After Adoption: The Needs of Adopted Youth

The authors examine more than 1,000 adoptive families to find out how they are functioning years after the adoption. They analyze risk and resiliency factors associated with adjustment and examine differences in adoptions by kin, foster parents, and those matched with children for the purpose of adoption. "After Adoption" will help child welfare professionals to develop post adoption services to sustain and strengthen adoptive families and to better prepare parents and children for adoption.