The history of adoption in the United States: A focus on the unique group of intercountry transracial special needs children

This article reviews the history of adoption in the United States from colonial times to the present day. It details the changes that have occurred in the process of adoption and in the kinds of children who, over this history, have become adoptees. It also focuses on the unique group of intercountr...

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Published in:Counselling psychology quarterly 2011-06, Vol.24 (2), p.157-162
Main Authors: Brumble, Kathleen, Kampfe, Charlene M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adopted children
adoption
American history
Biological and medical sciences
Children
Children & youth
Colonial period-US
intercountry
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
special needs
Special needs children
Transracial
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Summary:This article reviews the history of adoption in the United States from colonial times to the present day. It details the changes that have occurred in the process of adoption and in the kinds of children who, over this history, have become adoptees. It also focuses on the unique group of intercountry transracial special needs adoptees.
ISSN:0951-5070
1469-3674
DOI:10.1080/09515070.2011.586413