Empowering Women & Families

Open Adoption Education & Resources

 

Recommended books on Open Adoption:

• The Family of Adoption

• The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping your Child Grow Up Whole

• The Open Adoption Experience

• Making Room in Our Hearts

 

​Documentaries / Video Clips:

• “Openness in Adoption: From Fearful to Fearless”

       (Click link or enter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZWh-Yn2XA&feature=youtu.be)​

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• “Understanding Open Adoption,” a documentary co-produced by Rhondal McKinney and DAI and filmed/edited by Benjamin Howard-McKinney, features perspectives from adoption professionals and families who are experiencing open adoption.

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Articles:

• “Embracing Open Adoption”

• “Openness in Adoption: From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections”

• “Openness in Adoption: Building Relationships Between Adoptive and Birth Families”

• “Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents”

• “Impact of Adoption on Adoptive Parents”

• “Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons”

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Online Training :

• Openness in Adoption: What a Concept! (Presented by The Donaldson Institute)

       -Visit https://www.adoptioninstitute.org/openness/ to access this online training. This training has three parts: Exploring Openness in Adoption,                      -Experiencing Openness in Adoption and Living Openness in Adoption (more information below). After you have viewed each part, you are able to take             a quiz to determine how much you learned from this educational experience. 

​       -In addition, as a part of the Openness Training, you have access to the User Guide which provides detailed information, key concepts, terms and                       exercises that will help guide you throughout the training. You may download the User Guide here.

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