Adoption Beyond Borders How International Adoption Benefits Children Compton by Compton, Rebecca Jean 9780190247799, 0190247797 instant download after payment.

Now Available in Paperback,Adoption Beyond Bordersendorses international adoption as a viable path to child welfare by exploring key topics including:
- Effects of institutionalization on children's developing brains, cognitive abilities, and socioemotional functioning
- Challenges of navigating issues of identity when adopting across national, cultural, and racial lines
- Strong emotional bonds that form even without genetic relatedness
- How adoptive families can address the special needs of children who experienced early neglect and deprivation, thereby providing a supportive environment in which to flourish
- Features the author's first-hand accounts of her own adoption journey as she visited a Kazakhstani orphanage daily for nearly a year, and illustrates the complexities and implications of the research evidence