The Essential Adoption
Resource Book
A Compendium of the
Best Adoption Resources
By Robin Hilborn
Second edition, 2007
$12 / ISBN 978-0-9733470-9-8
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The Essential Adoption Resource Book A Compendium of the Best Adoption Resources By Robin Hilborn
Second edition, 2007 |
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INTRODUCTION How to judge a web site Forbes chooses the best of the web
PRE-ADOPTION |
SPECIAL NEEDS Special needs adoption Attachment disorder Attention deficit disorder Fetal alcohol syndrome Institutional care Learning disabilities Sensory integration dysfunction
RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN |
In The Essential Adoption Resource Book the editor of Family Helper, Robin Hilborn, has assembled the primary resources for those adopting domestically or internationally, dealing with special needs children, or raising adopted children -- 25 topics in all.
Robin has written a concise summary of each topic and then listed the resources -- web sites, articles, books, support groups. He also explains how he judges a web site. (For more, see the excerpt below.)
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Help on your journey ...
Welcome to the second edition of The Essential Adoption Resource Book, a compendium of resources for 25 topics in adoption.
Since the first edition appeared in 2003, many resources have changed. This 2007 update presents the best products from the best minds in the adoption community, people who have published newsletters and books, made videos, and started web sites and support groups.
Of all resources, those on the Internet are the most accessible, and I focus especially on them. In case you wonder how I judge web sites, I've given my criteria ... feel free to use them as you struggle to separate the web wheat from the chaff.
Forbes, a U.S. business magazine, evaluates web sites every year. The Forbes choices of adoption web sites are all American but nonetheless valuable.Check the top ten list and see excellent sites from government, businesses and think tanks.
This resource list grew out of workshops on adoption resources which I presented at three conferences: Toronto in November 2002 and April 2003, and Vancouver in August 2003. For those conferences I prepared handouts for attendees. I started by defining all the possible topics in adoption, and ended up with the 25 topics you see in the table of contents.
Then I wrote introductions for the topics and assembled the resources for each. Depending on the topic, I included web sites, newsletters, books, articles, support groups and therapists.
In 1997 Jennifer Smart, editor of Post-adoption Helper, received an Ontario Adoption Award from the Adoption Council of Ontario for her work on behalf of adoption causes.
In 2001 Robin Hilborn received an Adoption Activist Award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children for "dedicated work in making adoption information more accessible and providing materials for post-adoptive support".
Robin Hilborn edited and published Adoption Helper, helping people adopt since 1990. His email address is helper@familyhelper.net. He also published Post-adoption Helper. Both publications are now united in Family Helper.
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