Articles for Workers
Here, caseworkers can read articles that cover important adoption-related issues. This information is designed to help caseworkers serve children who need an adoptive home.
The Benefits of Birth Family Contact
When placing a child with an adoptive family, caseworkers should consider whether the adoptive parents are willing to maintain some contact with the birth family. Find out why birth family contact is so important to a child's well-being.
Youth Speak Out on Birth Family Contact
Many adopted youth would like to have contact with their birth family members. And despite common perceptions, these interactions don't have to be tricky or uncomfortable.
Teens Need Unconditional Commitment
How can we help teens in foster care? Adoption expert Pat O'Brien says, "Stick with them through thick and thin."
Teens Need Forever Families, Too
Teenagers are often hesitant to say they want to be adopted. Workers may wonder about the importance of adoption to waiting teens, too, thinking that adolescence is the time that most children begin to think about being on their own.
Older Children Need Families, Too
Just because a child is 18 doesn't mean they don't need a family anymore. Find out why adoption is preferable to independence for most older youth exiting the foster care system.
Youth Are Never Too Old to Be Adopted
"You are never too old to be adopted," said one young woman during an interview for a study on successful adolescent adoptions. (By Cynthia Flynn and Wendy Welch)
