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The search for anna fisher. New York: Fawcett Crest Books. Gediman, Judith S. and Brown, Linda P. (1991). Birth bond: reunions between birthparents and adoptees-- what happens after... Far Hills, NJ: New Horizon Press. Hayford, J. (1986). I'll hold you in heaven. Healing and hope for the parent who has lost a child. Ventura, CA: Regal Books. Ingalls, K. (1984). Living mistakes: mothers who consented to adoption. Winchester, MA: Allen & Unwin. Krauss, P. and Goldfischer, M. (1988). Why me? Coping with grief, loss and change. New York: Bantam Books. Kubler-Ross, E. (1975). On death and dying. New York: MacMillan. Lifton, Betty Jean. (1989) (rev. ed.). Lost and Found. New York: Harper and Row. Monserrat, C.; Lindsay, J. (1989). Adoption awareness, a guide for teachers, nurses, counselors, and caring others. Buena Park: Morning Glory Press. Musser, Sandra (1979). I would have searched forever. Cape Coral, Fl: Jan Publications, a Division of ATM, Inc. Musser, Sandra (1979). What kind of love is this? Cape Coral, Fl: Jan Publications, a Division of ATM, Inc. Panuthos, C. and Romeo, C. (1984). Ended beginnings: healing childbearing losses. New York: Bergin and Garvey. Roles, P. (1989). Facing teenage pregnancy. A handbook for the pregnant teen. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Roles, P. (1989). Saying goodbye to a baby; volume II--the birth parents' guide to loss and grief in adoption. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Rosenberg, E. (1992). The adoption life cycle. New York: The Free Press, A Division of Macmillan, Inc. Schaefer, C. (1991). The other mother. New York: Soho Press, Inc. Silber, Kathleen; Speedlin, Phyllis (1983). Dear birthmother. San Antonio, TX: Corona Publishing Co. Silverman, P. (1981). "The grief of the birthmother" Helping women cope with grief. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Sorosky, A.; Baran, A.; Pannor, R. (1984) (rev.ed.). The adoption triangle. New York: Doubleday. Viorst, J. (1986). Necessary losses. New York: Fawcett Gold Medal. Walsh, F. and McGoldrick, M. (1991). Living beyond loss. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Winkler, Robin C. and van Keppel, M. (1984). Relinquishing mothers in adoption. Melbourne, Australia: Institute of Family Studies. Search and Support Groups and Organizations Adoptee-Birthparent Support Network (ABSN) Adoptee-Birthparent Support Network (ABSN) McLean, VA Phone: (202) 628-4111 Adoption Triangle Ministries (ATM) Box 1860 Cape Coral, FL 33910 Phone (813) 542-1342 ALMA Society - The ALMA Society, Inc. P.O.Box 85 Denville, N.J. 07834 Almasociety.org Jeanie M.Jackson,President/Registrar American Adoption Congress P.O. Box 42730 Washington, D.C. 20015 (202) 483-3399 Concerned United Birth Parents, Inc. (CUB) 2000 Walker Street Des Moines, IA 50317 Phone: (515) 263-9558 board@cubirthparents.org Independent Search Consultants (ISC) P.O. Box 10192 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) P.O. Box 2312 Carson City, NV 89702 Phone: (702) 882-6270 National Adoption Assistance Center (NAAC) 444 Lincoln Blvd., #107 Venice, CA 90291 Phone: (612) 636-7031 Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth. Link Origins P.O. Box 444 East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Phone: (201) 251-5411 Parent Finders Capitol Region Box 5211, Station F Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3H5 Canada Parenting Resources 250 El Camino Real, Suite 111 Tustin, CA 92680 Phone: (714) 669-8100 PACER Post Adoption Center for Education and Research 2255 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite L Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Articles and Papers Anderson, C.; Campbell, L.; Cohen, M. A. (1981). Eternal punishment of women: adoption abuse. Des Moines, IA: Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. Baran, Annette, Reuben Pannor, and Arthur Sorosky, "Birthparents who relinquished babies for adoption revisited," Family Process, Vol. 17. No. 3, September 1978. Baran, Annette, Reuben Pannor and Arthur Sorosky, "The lingering pain of surrendering a child," Psychology Today, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1977. Bernstein, Rose, "Are we still stereotyping the unmarried mother?", Crisis Intervention: Selected Readings, Howard J. Farad, Editor, Family Services Association of America (c.1965). Also published in Social Work, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1960. Blanton, T. L. (1988). Birth mother's grief: a look at the post-adoptive experience in light of open versus confidential adoption. Master's Thesis,The University of Texas at Arlington. Berman, L. C.; Bufferd, R. K. (1986). "Family treatment to address loss in adoptive families. Social Casework, Vol 67, No. 1, Jan. 1986. Chapman, C.; Dorner, P.; Silber, K.; Winterberg, T. S. (1986). "Meeting the needs of the adoption triangle through open adoption: the birthmother." Child and Adolescent Social Work, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter, 1986. Deykin, Eva Y.; Campbell, L.; and Patti, P. (1984). "The postadoption experience of surrendering parents." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 54:2, April, 1984. Faigel, H. (1982). "Late social and psychological after effects of pregnancy in adolescence." Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 2:3, March, 1982. Leyne, Cynthia (1980). "Factors influencing the decision to keep or relinquish one's child." Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol. 11, Winter. Millen, L.; Roll, S. (1985). "Solomon's mothers; a special case of pathological bereavement." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 55, 441-448. Pannor, R.; Baran, A.; and Sorosky, Arthur D. (1978). "Birth parents who relinquish babies for adoption revisited." Family process. Vol. 17, No. 3. September, 1978, pp. 329-37. Richards, K. (1970). "When biological mothers meet adopters." Child Adoption, Vol. 60. Rynearson, Edward K. (1982). "Relinquishment and its maternal complications: a preliminary study." American Journal of Psychiatry, 139:3, March, 1982. pp. 338-40. Stiffler, L. H. (1991). "Adoption's impact on birthmothers: 'Can a mother forget her child?'" Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 1991, Vol. 10, No. 3, 249-259. Watson, Kenneth W. (1986). "Birth families: living with the adoption decision." Public Welfare, 44 (2), 5-10. Spring, 1986 |
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