Adoption Resources

Adoption Education and Resources

There are a wide variety of excellent resources, both locally and available through the web. We do not presume to have a comprehensive list. Rather we offer the following links in order to help you start the process of learning more about adoption and in particular, international adoption.

• Center for Adoption Support and Education , located in the Washington, DC suburbs offers workshops on adoption topics, peer groups for adoptees, and individual and family counseling as well as a good listing of resources.
• The Barker Foundation, a licensed social work agency in business for over 60 years, offers adoption education, counseling, and post-adoption support and places children for adoption from multiple countries.
• Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Resolve, the national infertility and adoption organization, offers workshops, publications, and provides information about adoption.
• Adoption Learning Partners is an online adoption education group with courses on a variety of adoption topics.
• National Adoption Clearinghouse is a comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption.
• Adoption Resource Center of Connecticut publishes and updates The Report on Intercountry Adoption, a detailed look at all aspects of intercountry adoption, available in hard copy or online.
• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute seeks to improve adoption laws, policies, and practices.
• Joint Council on International Children's Services focuses on ethical international adoption.
• Latin American Parents Association, a national group, supports adoptive families with connections to many Latin American countries.
• National Capitol Region chapter of LAPA is located in the Washington DC metro area.
• Finding Home, 50 Years of International Adoption is a collection of articles, interviews, stories, and pictures about international adoption.
• Adoption.com supplies a resource library of articles on multicultural or interracial adoption.
• Adopting.com compiles adoption resources of all kinds.
• Adopt Shoppe is a website with adoption gifts, books, and resources.
• Tapestry Books supplies a wide range of books on adoption and infertility issues.
• Perspectives Press is a publisher of infertility and adoption books.
• Amazon is an online bookseller with a wide selection of books on adoption.