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Adoption policy and special needs children / edited by Rosemary J. Avery ; foreword by Peter C. Winkler.

Title
Adoption policy and special needs children / edited by Rosemary J. Avery ; foreword by Peter C. Winkler.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 1997.

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Additional Authors
Avery, Rosemary J., 1950-
Description
xix, 220 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Special needs adoption > United States
  • Older child adoption > United States
  • Adoption > Government policy > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Peter C. Winkler -- 1. An Advocate's Perspective / Judith Anderson -- 2. Racial Aspects of the Move to Adoption / Sherrie A. Kossoudji -- 3. The Adoption of Older Children / Elizabeth S. Cole -- 4. Disabled Children and Adoption / Ann Coyne -- 5. Adoption Disruption / Marianne Berry -- 6. Adoption Recruitment: Meeting the Needs of Waiting Children / Drenda S. Lakin and Linda Whitfield -- 7. Variations in State Adoption Assistance Laws / Alice Bussiere -- 8. Federal Financial Support of Special Needs Adoption / Rosemary J. Avery and Daniel M. Mont -- 9. The Value of Special Needs Adoptions / Richard P. Barth.
ISBN
0865692122 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^96043930^
OCLC
  • 35599884
  • SCSB-10452753
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library