Resources

About Page Citations:

• “Child Welfare Outcomes State Data Review Portal.” Florida, Department of Health and Human Services, cwoutcomes.acf.hhs.gov/cwodatasite/pdf/florida.html. Accessed 12 Oct. 2023. 

• “US Adoption Statistics: Adoption Network.” Adoption Network, Adoption Network, 22 Mar. 2023, adoptionnetwork.com/adoption-myths-facts/domestic-us-statistics/. 

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Content Page Citations:

• Berge, Jerica M. et al. “Adolescents’ Feelings About Openness in Adoption: Implications for Adoption Agencies.” Child welfare 85.6 (2006): 1011–1039. https://www.proquest.com/docview/213808267/fulltextPDF/BCAF7C28321D43C1PQ/1?accountid=4840

• Heritage Adoption Services “The Pros and Cons of Closed Adoption: Understanding the Impact on Adoptees and Birth Parents.” Heritage Adoption Services-Non-Profit Adoption Agency Licensed in Oregon and Washington, Heritage Adoption Services, 7 Aug. 2023, www.heritageadoption.org/the-pros-and-cons-of-closed-adoption-understanding-the-impact-on-adoptees-and-birth-parents/. 

• McLaughlin, Anne Marie et al. “A Qualitative Study of Adoptive Parents’ Experience of Contact in Open Adoption.” Canadian social work review 30.1 (2013): 5–23. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43486757?sid=primo

• “Open vs. Closed Adoption - an Honest Comparison: Considering Adoption.” Considering Adoption, 22 Feb. 2023, consideringadoption.com/adopting/open-adoption/open-vs-closed-adoption-an-honest-comparison/#toc1. 

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Video Citations:

“Adoption Network - Types of Adoption.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Mar. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQiP6evLjjM&t=3s. 

“Open vs Closed Adoption - An Honest Comparison.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 Feb. 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk_vzZd4qXg. Accessed 20 Dec. 2023.