Entitlement and Claiming(https://adoptionsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/08-Entitlement-and-Claiming.pdf) Helping Your Child Transition from Foster Care to Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_transition.pdf) What Makes Adoptive Parenting Different from Parenting a Biological Child(https://adoption.com/what-makes-adoptive-parenting-different-from-parenting-a-biological-child) ​

Accessing Adoption Support and Preservation Services(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_postadoption.pdf) Finding and Working With Adoption-Competent Therapists(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_therapist.pdf) Adoption Competency in Clinical Social Work(http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/111113p16.shtml)

Adoption and Attachment: Forming a Secure Bond with Your Adopted Child(https://www.attachmentproject.com/blog/adoption-attachment-theory/) Attachment and Bonding(https://www.nurturingattachments.com/attachment-and-bonding/) Developing Emotional Attachments in Adopted Children(https://www.attachmentparenting.org/support/articles/adoption) How to Develop a Bond with an Adopted Child(http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/parenting/foundations/adoption-and-orphans/how-to-develop-a-bond-with-an-adopted-child) Laughter, Attachment and Adopting Older Kids(https://www.indianaadoptionprogram.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Laughter-Attachment-and-Adopting-Older-Kids-PACT.pdf) Top Ten Tips for the First Year of Placement(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5109a7bee4b000ead7df669b/t/512a3e12e4b091ea7fc69f6e/1361722898443/Attachment+Tips.pdf)

7 Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency(https://allisondavismaxon.com/seven-core-issues-adoption-permanency/) 7 Core Emotional Issues in Adoption(https://brooke-randolph.com/blog/7_core_emotional_issues_in_adoption/) 7 Core Issues in Adoption (Kinship Center/ACT grid)(http://ach.nfshost.com/seven_core_issues_in_adoption.pdf) Ambiguous Loss Haunts Foster and Adopted Children(https://www.nacac.org/resource/ambiguous-loss-foster-and-adopted-children/) Grief Speaks – Adoption Issues(http://www.griefspeaks.com/id93.html) Impact of Adoption on Adopted Person(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-people/) Lifelong Impact of Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-people/impact/) Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents and Relatives(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/preplacement/working-parents-families/impacts/) Lifelong Issues in Adoption(https://adoption.com/lifelong-issues-in-adoption/) The Invisible Realities of Adoption(https://affcny.org/the-invisible-realities-of-adoption/)

11 Tips for Building Strong Relationships Among Family Members (https://www.adoptuskids.org/adoption-and-foster-care/how-to-adopt-and-foster/receiving-a-placement/building-family-relationships) 10 Tips for Integrating a Challenging Child into Your Family(https://adoption.com/10-tips-integrating-challenging-child-family) Adoption & Sibling Relationships: What Children Have Taught Me (https://www.nacac.org/resource/adoption-sibling-relationships/) Addressing the Needs of Non-Adopted Siblings(https://pactadopt.org/addressing-the-needs-of-non-adopted-siblings/) Open Adoption: Strangers Who Trust In Each Other For The Sake Of A Child (https://lifetimeadoption.com/adoptive-families/open-adoption-strangers-trust-sake-child/) Preparing Siblings for an Older-Child Adoption(https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/integrating-adopted-child-into-family/)

3-5-7 Model Overview(https://www.darlahenry.org/3-5-7-model-overview/) Childlessness And Adoption: The Experience Of Loss As A Source Of Suffering(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17072044/) Getting to the Truth about Adoption(https://pactadopt.org/getting-to-the-truth-about-adoption/) Grief and Loss in Adopted Children(https://lifelinechild.org/loss-and-grief-in-adopted-children/) Healing Loss in the Traumatized Child(http://www.griefspeaks.com/id93.html) Purdue University – The “blues” can surprise even adoptive parents(http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100331FoliAdoption.html) Saying Goodbye(http://affcny.org/wp-content/uploads/Saying-GoodbyeHandoutsKV.pdf) Talking with Children about Sadness in Adoption(https://pactadopt.org/talking-with-children-about-sadness-in-adoption/) When Foster Parents Experience Grief(https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ExperiencingGrief.pdf)

Becoming A Trauma Competent Healing Parent – Jayne Schooler Handouts(http://cafo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WEBINAR-HANDOUT-1-becoming-trauma-competent-webinar.pdf) Parenting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Abuse and Neglect(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/parenting_CAN.pdf) Parenting After Trauma: Understanding Your Child’s Needs(https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/FamilyHandout.pdf) Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Children and Youth(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/braindevtrauma.pdf) The Long Reach of Childhood Trauma(http://ctmirror.org/2015/01/20/the-long-reach-of-childhood-trauma/?utm_source=Center+on+the+Developing+Child%27s+mailing+list&utm_campaign=bcf33befbe-March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b803499e01-bcf33befbe-105500525) Trauma and Your Family(http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/family_systems_factsheet.pdf) Child Maltreatment and Brain Development: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals – Child Welfare Gateway(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue-briefs/brain-development/)

