General Adoption Websites
- www.diakon-swan.org The official website for SWAN
- www.adoptpakids.org This is a photolisting for PA children waiting for families, as well as other useful information
- www.adoptuskids.org This is a national photolisting, although you can search for PA children here as well. In addition, they have many resources and articles.
- www.childwelfare.gov Child Welfare Information Gateway, a clearinghouse with lots of information about adoption and child welfare
- www.nrcadoption.org National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption
- www.adopt.org National Adoption Center
- www.taplink.org Together as Adoptive Parents This website contains a wonderful listing of adoption savvy resources all over the state of PA.
Subject-specific resources
- Attachment:
- www.radzebra.org Attachment and Trauma Network;
- www.attach.org Association for the Training and Treatment in the Attachment of Children
- www.a4everfamily.org
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- www.ptsdinfo.org
- www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/posttraumatic_stress_disorder_ptsd – American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- www.childtrauma.com Child Trauma Institute
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- www.chadd.org Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Books
- Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child by Trish Maskew; www.ourownkids.com
- Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals and Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky
- Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents and Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma by Deborah Gray
- Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility by Foster W. Cline and Jim Fay
- Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O’Malley
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell their Stories
by Rita James Simon and Rhonda Roorda - The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn B. Purvis, David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
- Parenting Your Older Adopted Child and Eden’s Secret Journal The Story of an Older Child Adoption by Brenda McCreight
- Adopting the Older Child by Claudia L. Jewett
- A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera Fahlberg
