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	Adopt International by O. Robin Sweet, Patty Bryan Americans complete more than 10,000 international adoptions annually. This book is a godsend for those contemplating the process. The authors stress, however, that the task is not for the faint-hearted or those who only wish to "rescue" a child from his or her past; prospective adoptive parents must instead be prepared to give the child a future. The book thoroughly covers all legal, social, cultural, personal, and bureaucratic procedures involved, from selecting a placement agency to enrolling the new family member in an American school.
	Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child by L. Anne Babb, Rita Laws This book bridges the gap between the desire to help a waiting child and the reality of America's special needs adoption system. It is designed to be used by adoption professionals and adoptive parents, to help them get started, keep going, and locate whatever additional information and support they need.
	Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids by Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky Few families wishing to adopt are able to bring home a happy and healthy infant, for most adoptions today involve emotionally wounded, older children. Presenting a comprehensive picture of all aspects of adoption, this is a beneficial guide that integrates social and psychological issues with other issues that interrupt adopted children's normal development. This updated edition includes information on foreign adoption.
	Adoption and Financial Assistance: Tools for Navigating the Bureauracy by Rita Laws, Tim O'Hanlon Parents, child advocates, and family attorneys need to understand how to put the federal adoption assistance law to work for their children and clients in order to create adoptions, keep them intact and healthy, and encourage future special needs adoptive placements as well. This guide through the state adoption bureaucracies shows how to navigate the adoption assistance process, negotiate an adoption assistance contract, and plan effective administrative hearings and adoption subsidy appeals.
	The Adoption Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to the Complex Legal, Financial, and Emotional Maze of Adoption by Cheryl Jones An informative "must read" for families considering any form of adoption as a means to building a family. Includes detailed information and positive affirmations to those embarking on the often tempestuous journey toward adoption.
	How to Adopt Internationally by Jean Nelson Erichsen, Heino R. Erichsen, Jean Nelson-Erichsen Organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps, How to Adopt Internationally includes detailed coverage of every aspect of the international adoption process, including organizing a home study and fulfilling state requirements as well as choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, and traveling abroad to meet your child.
	The International Adoption Handbook by Myra Alperson The process of foreign adoption can seem complex, frustrating, and endless. This step-by-step guide offers information and advice about adopting a foreign child, from who may adopt to working with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, along with support through interviews with families who have adopted.
	International Adoption: Sensitive Advice for Prospective Parents by Jean Knoll, Mary-Kate Murphy Combining specific advice with entries from a mother's journal, a gentle and realistic guide for hopeful parents explains the changing laws of various cultures, political issues, and warning signs of fraud, and offers a list of agencies and organizations.
	Making Sense of Adoption by Lois Ruskai Melina From the author of the classic manual Raising Adopted Children, this new guide helps parents anticipate and answer concerns about adoption at every stage of a child's life. It provides many examples of ways to present difficult information in a sensitive manner — sensitive to the child's needs, to the birthparents' struggles, and to the adoptive parents' perspectives.
	Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina Written by one of the most recognized and respected adoption authorities today, this definitive handbook presents thought-provoking, informative aid, answering a vast array of questions concerning open adoption, international and transracial adoptions, prenatal drug exposure, and more.
	The Unofficial Guide to Adopting a Child by Andrea DellaVecchio This book gives prospective adoptive parents the inside scoop on how long it will really take to adopt, and how much it will cost; what the challenges are for single people, older couples, and gay lesbian couples seeking to adopt; what the all-important home study entails — from writing the autobiographical statement to creating a child-friendly atmosphere; and what questions to ask agency personnel and birth parents — and what questions to refuse to answer.