adoptions. I am a birthmother, and found that this book addressed the concerns and feelings of both the adoptive parents and the birth parents. I only wish I had read it earlier on in my pregnancy, when I had just begun to consider adoption, as it is a very helpful book not only for those already involved in open adoptions, but for those who are considering adoption also, as it contains a whole section on meeting and getting to know each other. Overall, a great book to read for all involved in open (and semi-open) adoptions.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Useful Resource,
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This review is from: The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families (Paperback)
I found this book really helpful, and wished that I had discovered it sooner. Besides just being a good primer on open adoption, it has very useful sections about "Readiness for Open Adoption", "Choosing Each Other", "Getting to Know Each Other" and parts titled "Birth and Placement" and "The Relationship Grows and Changes" - which discusses what to expect during the first year, and as the relationship grows and changes over time. It also discusses how open adoption affects the children in the families - adopted or otherwise. It also includes what to do/how to handle the situation when the Birthmom cancels the adoption plan. Overall, I thought it was a great book, as it had a good balance between the birth parents' perspective and that of the adoptive parents.
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Most of us grew up during the "clean break" period of adoption. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
open adoption relationship, relationship with the birth parents, semiopen adoption, entrustment ceremony, open adoption plan, extended adoptive family, open adoption agreement, contact with the adoptive family, adoption facilitator, disclosed adoption, confidential adoptions, older child placements, open adoption experience, other birth relatives, one adoptive mother, birth grandparents, one birth mother, other birth parent, biologic child, extended birth family, birth grandmother, adoptive parents, vision matching, contact with the birth parents, untimely pregnancy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Most of us grew up during the "clean break" period of adoption. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
open adoption relationship, relationship with the birth parents, semiopen adoption, entrustment ceremony, open adoption plan, extended adoptive family, open adoption agreement, contact with the adoptive family, adoption facilitator, disclosed adoption, confidential adoptions, older child placements, open adoption experience, other birth relatives, one adoptive mother, birth grandparents, one birth mother, other birth parent, biologic child, extended birth family, birth grandmother, adoptive parents, vision matching, contact with the birth parents, untimely pregnancy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Claire, Christmas Eve, Father's Day, Mother's Day New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber on 5 pages
- Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky on 4 pages
- Morning Glory (Harlequin Romance) by Margaret Way in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Psychology of Adoption by David M. Brodzinsky on page 253, and Back Matter
- Infertility: A Guide for the Childless Couple by Barbara Eck Menning on page 7, and Back Matter
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- Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent by Lois Ruskai Melina on 5 pages
- The Adoption Resource Book, 4th edition by Lois Gilman on page 120, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Adoption for Dummies by Tracy Barr on page 248, Index (1), and Index (2)
- Couples and Family Client Education Handout Planner (PracticePlanners) by Laurie C. Grand on page 9, and Back Matter
- Adopting On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adoption for Single Parents by Lee Varon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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