When adoptions go wrong : psychological and legal issues of adoption disruption
著者
書誌事項
When adoptions go wrong : psychological and legal issues of adoption disruption
（Haworth marriage and family therapy / Terry S. Trepper, senior editor）
Haworth Press, c2006
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-124) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
When adoptions fail to happen, the effects can be devastating on children and the families who chose to adopt them
What if you were an adopted child and someone tried to remove you from the family you had grown to love? In the last twenty years, changes in laws, judicial decisions, social welfare practices, and the availability of American children for adoption have led to an increase in disrupted adoptions. When Adoptions Go Wrong: Psychological and Legal Issues of Adoption Disruption examines the psychological and forensic aspects of adoption with an emphasis on how negative events can affect children and the families that choose to adopt themand how you can prevent those events from happening.
When Adoptions Go Wrong is a comprehensive resource on the causes of interrupted adoptions, including changing profiles of adoptive parents who have new reasons for wanting to adopt. With the help of detailed case examples, this powerful book explores the impact of disruptions on the children, the legal issues of determining in whose best interests decisions are made, and possible methods of reducing the negative affects of those decisions on the children. It also stresses how important it is, for the professionals involved, to be aware of child development in the adoption process.
Topics discussed in When Adoptions Go Wrong include:
children's rights
legal rights of gays to adopt
tribal rights (Native Americans)
open adoption
individual state laws concerning adoption
the media's coverage of child custody cases
types of adoption
the Baby Jessica case
the Evan Scott case
the Internet Twins
inadequate social services
family court
and much more
When Adoptions Go Wrong also suggests legislative measures to create uniformity in the way states handle adoption issues to help natural and adoptive parents in making difficult decisions. The book is invaluable for psychologists, judges and lawyers, social workers, and prospective adoptive parents.
目次
Foreword (Hon. Walter M. Schackman)
Acknowledgments
SECTION I: FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY ISSUES
Chapter 1. Overview: Providing a Context
Historical Background
Malfunctions in Adoption
Introducing the Adoptive Parents
Tying Adoption to Adoption Disruption
Chapter 2. Adoption Disruptions
Types and Causes of Disruptions
Summary
Chapter 3. Other Causes Contributing to Adoption Disruptions
Inadequate Social Services
Focus on Foster Care
Other Issues and Impediments
Incompatibility of Child and Adoptive Parents
Summary
Chapter 4. Lives Disrupted
Adoptions Dissolved
On the Positive Side
Summary
Chapter 5. Effects of the Disruption
Time for Therapy
Restatement of Causes
A Variety of Effects
Summary
SECTION II: LEGAL ISSUES: PRECEDENTS AND PREVENTION
Chapter 6. In Whose Best Interests?
Open Adoption and Disruption
Professional Prevention and Intervention
Summary
Chapter 7. Where Do We Go From Here?
Preventive Measures
Laws Across the Land
Recognition of Psychological versus Biological Parenting
Summary
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
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