Finding and Using Postadoption Services: Finding Postadoption Services and Additional Resources

Finding Postadoption Services and Additional Resources

• North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), Database of Parent Groups: https://nacac.org/help/parent-group/

• NACAC, Developing a Parent-to-Parent Support Network: http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/parent2parentnetwork.pdf

Adoptive family and child events, camps, and heritage activities

• Rainbow Kids, Adoption Calendar: http://www.rainbowkids.com/Events.aspx

• PACT: http://www.pactadopt.org/app/servlet/ HomePage

Respite Care

• ARCH, National Respite Locator: http://archrespite.org/respitelocator

Health and Mental Health Services

Therapy/counseling

• American Psychological Association (APA) Psychologist Locator: http://locator.apa.org/

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Healthy Children: http://www.healthychildren.org

Education and Information

Training, workshops, & conferences

• Adoption Learning Partners: http://adoptionlearningpartners.org

Book, magazines, websites, & other resources

• The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E), Resources: http://www.adoptionsupport.org/res/index.php

Adoptive child background information

Acknowledgment

The original (2006) version of this factsheet was developed by Child Welfare Information Gateway, in partnership with Susan Frievalds. This update is made possible by the Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The conclusions discussed here are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views or policies of the funding agency, nor does the funding agency endorse the products or organizations mentioned in this factsheet.