Adoption Beyond Borders

Now Available in Paperback <em>Adoption Beyond Borders</em> endorses international adoption as a viable path to child welfare by exploring key topics including: <br>� Effects of institutionalization on children's developing brains cognitive abilities and socioemotional functioning<br>� Challenges of navigating issues of identity when adopting across national cultural and racial lines<br>� Strong emotional bonds that form even without genetic relatedness<br>� 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<br>� 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<br>