The Adoption Reunion Handbook (eBook)

Elizabeth Trinder, Julia Feast, David Howe (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2004
174 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-09423-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and what to expect emotionally. Each section has an advice box which summarizes key points, notes issues to pay particular attention to, or offers draft letters that readers can adapt for their own needs. The appendix contains useful addresses and weblinks, and includes checklists for searching and for the reunion. Chapters include reunion with birth fathers and birth siblings, as well as with birth mothers, the relationship with the adoptive family and dealing with reunions that break down.

Autor

DR LIZ TRINDER is a researcher into family relationships. Most of her work is in the area of contact after divorce, e.g. the recent report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on Making Contact. This is the first time she has written about adoption. She was herself adopted. JULIA FEAST currently works at the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), London, as the Policy, Research and Development Consultant. In the past she managed the post-adoption and care counselling research project, The Children's Society and has counselled a number of people who have been adopted and also those who were brought up in Care through the search and reunion process. She has published many articles on the subject of Adoption Search and Reunion and also the information needs of children conceived as a result of donor-assisted conception. She is co-author of Preparing for Reunion: Experiences from the Adoption Circle (The Children's Society, 1994; new edition 1998) and Adoption, Search and Reunion: The Long-Term Experience of Adopted Adults (The Children's Society, 2000; now published by BAAF), and Searching Questions: Origins, Identity and Adoption (BAAF, 2003). DR DAVID HOWE has a long-standing interest in all aspects of adoption. He is the author of many books, including Half a Million Women: Mothers who Lose their Children by Adoption (Penguin), Adopters on Adoption (BAAF), Patterns of Adoption: Nature, Nurture and Psychosocial Development (Blackwell Science), and, with Julia Feast, Adoption, Search and Reunion: The Long-Term Experience of Adopted Adults (The Children's Society, 2000; now published by BAAF).

Inhalt

About the Authors vi

Preface vii

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

1 Introduction 1

2 Taking the first step: Birth record information 5

3 On the search trail 19

4 Reunions with birth mothers 33

5 Reunions with birth fathers 57

6 Reunions with siblings 69

7 The adoptive family and reunion 79

8 Rejection and reunions that break down 97

9 The search and reunion journey 111

Appendix: Information on search and reunion in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA 131

Further reading 153

Index 155

Rezensionen

"A 'how to' guide, especially valuable if you are considering
searching for birth relatives." (Practical Family History,
December 2008)

"...advice-packed guide to adoption
search-and-reunion...essential information and personal
perspectives..." (www.adoption-net.co.uk, July 2004)

"...offers vital information..." (Sunday Express,15th
August, 2004)

"...an advice packed guide...essential information and personal
perspectives for every aspect of the process..." (Bath Chronicle,
27 July 2004)

"...this book is a gem...the authors have done a splendid
job...will be hugely helpful..."(www.familyonwards.com, 11 August
2004)

"...4 stars...clearly written...considered and thoughtful
text..."(Community Care, August 2004)

"...a user friendly how-to book..." (Eastern Daily Press, 25th
August 04)

"...accessibly presented, and full of compassion and
insights..." (Care and Health 14 September 2004)

"...a useful guide...one of the most important publications
relating to adoption ever to be published..." (Intermix, The
Newsletter - Summer 04)

"...The Adoption Reunion Handbook provides an advice-packed
guide to adoption search-and-reunion..." (href="http://www.adoption-net.co.uk/">www.adoption-net.co.uk,
23 November 2004)

"...written in a straight-forward, enjoyable style free of
jargon...as comprehensive a handbook as one could wish for..."
(Adoption & Fostering, Vol 28 (4) 2004)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2004
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Social Policy & Welfare • Social Work • Sozialarbeit • Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt
• ISBN-10: 0-470-09423-0 / 0470094230
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-09423-5 / 9780470094235