The purpose of this thesis was to suggest exemplary factors of adoption ministry programs to successfully support adoptive parents who have experienced difficulties in their adoptive family life by examining adoptive parents' practical needs and practical consideration of adoption ministry programs in adoption ministry churches. Chapter 1 presents the research concerns, introduces the context of the research problem, and explains key words related to the research. Chapter 2 consists of literature reviews related to adoption and adoption ministry. This chapter provides biblical, theological, and practical perspectives on adoption and adoption ministry as well as examines the present circumstance of adoption ministry in Korean churches. Chapter 3 explains the methodological design of the study. This chapter contains an overview of the research design, and an explanation of the research sample, the research instrumentation, and the procedures of the research. Chapter 4 analyzes the data collected from the study through a general demographic questionnaire and an open-ended essay questionnaire. The study surveyed and interviewed two sample groups. According to the comparison of responses between adoptive parents and adoption ministers, in general, I found that most adoptive parents understood the biblical, theological, and practical meaning of adoption and that adoption ministry positively influenced the church. Adoptive parents and adoption ministers must play a key role in creating an adoption culture in the church, but the leader of adoption ministry should be the senior pastor. Chapter 5 discusses the research implications and how those implications apply to the adoption ministry in Korean churches. The study aimed to effectively support adoptive parents through adoption ministry programs. The results offer several exemplary factors of adoption ministry programs such as education, counseling, adoptive family meeting, and financial support.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2005. / Title from PDF title page screen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-105).

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2007. / Title from screen (viewed on July 20, 2007) Department of English, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (site viewed May 23, 2007). PDF text: ix, 198 p. ; 1.88Mb UMI publication number: AAT 3236912. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

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

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.

Jag vill genom mitt examensarbete berätta om hur adoptivbarn och adoptivföräldrar kan uppleva tiden före, under och efter adoptionsprocessen och hur de kan uppleva sin och barnens situation när de börjar på förskolan. Jag kommer även att berätta om min egen erfarenhet och kunskap utifrån att ha en adopterad son och ett komplicerat men givande arbete med ett adopterat barn i förskolan. Jag har inför mitt arbete med mitt examensarbete besökt en föreläsning om adopterade barn i förskolan samt intervjuat en förälder till ett adopterat barn som går i förskolan. Genom mitt examensarbete har jag fått en bild av vilka dilemman pedagoger och adoptivföräldrar kan ställas inför vid inskolningen med ett adopterat barn. I examensarbetet beskriver jag hur essentiellt det är med erfarenhet och utbildning av adopterade barn i förskolan. / My aim with this thesis is to discuss how adoptees and adoptive parents may experience the time before, during and after the adoption process and how they can feel about their and their children’s situation when they start at the preschool. I will draw on my own experience and knowledge from having an adopted son, as well as on my complex but rewarding work with an adopted child in preschool. As part of my preparation for writing this thesis I have visited a lecture of adopted children in preschool and interviewed a parent of an adopted child that is in preschool. Through this thesis, I have arrived at a picture of the dilemmas that educators and adoptive parents may face during the induction of an adopted child in preschool, and how essential it is with experience and education of adopted children in preschool.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-172, 184-193).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-172, 184-193).