Adoption Involving Drug/Alcohol Use
General
- My Story of Pregnancy and Addiction (pdf)
- Evidence Based Intervention for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (pdf)
- Ethical and Legal Guidelines to Improve Treatment for Drug Exposed Infants (pdf)
- Drug Use and Pregnancy (pdf)
- Caring for a Baby With Drug Withdrawal Symptoms (pdf)
- Alcohol, Drugs, and Babies: Do You Need to Worry (pdf)
- Adopting a Substance Exposed Child (pdf)
- Updated Guideline for Treating Babies Exposed to Drugs in the Womb (pdf)
- The New Moral Panic Over Drug Dependent Babies (pdf)
- On Cape Cod an Influx of Drug Dependent Newborns (pdf)
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: The Use of Clonidine as a Treatment (pdf)
- Developmental Consequences of Fetal Exposure to Drugs (pdf)
- Detoxing After Delivery (pdf)
Opiate Exposure
- Treating the Tiniest Opioid Patients (pdf)
- Heroin Addiction and Pregnancy (pdf)
- How Heroin Affects Pregnant Women (pdf)
- Behavior and Development Patterns in Children Born to Heroin Addicted and Methadone Addicted Mothers (pdf)
- Behavior and Attention Problems in 8-year-old Children with Prenatal Opiate and Poly-Substance Exposure (pdf)
- Unexpected Cause of Neonatal Seizure: In-Utero Heroin Exposure (pdf)
- Outcome of Children Born to Heroin Addicted Mothers 25 Years Later (pdf)
- March of Dimes Heroine and Pregnancy (pdf)
- Information on Methadone Treatment (pdf)
- White Americas Heroin Problem (pdf)
- The Pain Points of Opioid Policy (pdf)
- Children of the Opioid Epidemic Are Flooding Foster Homes, America is Turning a Blind Eye (pdf)
Ecstacy/MDMA/”Molly” Exposure
- Neurobehavioral Outcomes of Infants Exposed to MDMA Ecstasy and Other Recreational Drugs In-Utero (pdf)
- Long-Term Behavioral Consequences of Prenatal MDMA Exposure (pdf)
- Ecstasy in Pregnancy (pdf)
- Study of Harmful Effects of Infants Prenatally Exposed to Ecstasy (pdf)
- One-Year Outcomes of Prenatal Exposure to MDMA and Other Recreational Drugs (pdf)
- Neurohormonal Perspective on Outcomes on Mothers Use of Ecstasy During Pregnancy (pdf)
Cocaine Exposure
- Cocaine and Pregnancy (pdf)
- Longitudinal Changes of Amygdala and Default Mode Activation in Adolescents Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine (pdf)
- Four-Year Language Outcomes of Children Exposed to Cocaine In-Utero (pdf)
- Cocaine Use in Pregnancy (pdf)
- Visuospatial Working Memory in School-Aged Childen Exposed In-Utero to Cocaine (pdf)
- Maternal Cocaine Use During Pregnancy Effects of Newborn Infants (pdf)
- Maternal Cocaine Use and Mother Toddler Aggression (pdf)
- Cocaine Use During Pregnancy and Health Outcome After 10 Years (pdf)
- Chronic Cocaine Exposure During Pregnancy Increases Postpartum Neuroendocrine Stress (pdf)
Circumcision Resources
Financial Assistance
- Affording Your Adoption (pdf)
- LightStream Adoption Loans (website – FCA is a LightStream affiliate)
- Gift of Adoption (adoption grant website)
Home Study Resources
- Brief Home Study Checklist (pdf)
- Home Safety Grid (MA) (pdf)
- Home Safety Grid (ME) (pdf)
Native American Adoption (ICWA)
International Adoption
- Childrens’ and Parents’ Thoughts and Feelings About Adoption, Birth Culture Identity, and Discrimination (pdf)
- A South Korean Adoptee (pdf)
- When the Kremlin Says “Adoptions” It Means Sanctions’ (pdf)
- The Bias Against African American Children in the U.S. Adoptions (pdf)
- Simultaneous Placements Risks of Simultaneous Intercountry Placements (pdf)
- Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Children (pdf)
Intersex Adoption
- When a Child Is Born Neither Boy Nor Girl – Straddling the Gender Divide (pdf)
- 9 Ways Intersex Youth Want You to Support Them (pdf)
- Why I Am Proud of My Intersex Family (pdf)
- What We Wish Our Parents Knew (pdf)
- What We Wish Our Friends Knew (pdf)
- What To Do If You Have an Intersex Child (pdf)
- This Is What It’s Like To Discover You’re Intersex As A Teen (pdf)
- Things You Only Know If You Are Born Intersex (pdf)
- NYC Issues First US Intersex Birth Certificate (pdf)
- “None of the Above” a Novel by I.W. Gregorio (pdf)
- My Life as an Intersexual (pdf)
- Information for Parents from the International Organization for Intersex People (pdf)
- A New Era for Intersex Rights (pdf)
Transracial Adoption
- Transracial Adoption (pdf)
- Transracial Adoption Resources (pdf)
- The Parenting Dilemmas Of Transracial Adoption (pdf)
- Pros and Cons of Transracial Adoption (pdf)
- Family Resemblance in Transracial Adoption (pdf)
- Dear White Parents of My Black Child’s Friends, I Need Your Help (pdf)
- We’re Indian American With Adopted White Children And Here’s What People Ask Us (pdf)
- Transracial Same Race Adoptions and the Need for Multiple Measures of Adolescent Adjustment (pdf)
- Transracial Parenting in Foster Care and Adoption (pdf)
- Transracial Family Coaching Information (pdf)
- They’re All My Own (pdf)
- They Don’t Know What It’s Like to Be in My Shoes: Topic Avoidance About Race in Transracial Adoptive Families (pdf)
Intimacy After Infertility
- 6 Ways Infertility Impacts A Relationship (pdf)
- 5 Women Share How Infertility Affected Their Relationships (pdf)
- 4 Ways Infertility Affects Marriage (pdf)
- When Sex Becomes a Chore (pdf)
- When Infertility Affects Your Marriage (pdf)
- The Emotional Effects of Infertility on the Couple (pdf)
- Pregnancy Loss and Infertility Impact on Your Marriage (pdf)
- Marriage Makeover (pdf)
- Infertility Can Lead to Isolation and Impact on Couples Relationships (pdf)
- Infertility Almost Ruined My Marriage (pdf)
- Infertility and Your Relationship (pdf)
- How Infertility Affects Marriage (pdf)
- Becoming A Couple Again (pdf)
Vaccination Resources
- New Study Emphasizes Harm of Vaccine Refusals (pdf)
- Playing with Unvaccinated Babies (pdf)
- The Vaccination Paradox (pdf)
- The Real Reason Kids Aren’t Getting Vaccines (pdf)
- Unvaccinated Children to Be Banned from Washington Childcare Centers (pdf)
- Gardasil Myths Debunked by Snopes.com (pdf)
- Your Biggest Risk of Measles May Be a Trip to Europe (pdf)
- 3 Charts Show How Vaccines Have Impacted 20th Century Diseases (pdf)
- Children of Anti-Vaxxers Are The Biggest Victims of Measles Outbreaks (pdf)
- Injection vs. Ingestions Myths and Facts (pdf)
Travel
- The Ultimate Guide to Adoption Travel (website article)