From Infertility to Adoption: Nine Factors to Consider(https://adoption.com/infertility-adoption-nine-factors-consider) Infertility and Aftershocks(https://abrazo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2-Infertility-and-Aftershocks.pdf) Making the Transition from Infertility to Adoption(http://iaccenter.com/making-the-transition-from-infertility-to-adoption/) Resolving The Loss of Fertility(http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/infertility/infertility.html) Surviving Infertility: What is Normal to Feel Even After You Adopt(https://iaccenter.com/surviving-infertility-what-its-normal-to-feel-even-after-you-adopt-and-fall-in-love-with-your-child/)

Grandparenting Today – Through The Eyes of a Child(http://fyi.uwex.edu/grandparenting/through-the-eyes-of-a-child/) Grandparents Raising Grandchildren(https://www.helpguide.org/articles/parenting-family/grandparents-raising-grandchildren.htm) Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Fact Sheet Series(https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/grandparenting/through-the-eyes-of-a-child/fact-sheets/)

• Making History: A Social Workers Guide to Lifebooks(http://manuals.sp.chfs.ky.gov/Resources/Related%20Resources%20Library/Making%20History-A%20Social%20Workers%20Guide%20to%20Life%20Books.pdf) • What is an Adoption Lifebook?(https://www.adoptionlifebooks.com/what-is-an-adoption-lifebook.html) • What is a Lifebook?(http://www.ifapa.org/publications/IFAPA_Lifebook_Pages.asp#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20book%20to,one%20event%20at%20a%20time.) • Creating an Adoption Lifebook(https://adoptionconnection.jfcs.org/creating-an-adoption-lifebook-for-your-child/)

• 7 Parenting Tips for Managing the Meltdowns of Easily Distressed Children(https://www.parentmap.com/article/laura-kastner-tantrum-anxiety-tips) • 15 Tips For Calming An Angry Child(http://lemonlimeadventures.com/tips-calming-angry-child-explosive/) • Angry Kids: Dealing With Explosive Behavior(http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2014-3-25-angry-kids-dealing-with-explosive-behavior) • Child Rage: How to Manage Explosive Behavior in Kids and Teens(https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/child-rage-explosive-anger-in-kids-and-teens/) • Create Your Own Anti Anxiety Kit For Children(http://thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/4617) • Created To Connect, Chapter 4: Disarming The Fear Response(http://empoweredtoconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/CTC-Chapter-4.pdf) • Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/child-trauma.pdf)

• 6 Questions Every Adopted Teen Wants Answered(https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/parenting/questions-adopted-teen-wants-answered/) • A Psychosocial Model of Adoption Adjustment(http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/grief_brodzinsky_article.php) • Adolescent Identity and the Impact on Adoptive Parents(http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/information_packets/adol-identity-and-adoptive-parents.pdf) • Adolescents and Adoption(https://adoptionsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/03-Adolescents-and-Adoption.pdf) • Adoption and Developmental Stages – Child Welfare Information Gateway(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-parenting/stages/) • Adoption and the Stages of Development(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_stages.pdf) • Adoption and the Teen Years: Understanding Adoption and Adolescence(https://www.adoptionstogether.org/blog/2019/03/28/adoption-and-the-teen-years-understanding-adoption-and-adolescence/) • Ages and Stages of Development(https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/caqdevelopment.asp) • Narrative Burden(https://pactadopt.org/narrative-burden/) • Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/preschool.pdf) • Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/parent_school_age.pdf) • Parenting Your Adopted Teenager(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/parent_teenager.pdf) • Your Child’s Adoption Life Story(http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/adoptive-families/your-childs-adoption-life-story/your-childs-adoption-life-story)

• 10 Things Adoptees Want You To Know(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lesli-johnson/adoption_b_2161590.html) • Connections Matter: Relationships with Birth Family are Important for Foster, Adopted Children(https://imprintnews.org/adoption/connections-matter-relationships-with-birth-families-are-important-for-foster-adopted-children/36174?fbclid=IwAR34DC6ew2TWgS7M-VS6Onil9pzExl9J4e5A7Fp1iKteLLB1R-ionlLcdHw) • Facilitated Openness Can Benefit Children Adopted From Care(https://www.nacac.org/resource/facilitated-openness-can-benefit-children-adopted-from-care/) • Maintaining Connections with Birth Families in Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/preplacement/adoption-openness/) • Managing Shifting Expectations in Open Adoption Over Time(http://www.adoptioncouncil.org/publications/2015/06/adoption-advocate-no-84) • Openness in Adoption(https://pactadopt.org/openness-in-adoption/) • Open Adoption: Advantages and Benefits(https://americanpregnancy.org/child-adoption/open-adoption-advantages/) • Sibling Bonds and Separations(https://pacer-adoption.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sibling_bonds.pdf) • Siblings Separated by Adoption(https://www.adopting.com/adoption-blog/siblings-separated-by-adoption) • Understanding Open Adoption(https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/understanding-open-adoption/) ​

