• https://dabsj.org/what-we-do/adoption/post-adoption-support
• Books available through Lending Library on Adoption Topics
• Facebook Group- AFSN (Adoptive Family Support Network)
• Adoption Related Events

• Transracial Adoption/Listening and Learning from Adoptees
• West Michigan Adoption Support Group

Explaining Adoption at School

• https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/parenting/explaining-adoption-at-school/

Not Being Chosen

• https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/how-to-cope-disappointment-not-being-chosen-prospective-birth-mother-match/

Transracial Adoption

• Transracial Adoption Preparation Plan (form-answering questions)
• Diversity in Our World (exercise)
• https://spence-chapin.org/race-racism-and-adoptive-parenting-resources/
• There are many articles available at adoptivefamilies.com regarding transracial adoption

Courses on website Creating a Family (creatingafamily.org):

• Introduction to Prenatal Exposure for Those Considering Adoption
• Parenting a Child with Prenatal Substance Exposure
• Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opiates, Opioids, Methadone, Suboxone, and other Common Drugs
• What is it Really Like to Raise a Child with FASD?
• Should You Accept This Adoption Match-Evaluating the Risk Factors
• First Six Months with Opiate Exposed Baby
• Practical Tips for Raising Kids with Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure
• 12 Tips to Help You Parent a Prenatally Exposed Child

• FASD Risk
• Prenatal Substance Exposure: Risk, Development, and Intervention

• Heart of the Matter: Prenatal Risk Factors and Adoption (heartofthemattereducation.com)
• Drugabuse.gov (enter “Prenatal Substance Exposure” in the search bar)
• Adoptive Family Magazine (adoptivefamiliesmagazine.com)
• March of Dimes (marchofdimes.org)
• Book- The Mystery of Risk, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and the Vulnerable Child by Idra J. Chasnoff, MD
• Book- Understanding The Drug Exposed Child: Approaches to Behavior and Learning by Ira J. Chasnoff, MD

• https://nightlight.org/2013/02/adopting-a-child-who-may-be-at-risk-for-schizophrenia-and-psychotic-disorders-pt-1/
• https://nightlight.org/2013/02/adopting-a-child-who-may-be-at-risk-for-schizophrenia-and-psychotic-disorders-pt-2/

• Psychology Today Article- How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Parenting Lisa Firestone Ph.D.
• How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade by Amy Klatzkin (free download on ALP website)
• Seven Core Issues in Adoption Silverstein & Kaplan
• Editorial: What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion On White Privilege by Lori Lakin Hutcherson

• In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You to Know About Adoption (A guide for relative and families) Elisabeth O’Toole
• What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption (An adoptees perspective on its history, nuances, and practices) Melissa Guida-Richards
• The Connected Parent by Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls
• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
• The Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• No Drama Discipline by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• W.I.S.E. Up Powerbook by Marilyn Schoettle
• Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke

• Show Hope (showhope.org)
• Lifesong for Orphans (lifesong.org)
• National Adoption Foundation Grant Program
• Helpusadopt.org
• JSC Foundation

• The CDC just came out with updated guidelines for development. The first update since 2004. The new guidelines are more inclusive of evaluating autism.
• There is a mobile app and a nice download of a printable version.
• CDC Newest Guideline for developmental milestones

Kids’ books recommendations:

• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell 
• Our Practically Perfect Baby by Stephen S. Campbell
• Love Makes a Family  by Sophie Beer   
• Love is Love: An LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids About Gay Parents and Diverse Families

LGBTQ family resources:

• Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org)
• Family Equality (familyequality.org)