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Family Relationship Processes And Youth Mental Health In The Context Of Adoption And Foster Care: Revisiting The Developmental Interface Between Nature And Nurture, Gordon Harold
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
The salience of family relationship influences (inter-parental/carer relationship quality, parent/carer-child relationship quality) for youth mental health and development is well recognised and has a long and established research and intervention-study history. However, understanding the relative role of genetic (nature) versus family relationship influences (nurture) on child and adolescent development has significant implications for the design of efficacious intervention and support programs aimed at vulnerable youth and families, including adoption and foster-care. This presentation will examine the role of family relationship processes (inter-parental/carer, parent/carer-child) and outcomes for youth (emotional, behavioural, academic) using an array of novel research designs that allow us …
A Need For Fundamental Change: The Role Of Policy In Enabling Successful Families, Adam Pertman
A Need For Fundamental Change: The Role Of Policy In Enabling Successful Families, Adam Pertman
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
The basis for adoption-related policy in the U.S. is encapsulated in the mantra that every child deserves a safe, permanent and loving family. While this “child placement” focus is clearly vital, it’s also the case that the population of children and families served by adoption (as well as by the child welfare system more generally) has changed dramatically over the last several decades. As a result, many thousands of safe, permanent and loving families are struggling every day. This presentation will examine current policies of governments at all levels, child placement agencies, service providers and others who offer support to …
Birth Family Contact When Children Are Adopted From Care: Balancing The Well-Being Of Adopted Children With The Needs Of Birth Family Members, Elsbeth Neil
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
The adoption of children from care involves legally severing children’s birth family connections, often against the wishes of birth parents. When thinking about contact between children and their birth relatives, complex psychological and ethical issues must be considered. How can contact benefit children in situations where they have experienced abuse and neglect in their birth family? How can we address the issues of loss for adoptees and birth family members whilst holding the long-term well-being of the adopted person in mind? Is closed adoption without parental consent ever ethically defensible? This presentation aims to start conversations about these complex issues …
Achieving Well-Being For African American Children Adopted From Foster Care: A Successful Rural Model, Ruth Mcroy, Kathleen Belanger, Joe Haynes
Achieving Well-Being For African American Children Adopted From Foster Care: A Successful Rural Model, Ruth Mcroy, Kathleen Belanger, Joe Haynes
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Psychotherapy With Young Adopted And Preadoptive Children With Histories Of Early Deprivation, Abuse And Disrupted Caretaking, Cynthia Monahon
Psychotherapy With Young Adopted And Preadoptive Children With Histories Of Early Deprivation, Abuse And Disrupted Caretaking, Cynthia Monahon
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Young children with histories of serious early adversity placed in adoptive and pre-adoptive families are often referred for therapy based on behavioral challenges and parental worry. What in "therapy" can make a difference in the developmental trajectory of these children and their critical relationships with their adoptive and/or birth parent? What might be considered "best practices" from the perspective of professionals and parents reflecting on past treatments? This workshop will explore the complexity and diversity of therapeutic work with these vulnerable young children and their parents as well as factors associated with positive outcomes based on extensive clinical experience. The …
The Project On Genomic Family Health History For Adopted Persons: Challenges, Progress, And Where We’D Like To Go, Thomas May
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This presentation will describe challenges faced in gaining support to study the potential utilization of genetic testing to fill gaps in Adoptees’ access to family health history (FHx) information. In this context, I will describe how this collaborative project has addressed: 1. Skeptics who challenge the scientific ability to provide reliable FHx information through genetic testing; 2. Economic obstacles to the use of genetic testing to fill gaps in FHx for adopted persons; and 3. The importance of this information as much more than mere “curiosity” in the lives of many adopted persons.
Adoption Contracts And Deals As Plan B Parenthood, Martha M. Ertman
Adoption Contracts And Deals As Plan B Parenthood, Martha M. Ertman
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Officially, law bans adoption contracts as baby-selling. But law professor Martha Ertman shows that people routinely enter entirely legal adoption contracts. Moreover, those contracts, and the mini-contracts that she calls “deals” help birth and adoptive families tailor the agreements to their situation. Blending memoir and law, Ertman integrates small group exercises with law and history of American adoption agreements, arguing that a contractual framework treats types of adoption as variations of family form, Plan B options when circumstances block the most common -- Plan A -- form of parenthood.