• Adoption Awareness: Handling Awkward Adoption Questions and Comments(https://tapestrybooks.com/adoption-awareness-handling-awkward-adoption-questions-comments/) • Adoption Questions from the Uninformed(http://adoption.com/adoption-questions-from-the-uninformed/) • Answering Stranger's Questions About Adoption(http://www.rainbowkids.com/adoption-stories/answering-stranger-s-questions-about-adoption-509) • Seven Tips for Dealing with Unwanted Questions and Comments About Your Adopted Child(https://esme.com/resources/adoption/seven-tips-for-dealing-with-unwanted-questions-and-comments-about-your-adopted-child) • Talking About Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-parenting/talking/)

• 5 Ways Adoptive Parents Can Help Children Find Birth Family(https://adoption.com/5-ways-adoptive-parents-can-help-children-find-birth-family) • Navigating Teens’ Online Search and Reunion Process(https://adoptionsupport.org/dear-ellen-navigating-teens-online-search-and-reunion-process/) • Obtaining Birth and/or Adoption Records(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/records/) • Preparing for an Adoption Search and Reunion(https://consideringadoption.com/adopted/search-and-reunion/preparing-for-an-adoption-search-and-reunion/) • Preparing for Search and Reunion(https://adoptionsupport.org/blog/preparing-for-search-and-reunion/) • Search and Reunion in Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/) • Searching For Birth Relatives(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/searching/) • Top 5 Reasons Adoptees Search for Birth Family Members(https://adoption.com/top-5-reasons-adoptees-search-for-birth-family-members)

• Adoption Parenting and Secondary Trauma(https://adoption.com/adoption-parenting-and-secondary-trauma) • Self-Care: Barriers and Basics for Foster/Adoptive Families(https://www.nacac.org/resource/self-care-barriers-adoptive-parents/) • Self-Care: Do it for Yourself, Your Family and Your Kids(https://fosteringperspectives.org/fpv19n2/p1.htm) • Self Care for Foster Parents(https://creatingafamily.org/foster-care/fostering-blog/self-care-for-foster-parents/)

• 5 Tips For Talking to Your Child About Their Adoption(https://www.americanadoptions.com/blog/5-tips-for-talking-to-your-child-about-their-adoption/) • Is It Private or Is It Secret? Sorting Out What to Tell Whom(https://pactadopt.org/is-it-private-or-is-it-secret-sorting-out-what-to-tell-whom/) • Let's Talk About Adoption(https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/family-dynamics/adoption-and-foster-care/Pages/Respectful-Ways-to-Talk-about-Adoption-A-List-of-Dos-Donts.aspx) • Positive Adoption Language from Adoptive Families Magazine(https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/positive-adoption-language/) • Talking About Adoption(https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-parenting/talking/) • Talking to Your Child About Adoption(https://consideringadoption.com/adopting/parenting-an-adopted-child/talking-to-your-child-about-adoption/) • Talking With Children About Difficult History(https://pactadopt.org/talking-with-children-about-difficult-history/) • When to Tell Your Child About Adoption(https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/family-dynamics/adoption-and-foster-care/Pages/When-to-Tell-Your-Child-About-Adoption.aspx) • Why Children Don’t Talk (Much) About Adoption(https://amarafamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Why-Children-Dont-Talk-Much-About-Adoption.pdf)

• Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Adoptive Families(https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/parenting_diverse_families.pdf) • Seven Suggestions for a Successful Transracial Adoption(https://www.adoptuskids.org/adoption-and-foster-care/how-to-adopt-and-foster/envisioning-your-family/transracial-adoption) • Seven Tasks for Parents: Developing Positive Racial Identity(https://nacac.org/resource/seven-tasks-for-parents/) • Transracial Adoption - PACT(https://pactadopt.org/category/transracial-adoption/) • Transracial Adoption: Love Is Just the Beginning(https://nacac.org/resource/transracial-adoption/) • Transracial Parenting in Foster Care and Adoption(http://www.ifapa.org/pdf_docs/TransracialParenting.pdf) • Your Guide to Raising an Adopted Child of Another Race(https://www.americanadoptions.com/adoption/raising_a_child_of_a_different_race)