No abstract available / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

This master thesis deals with Legal and Psychological Aspects of Adoptions. As far as the first chapter is concerned, it goals to introduce the institute of adoption, describe it in its historical context and outline its legal regulation. The adoption is one of the oldest institutes of the family law and its roots date back to ancient civilizations. As the society has been evolving and changing during the centuries, the conception and content of this institute has been transformed as well. The primary impulse of this institute was to regulate property issues, mostly in favour of an adoptive parent. This is what distinguishes present regulation that principally aims at rendering protection to an adoptive child. During the evolution of this ancient institute, the humanistic notion has prevailed. This notion is reflected by both international treaties and national legal regulation, they both render protection to the child and its interests. The aim of my diploma thesis in the second chapter is to cover the regulation of the institute of adoption in the view of the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code and compare the most important changes to previous regulation including possible evaluation of its positive or negative impact on the reality.The most important change brought by new regulation is in the...

For the past 60 years, American citizens have turned to international adoption as a way to build their families. Unfortunately, international adoptees often spend the first months or years of their young lives in conditions of poverty and/or institutionalized care. Additionally, current U.S. immigration laws dictate that the children receive only a cursory health screening before arrival. As a result, many of the children adopted by Americans arrive to the United States with significant physical, emotional, behavioral, and developmental health problems. Twelve mothers who had adopted children internationally were interviewed for this study. Their stories of obtaining health care for their newly adopted children were shared in descriptive narratives. The themes that emerged from the data analysis were seeing healthy children despite the challenges, struggling to help the children, needing help, missing lost pieces, being different, and wanting more from providers. The overall essence derived from the mothers' experiences was that seeking health care for their newly adopted children was one of hope to achieve wellness for their children and normalcy for their families within the context of loss and a desire for more support. These findings have significant implications for the health care providers who care for them. / by Natalie L. Murphy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68).

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-50).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-144).

Att adoptera och att bli adopterad kan vara en påfrestande livserfarenhet så stöd och hjälp frånbarnhälsovården, socialtjänsten, sjukvården och barnpsykiatrin kan bli nödvändig. Föreliggandestudie är en registerstudie och omfattar 50 221 barn, varav 440 adopterade, som är födda mellan1994-2007 och folkbokförda i Uppsala län. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finnsnågra skillnader i kontakten med BVC för adoptivbarn jämfört med biologiska barn vad gällerantal mottagningsbesök, antal hembesök, MPR vaccinationer, skickade remisser till barnläkare,psykolog, ortoptist, audiolog och logoped samt om barnen genomfört syn-, hörsel ochspråkscreening och utfallet på dessa screeningar. Logistiska- och linjära regressionsanlysergjordes och en del korrigerades för ålder. Adoptivbarnen fick både färre hembesök och färremottagningsbesök. Det var också lägre andel adoptivbarn som blev vaccinerade mot MPR. Vadgäller remisser skickades för adoptivbarnen högre andel remisser till BHV-psykolog, ortoptistoch till logoped. De biologiska barnen genomförde synscreening i högre grad. Adoptivbarnenfick i högre grad utfall på syn- och hörselscreening. Adoptivbarnen får i lägre utsträckning änbiologiska barn ta del av viktiga komponenter i svensk barnhälsovård vilket kan leda till sämrehälsa för gruppen på lång sikt. Vården behöver bli mer jämlik för adoptivbarnen och för attkomma till insikt om varför dessa skillnader finns behövs fler studier på området. / To adopt and to be adopted can be a distressing experience of life, and support from child healthcare, social services, health care and child psychiatry may be necessary. This study is aregister study and covers 50,221 children, of which 440 are adopted, born between 1994-2007 and registered in Uppsala län. The purpose of the study is to investigate if there areany differences in the contact with child health care for adopted children compared withbiological children as regards to the number of clinic visits, number of home visits, children whoare vaccinated with MMR, referrals to pediatricians, psychologists, orthoptist and speechtherapist and if the children perform the visual-, auditory-, and language screening and theoutcome of these screenings. Logistic- and linear regression analyzes were made and some werecorrected for age. The adoptees had both significantly fewer home visits and office visits than thebiological children. There were also a lower proportion of adopted children who were vaccinatedagainst MMR. The adopted children had significantly more referrals sent to the BHVpsychologist,the orthoptist and the speech therapist. Adopted children take a lesser part inimportant childcare components than biological children. This could lead to a worse health forthis group in the long term. The healthcare need to be more equal amongst children, and to getcloser to the cause of these differences more studies is needed.

The process of adoption in the U.S. is incredibly hard to navigate as an adoptive parent. Each primary type of adoption (international, foster, private domestic) comes with its own challenges and costs. One of the hardest challenges for both adopted children and adoptive families forming a secure and satisfactory attachment. Examining what goes into a child’s ability to attach to caregiver will help the analysis of the attachment issues that all adoptive families undergo. The adoptive parent must also start to form an attachment to their child as well as help the child transition into their new placement. Adoptive parents however, often find themselves questioning the legitimacy of their parenthood with their new child. This is further hindered if the child has problems forming secure attachments to others. A greater breadth of resources are needed to counteract these common issues so that adoptive families can get more specific help for their unique situations. As adoption becomes more socially acceptable and prevalent, stronger pushes towards data collection and research will help future adoptive families to form secure attachments more quickly and easily.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic format on the Internet.