Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, December 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / It is the purpose of this thesis to find out the steps by which the agency's staff try to help children with pathological factors achieve adoption status. The writer presents the following questions: 1) What is the nature of the pathology in the parental and family background which makes adoption questionable? 2) Nature of pathology in the child? 3) What are the resources and methods used to help the child achieve adoption status? 4) What ere the factors which finally determine the chiLlds adoptability?

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This paper describes a study of the adoptions of 82 "special needs" children placed for adoption in British Columbia between 1985 and 1989. The adoptions of 41 of these children were not completed. This study examines variables related to the children placed for adoption to determine those factors which appear to be related to disrupted adoptive placements. The paper traces the development of adoption through history and reviews the findings of major research studies in special needs adoption disruption. Using the findings from the review and adding hypotheses that appeared to be missing from other studies, a file review schedule was developed. With permission from the B.C. Superintendent of Family and Child Service, the schedule was used to review the children's adoption files. Analysis of the data obtained indicated that the age of the child at the time of adoption placement was a significant factor in adoption disruption. In addition, the age when the child was legally free for adoption was found to be significant. In both cases, the younger the child, the lower the risk of disruption. An additional important finding of this study is that children who are members of a sibling group are more likely to have their adoptions completed than children without siblings and children placed alone. The pre-care experiences of children were thought to be an important factor in adoption disruption. The study shows that some experiences have a significant effect, notably those in which the extent of the biological parents' disability is clear to the child prior to the adoption placement. The presence of multiple special needs was not significantly associated with disruption except in the case of boys identified as having emotional/behavioural problems. The paper links the findings to those of other researchers, identifying implications for policy and practice. The resilience of the children studied and their ability to withstand serious trauma in their early years is an unanticipated finding of the study. Recommendations for addressing the findings suggest greater emphasis on maintaining sibling attachment for children in care, increased emphasis on assisting children to understand their family and personal history, and broad public education to eliminate myths about special needs adoption. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Intercountry adoption Abstract Intercountry adoption is a global phenomenon. The countries of origin, children adopted abroad mostly come from, have a lot in common. Intercountry adoption comes about only if the child cannot be adopted in the country of origin because of the principle of subsidiarity. That is why it is important to consider, which conditions cause impossibility of domestic adoption and try to eliminate these conditions, as well as conditions causing leaving a child. It is a fight against poverty, drug addiction, alcoholism, insufficient funding of social and legal care of children or racism, like in the Czech Republic, where mostly children of Roma ethnics, whom Czech applicants for adoption do not want to adopt, are adopted abroad. The countries of origin have these social conditions (and others) in common. High number of children adopted abroad is a sign of a certain dysfunctions in the society. In the Czech Republic, Office for Legal Protection of Children with its registered office in Brno is a central body arranging intercountry adoption within the meaning of Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Intercountry adoption means a possibility of growing up in a family to a child, so the cooperation of international community in this area...

Intercountry adoption Abstract Intercountry adoption is a global phenomenon. The countries of origin, children adopted abroad mostly come from, have a lot in common. Intercountry adoption comes about only if the child cannot be adopted in the country of origin because of the principle of subsidiarity. That is why it is important to consider, which conditions cause impossibility of domestic adoption and try to eliminate these conditions, as well as conditions causing leaving a child. It is a fight against poverty, drug addiction, alcoholism, insufficient funding of social and legal care of children or racism, like in the Czech Republic, where mostly children of Roma ethnics, whom Czech applicants for adoption do not want to adopt, are adopted abroad. The countries of origin have these social conditions (and others) in common. High number of children adopted abroad is a sign of a certain dysfunctions in the society. In the Czech Republic, Office for Legal Protection of Children with its registered office in Brno is a central body arranging intercountry adoption within the meaning of Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Intercountry adoption means a possibility of growing up in a family to a child, so the cooperation of international community in this area...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-78). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisor: Ruth G. McRoy. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

This study is made from a practical standpoint. I shall endeavor to answer some of the questions that may arise in the minds of prospective parents as they consider the adoption of a child. There are many questions that will not be answered because the problems involved are so broad and take in so many angles that it is impossible to consider them all. The central problem itself begins when prospective adoptive parents first consider adopting a child.