International Adoption:  Tools and Resources

Web resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: International Adoption
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Adopt a child
• Families with Children from Russia and the Ukraine
• International Social Service
• Orphandoctor: Resources for parents and health professionals
• Public Health Agency of Canada, Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel. Statement on international adoption. Can Commun Dis Rep 36 (ACS-15)
• University of Minnesota international adoption clinic: A resource for parents and professionals
• University of Washington international adoption clinic: A resource for parents and professionals

Further reading

Pre-adoption

• Chicoine J.F. & Lemieux J. (2012) : Point de vue sur l’adoption des enfants dits « à besoins spéciaux», No 2-3, SSI/CRI février-mars, Suisse
• Chicoine JF, Tessier D. International adoption. In: Keystone J, ed. Travel Medicine, 3rd edn. London: Elsevier, 2012.
• Levy-Soussan P. (2010) : Destins de l’adoption. Fayard, Paris, France.
• Marinopoulos S. et al. (2003) : Moïse, Œdipe et Superman : de l’abandon à l’adoption, Fayard, Paris.
• Miller LC. The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents, and Providers. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Parental stress

• Gagnon-Oosterwaal N, Cossette L, Smolla N., et al. (2012): Pre-adoption adversity and self-reported behavior problems in 7-year-old international adoptees. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2012 43(4):648-60.

Development

• Pomerleau A, Malcuit G, Chicoine JF, et al. Health status, cognitive and motor development of young children adopted from China, East Asia and Russia across the first six months after adoption. Int J Behav Dev 2005;29(5): 445-57.

Attachment

• Gray D. (2002) Attaching in adoption, Perspectives Press Copyright. Trad. Fr. (2007): Attachement et adoption. De Boeck, Bruxelles.
• Lemieux J. (2013) : La normalité adoptive : la connaître, la comprendre et la célébrer Québec Amérique, Qc., Canada
• Rygaard N.P. (2007) : L’enfant abandonné–Guide de traitement des troubles de l’attachement, 2nd Ed. De Boeck, Bruxelles.
• Schofield G, Beek M. Attachment Handbook for Foster Care and Adoption. London: British Association for Adoption and Fostering, 2006.