There are many excellent books on adoption and open adoption, we have referenced just a few.
Author: Kathleen Silber This book on open adoption, recommended by the Child Welfare League of America, has been updated to reflect current practices. It provides specific and practical suggestions about beginning and maintaining an open adoption. It also contains actual letters written between adoptive families and birthparents. Dear Birthmother will help you carefully consider the issues involved in adoption.
Authors: Kathleen Silber and Patricia Martinez Dorner Two pioneers in the field examine scores of open adoption experiences from infancy to adolescence. Among topics covered: bonding, grief, communication, entitlement, and adoption understanding among children.
Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties through Open Adoption Author: Micky Duxbury This is an effective and invaluable resource for those considering open adoption, those experiencing it, and professionals in the field. Openness has altered the landscape of adoption, and "Making Room in Our Hearts" will help us catch up to the reality that is open adoption today.
Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption Author: Patricia Dischler Because I Loved You is a moving narrative, notable for its honesty, sharing the full spectrum of the relationships between herself, her son's adoptive parents and her son as he grew up. Patricia was among those first few in the country to insist on an open adoption arrangement, her son is now an adult and their story has come full circle. Whereas most books on adoption end after the placement of the child with adoptive parents, Because I Loved You follows the story beyond this important day and follows the changing relationships and emotions of all members of the adoption triad through the childhood and teenage years.
The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption Authors: Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi Recognizing the absence of written materials for women considering adoption, Ms. Foge and Ms. Mosconi were determined to produce a guidebook that could provide answers and support to birthmothers. This guide begins with an overview of the adoption process in this country and then gives input and consideration to women first finding out about their pregnancies. The Third Choice takes potential birthmothers through their pregnancies, the birth, the relinquishment process, and the grief and recovery periods afterward.
Author: Bruce M. Rappaport, Ph.D. In an open adoption, both the birthparents and adoptive parents are actively involved in all phases of the process. Interweaving personal stories with answers to the questions most frequently asked about the process, this informative book is designed to help all parties overcome the anxieties often associated with adoption.
Magazines Adoptive Families is an award-winning national adoption magazine, and is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.
Adoption TODAY is a magazine that deals with the issues and answers surrounding International and domestic adoption. Written by adoptive parents, adoptees and professionals in the fields of medicine, law, education, social work, child development and international and domestic adoption.
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