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Openness: A critical component of special needs adoption
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Child Welfare
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September 1, 1999
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Copyright informationCopyright Transaction Inc. Sep/Oct 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Openness in adoption is both a philosophical concept and a description of relationships. Regardless of the age of the adoptee or the circumstances of the adoption, the goal of openness is to minimize loss and to maintain connections. This article presents a model for expanding the principles learned from openness in infant adoptions to the field of special needs adoptions.
Open adoption is "more a relationship than an institution or a process" [Melina & Roszia 1993: xviii]. In its most basic form, "open" or "fully disclosed" adoption allows birth parents, the adopted child, and the adoptive parents to know each other and interact directly-in person or through correspondence and phone ...
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