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Preparing Parents for Adoption: An Agency Experience
Authors:Michaela L. Z. Farber  Elizabeth Timberlake  Helen Patricia Mudd  Linda Cullen
Affiliation:(1) National Research Center for Child and Family Services, The Catholic University of America, USA;;(2) Children's Services, Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, (VA) Inc, USA
Abstract:To prepare for the complexities of family formation, 78 prospective adoptive parents participated in Pre-Adopt, a psychosocial educational orientation program offered by one private nonprofit agency. The five-session curriculum included an overview of adoption policies and procedures, discussion of the child placement process, exploration of couples' adoption concerns and expectations about child characteristics, information about adoption laws and birth-parent/child searches, and examination of anticipatory fantasies about birth parents. Program evaluation yielded statistically significant and clinically meaningful findings about changes in emotional readiness to adopt, parenting knowledge, and satisfaction with group participation, adoption policies and agency practices. Practice implications are considered.
Keywords:Adoption  Program Evaluation  Adoption Preparedness  Adoption Group Orientation
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