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| Document Title: | Openness in Adoption: From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections. [Report] |
| Personal Author: | Siegel, Deborah H.,Smith, Susan Livingston. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | This report is the first in a series that will address the phenomenon of openness in domestic infant adoptions. It summarizes research knowledge on the topic and presents findings from a survey of 100 infant adoption programs in the U.S. regarding their practices around openness and the qualities that facilitate successful open adoption relationships. Key findings indicate: (1) "Closed" infant adoptions have shrunk to a tiny minority (about 5 percent), with 40 percent "mediated" and 55 percent "open." In addition, 95 percent of agencies now offer open adoptions; (2) In the overwhelming majority of infant adoptions, adoptive parents and expectant parents...more |
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| Document Title: | Openness in Adoption: From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections. [Executive summary] |
| Personal Author: | Siegel, Deborah H.,Smith, Susan Livingston. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | This report is the first in a series that will address the phenomenon of openness in domestic infant adoptions. It summarizes research knowledge on the topic and presents findings from a survey of 100 infant adoption programs in the U.S. regarding their practices around openness and the qualities that facilitate successful open adoption relationships. Key findings indicate: (1) "Closed" infant adoptions have shrunk to a tiny minority (about 5 percent), with 40 percent "mediated" and 55 percent "open." In addition, 95 percent of agencies now offer open adoptions; (2) In the overwhelming majority of infant adoptions, adoptive parents and expectant parents...more |
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