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Finally, I thank Erika for sticking together as we try our best to navigate a different life without our Casey.
RESOURCES
These are the resources and experts I came across in my journey. These listings are by no means meant to be a personal endorsement or all-inclusive. Rather, they can provide a starting point for readers to conduct their own exploration.
BOOKS
Bowlby, John, A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development (New York: Basic Books, 1988).
Brodzinsky, David M., Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (New York: Doubleday, 1992).
Gray, Deborah D., Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma (Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press, 2007).
———, Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents (Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press, 2002).
Karen, Robert, Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Keck, Gregory C., and Regina M. Kupecky, Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids (Carol Stream, IL: NavPress, 1995).
Keck, Gregory C., and Regina M. Kupecky, Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow (Carol Stream, IL: NavPress, 2002).
Magid, Ken, and Carole A. McKelvey, High Risk: Children Without a Conscience (New York: Bantam, 1988).
Meese, Ruth Lyn, Children of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for Parents and Professionals (Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2002).
Verrier, Nancy Newton, The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (Lafayette, CA: Verrier Publications, 2003).
Verrier, Nancy Newton, Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up (Lafayette, CA: Verrier Publications, 2004).
ONLINE MAGAZINES, SITES, AND BLOGS
ACEsConnection.com. A social network whose members use trauma-informed practices to prevent and lower adverse childhood experiences, and raise resilience.
ACEsTooHigh.com. A go-to site for news and information about adverse childhood experiences.
Adopting.com. An online resource for domestic and international adoption.
Adopting.org. Provides adoption articles, resources, and chat rooms.
Adoptionvoicesmagazine.com. A personal blog that includes posts, poetry, videos, and podcasts from a wide variety of voices from the adoption community.
Adoptivefamilies.com. The resource and community for adoption parenting.
Adoptivefamiliescircle.com. An online community touched by adoption to connect and share experiences.
Juliaandme.com. An adoptive mother’s blog in which she shares about her adoption experience and adoption information in general.
Parentingandattachment.com. My own blog in which I share about my experience with Casey and lessons learned about adoption, parenting, and therapy techniques.
Chicagonow.com/portrait-of-an-adoption. A blog dedicated to sharing personal adoption stories.
Theadoptiveparent.com. A resource network for adoptive parents.
ARTICLES
Harlowe, Harry, “The Nature of Love,” American Psychologist 13 (1958), 673–85: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/p/harlow_love.htm.
Rutter, Michael, “The English and Romanian Adoptee Study: Effects of Early Deprivation on Long-Term Adjustment” (1998), http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/english-and-romanian-adoptee-study.
The Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children, “Therapeutic Parenting” (2008), http://www.adoptiontoolbox.com/files/ATTACh_Therapeutic_Parenting_Handbook.pdf: m/b.
ORGANIZATIONS
Adopt.org. The National Adoption Center, dedicated to expanding adoption opportunities for children living in foster care throughout the United States.
Agape-Trust.org. A charitable organization working with Polish orphans. Vic and Joanna Magnet, directors.
Americanadoptioncongress.org. The American Adoption Congress, an organization committed to adoption reform.
Theattachmentclinic.org. Mary D. Ainsworth Child-Parent Attachment Clinic at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Dr. Robert Marvin, director.
ATTACh.org. The Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children.
Attachment.org. Nancy Thomas Parenting, offering information on adoption, attachment, and bonding issues and early trauma to families and professionals.
Attachmentparenting.org. Attachment Parenting International is dedicated to educating and supporting parents, and offering resources for education and networking.
Attachmentparenting.co.uk. The U.K. resource for attachment parenting.
Attachmenttraumanetwork.com. The Attachment & Trauma Network, the nation’s oldest parent-led organization supporting families of children with attachment disorders.
Caseyfamilyservices.org. Established by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to provide pre- and postadoption services.
Childtrauma.org. The Child Trauma Academy provides information on the effects of child trauma and supportive interventions.
Psych.ucsf.edu/sfgh/ctrp. Child Trauma Research Center, UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Alicia Lieberman, director.
Adoptioninstitute.org. The Donaldson Adoption Institute, which provides adoption research and policy addressing the needs of those touched by adoption.
FRUA.org. Families For Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, offering family and adoption education resources, chatroom, social media connections, and a supportive community that nurtures adopted children and supports parents and families.
Rainbowkids.com. The Voice of Adoption, providing tools, resources, and guidance to those considering international adoption.
Nationalcenteronadoptionandpermanency.net. The National Center on Adoption and Permanency, dedicated to providing a broad range of services relating to adoption, foster care, and child welfare. Adam Pertman, president.
Theraplay.org. The Theraplay Institute, an international training institute.
SPECIALISTS
Attachmentadoption.net. Family Attachment and Adoption Center, Oakland, CA. Virginia Keeler-Wolf, MA, MFT.
Beyondconsequences.com. Beyond Consequences Institute, Boulder, CO. Heather Forbes, director.
Comeunity.com/adoption/health/jenista.html. Jerri Ann Jenista, MD, Ann Arbor, MI.
Cornerstonecounseling.com. Cornerstone Counseling Services, Waukesha, WI. Ray Kinney, director.
Drfederici.com. Dr. Ronald Federici & Associates—Care For Children International, Manassas, VA.
Janebrowntoronto.weebly.com. Jane Brown’s Adoption Playshops, Mississauga, Ontario. Jane Brown, MSW, director.
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JOHN BROOKS, a former senior financial executive in the broadcast and media industry, has turned to writing, mental health activism, and volunteer work with teenagers in Marin County, California. He maintains a blog at ParentingandAttachment.com to share his experience and educate other adoptive families about parenting and therapy techniques unique to children with attachment issues. The Girl Behind the Door is his first book.
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