Adoption

Adoption

Adoption is the process of assuming parenting for another, and in turn all rights and responsibilities attached to this, from the biological parents of the child being adopted.

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adoption triad

Parenting; Adoption

A term used to describe the three-sided relationship that exists in an adoption between birth parents, adoptive parents and the adoptee, each of which is interrelated and inter-dependent on the ...

trans-racial adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

An adoption in which a family of one race adopts a child of another race.

A birthparent voluntarily gives up his or her parental rights to a child, so that someone else can adopt it. In practice it generally refers to these parental rights being transferred to an agency, ...

re-adoption or validation of foreign adoption

Parenting; Adoption

The practice of adopting a foreign child in the United States after it has already been adopted by its adoptive parents in the foreign country of its origin. The most common reason for a re-adoption ...

reactive attachment disorder (RAD)

Parenting; Adoption

A condition that generally appears in children before age five, and is thought to result from a lack of consistent care and nurturing in early years. The disorder is characterized by the inability of ...

post-placement report

Parenting; Adoption

A written report that is prepared for the court in an adoption case by an adoption caseworker that makes a series of personal visits to the home of the adoptive parents. The purpose of these ...

post-adoption period

Parenting; Adoption

This is a period of time of an unspecified length after an adoption is finalized during which the members of this new group of legally related individuals learn together to become a real family unit, ...