Cultural Socialization And Preparation-For-Bias: Critical Tasks Facing Adoptive Parents In Promoting The Well-Being Of Their Adopted Children, Ellen Pinderhughes
Cultural Socialization And Preparation-For-Bias: Critical Tasks Facing Adoptive Parents In Promoting The Well-Being Of Their Adopted Children, Ellen Pinderhughes
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Families raising adopted children-of-color, in same-race or transracial, domestic or intercountry placements, face the task of helping children develop a healthy adoptive and ethnic/racial identity and deal with adoption- or race-related stigma or bias. Research suggests that these are complex processes in which what parents do and don’t do matter for adoptees. After discussing research on parents’ role in cultural socialization and preparation-for-bias, we will consider how parents can promote adoptees’ identity development and well-being and how professionals can prepare/support parents.
Meeting The Complex Mental Health Needs Of Children Moving To Permanency Through Adoption And Guardianship: A Review Of The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative For Child Welfare And Mental Health Professionals, Debbie Riley, Dawn Wilson
Meeting The Complex Mental Health Needs Of Children Moving To Permanency Through Adoption And Guardianship: A Review Of The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative For Child Welfare And Mental Health Professionals, Debbie Riley, Dawn Wilson
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Well-Becoming: Well-Being In The Context Of Relationships For Adolescents, Susan Badeau
Well-Becoming: Well-Being In The Context Of Relationships For Adolescents, Susan Badeau
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Children and teens need families for a lifetime, skills for successful adulthood and resources to support their safety and well-being. Positive social, emotional and physical well-being is a core aspect of a young person’s development. To be healthy and well, young people need to be able to develop and maintain relationships and social networks , effectively recognize, understand, and express emotions and maintain their physical health by making constructive life choices. This workshop will present a framework for well-being for older youth transitioning from foster care and highlight recommended strategies for improving the social, emotional and physical well-being of older …
Associations Between Peer Attachment And Positive Adoption Affect Throughout Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood, Dominique K. Altamari, Krystal K. Cashen, Harold D. Grotevant
Associations Between Peer Attachment And Positive Adoption Affect Throughout Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood, Dominique K. Altamari, Krystal K. Cashen, Harold D. Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Adoption Status And Social Network Inequality: Disparities Among Adolescents In Foster Care, Richard Carbonaro
Adoption Status And Social Network Inequality: Disparities Among Adolescents In Foster Care, Richard Carbonaro
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Psychological Presence Of Adult Adoptees: Exploring Birth Mother Perspectives, Addie Wyman Battalen, Christina Sellers, Krystal K. Cashen, Ruth G. Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Psychological Presence Of Adult Adoptees: Exploring Birth Mother Perspectives, Addie Wyman Battalen, Christina Sellers, Krystal K. Cashen, Ruth G. Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Resonance: Resilience And Early Brain Development, Jessica Hanratty, Viren D'Sa, Sean Deoni, Rebecca Mclean, Susan Carnell, Vanja J. Klepac-Cera, Monique Lebourgeois
Resonance: Resilience And Early Brain Development, Jessica Hanratty, Viren D'Sa, Sean Deoni, Rebecca Mclean, Susan Carnell, Vanja J. Klepac-Cera, Monique Lebourgeois
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Expanding The Concept Of Birthparent Loss To Orphans: Exploratory Findings Of Adolescents In Institutions In South Korea, Hollee Mcginnis
Expanding The Concept Of Birthparent Loss To Orphans: Exploratory Findings Of Adolescents In Institutions In South Korea, Hollee Mcginnis
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Using Administrative Data To Understand Longitudinal Post Adoption Outcomes, Nancy Rolock, Kevin White, Kerrie Ocasio, Lixia Zhang, Rowena Fong
Using Administrative Data To Understand Longitudinal Post Adoption Outcomes, Nancy Rolock, Kevin White, Kerrie Ocasio, Lixia Zhang, Rowena Fong
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
“Siblings Wish To Be Adopted Together”: An Exploratory Study Of Descriptions Of Sibling Relationship In State Photolistings, Reihonna L. Frost, Abbie E. Goldberg
“Siblings Wish To Be Adopted Together”: An Exploratory Study Of Descriptions Of Sibling Relationship In State Photolistings, Reihonna L. Frost, Abbie E. Goldberg
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
‘Moving To Adoption’: Developing A Practice Programme To Support Positive Moves From Foster Care To Adoption., Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek, Gillian Schofield
