The Adoption Triad: The Child, Adoptive Family and Birth Family

• Open Adoption: Just What is It and What Do We Want to Know about the Outcomes?
• Search for the Birth Parents—The What, When and Why
• Primary Families
  

Being an Adoptive or Foster Family

• Adoption Basics: What Families Need to Know to Begin the Process
• The Extended Family and Adoption
• Focus on Single Parents
• Grief and Loss During the Adoption Process
• Moving from Foster Care to Adoption: Changing Families
• The Safety Net: Building Support Before You Need It
• Difficulty with Bonding—Developing Family Bonds through Adoption
  

• Black and White Do Not Make Grey—Sometimes They Make a Rainbow
• Visiting the Land of your Child's Birth
• Cultural Issues for Transracial Adoption
  

• Abuse and Neglect in Children
• Child Development
• Grief and Loss
• Adoption Issues in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  

Disabilities/Mental Health

• Acquired Substance Abuse Disorders
• The Adoption Process and Children with Cognitive Needs
• The Adoption Process and Children with Medical Needs
• Attachment
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Childhood Depression, Dysthymia and Bipolar Illness
• How Adoption and Foster Care Affect the Family System
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Parenting the Traumatized Child
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• The Adoption Process and Adoption Disruption
• The Adoption Process and Children with Life-Threatening Illness
• Choosing a Mental Health Provide
  

 School Issues

• The Child Who Was Adopted Goes to School
• Me, My Child and the Teachers: Teaming Up at School
• Team Building—Family School, Therapists and Healthcare Workers
•  Positive Parenting