ADOPTION RESOURCES

Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)   https://adoptionsupport.org/member-types/directory-of-tac-trained-mental-health-professionals/     

Adopt Us Kids  https://www.adoptuskids.org/    

American Academy of Pediatrics 

847.433.9016

 https://www.aap.org   

 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy   

 703.838.9808 

https://www.aamft.org    

Association for Play Therapy  

559.298.3400  

http://www.a4pt.org    

Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children  

612.861.4222 

http://www.attach.org   

Kinship Center  

http://kinshipcenter.org/ 

Directory of Adoption-Competent Professionals:  http://adoptionsupport.org/member-types/ adoption-competent-professionals 

 Family Preservation Services: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/supporting/preservation 

National Foster Care and Adoption Directory Search for:

https://childwelfare.gov/nfcad  

 Public and private adoption agencies   

 Local adoptive parent support groups  

 Specialized postadoption services agencies   

 State adoption offices  

Agency social workers involved in the child’s adoption  

State or local mental health associations     

BOOKS

  Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss 

 Beneath the Mask-Understanding Adopted Teens By Debbie Riley and John Meeks

   The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis 

 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk 

 Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew  by Sherrie Eldridge