‘Moving To Adoption’: Developing A Practice Programme To Support Positive Moves From Foster Care To Adoption., Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek, Gillian Schofield
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Waiting Child, Ready Parents: Parents’ Perceptions Of Pre-Adoption Preparation For China’S Waiting Child Program And Child Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
Waiting Child, Ready Parents: Parents’ Perceptions Of Pre-Adoption Preparation For China’S Waiting Child Program And Child Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Building Peer To Peer Community, Diane Tomaz, Bridget Chiaruttini, Joe Sandagato
Building Peer To Peer Community, Diane Tomaz, Bridget Chiaruttini, Joe Sandagato
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
The Influence Of Early Trauma On Children Adopted From Foster Care: Parents’ Perspectives, Emma W. Needles, Melissa H. Manley, Reihonna L. Frost-Calhoun, Abbie E. Goldberg
The Influence Of Early Trauma On Children Adopted From Foster Care: Parents’ Perspectives, Emma W. Needles, Melissa H. Manley, Reihonna L. Frost-Calhoun, Abbie E. Goldberg
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Connections Of Adoption Emotions To Close Relationship Development, Holly Grant-Marsney, Rachel Daley, Harold D. Grotevant
Connections Of Adoption Emotions To Close Relationship Development, Holly Grant-Marsney, Rachel Daley, Harold D. Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
A Translational Social Work Approach To Help Teens Tolerate Preadoptive Transition, Rhys Gardiner, Anni Keane, Lauren Frey, Victoria Nasanga, Jennifer Perez, Ruth Mcroy
A Translational Social Work Approach To Help Teens Tolerate Preadoptive Transition, Rhys Gardiner, Anni Keane, Lauren Frey, Victoria Nasanga, Jennifer Perez, Ruth Mcroy
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
How Is The Birth Father Relationship (Or Lack Thereof) Related To Preoccupation With Adoption?, Haley Leroux, Marion Worley, Maguatte Mbengue, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Ruth Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
How Is The Birth Father Relationship (Or Lack Thereof) Related To Preoccupation With Adoption?, Haley Leroux, Marion Worley, Maguatte Mbengue, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Ruth Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
How Is Parent-Reported Family Race/Ethnicity Related To Parents’ Understanding And Explanation Of Adoption Bias?, Xian Zhang, Raimy Shin, Anna Kimura, Alexandria Cinney, Kel Boland, Ana Jurca, Jenna Kupa, Jessica Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
How Is Parent-Reported Family Race/Ethnicity Related To Parents’ Understanding And Explanation Of Adoption Bias?, Xian Zhang, Raimy Shin, Anna Kimura, Alexandria Cinney, Kel Boland, Ana Jurca, Jenna Kupa, Jessica Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Infertility As A Reason For Adoption: A Descriptive Study, Jing Wang, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Leslie D. Leve, Jeanae M. Neiderhiser
Infertility As A Reason For Adoption: A Descriptive Study, Jing Wang, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Leslie D. Leve, Jeanae M. Neiderhiser
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Adverse Relinquishment & Adoption Experiences (Araes), Marie Dolfi
Adverse Relinquishment & Adoption Experiences (Araes), Marie Dolfi
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Adoptive Mothers’ And Fathers’ Psychological Distress: Parenting Teens Adopted From Birth, Christina Sellers, Adeline Wyman Battalen, Lisa Fiorenzo, Ruth G. Mccoy, Harold Grotevant
Adoptive Mothers’ And Fathers’ Psychological Distress: Parenting Teens Adopted From Birth, Christina Sellers, Adeline Wyman Battalen, Lisa Fiorenzo, Ruth G. Mccoy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Who Prefers Open And Who Prefers Closed Adoption?: Perspectives Of Emerging Adult Adoptees, Krystal K. Cashen, Dominique K. Altamari, Harold Grotevant
Who Prefers Open And Who Prefers Closed Adoption?: Perspectives Of Emerging Adult Adoptees, Krystal K. Cashen, Dominique K. Altamari, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Truth, Consequences And Reform: Rethinking Adoption In The 21st Century, Gary P. Mallon
Truth, Consequences And Reform: Rethinking Adoption In The 21st Century, Gary P. Mallon
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Rethinking adoption in the 21st century requires that all of us--adopted people, birth parents, adoptive parents, researchers, practitioners and policy makers--consider all possibilities, even those which might make us feel uncomfortable. The truth, the consequences of that “truth,” and the need for reform will all be explored during this presentation. The conversation will continue during the panel discussion with colleagues who are most affected by these experiences and also, hopefully, by the other workshop presenters and participants throughout the course of this conference.