DOCUMENT RESUME ED 216 294 CG 015 978 AUTHOR Rim, S. Peter TITLE Special Adoptions: An Annotated Bibliography on Transracial, Transcultural, and Nonconventional Adoption, and Minority Children. For Mental Health, Health, and Human Services Professionals. INSTITUTION American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Bethesda, Md. REPORT NO DHHSADM-81-1094 PUB DATE 81 CONTRACT NIMH-80-M-028176101D NOTE 149p. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adopted Children; *Adoption; Annotated Bibliographies; Child Development; Counselor Role; Delivery Systems; *Emotional Adjustment; Intercultural Programs; *Minority Group Children; Parent Child Relationship; *Social Services; *Stress Variables ABSTRACT This annotated bibliography reflects the changing patterns of adoption and includes a general discussion of adoption trends and legislation and the role of social selice agencies in providing for the welfare of all children; Specific topics include adOption of black, Indian, American Indian, Eskimo, Oriental, Puerto Rican, Mexican and hard-to-place children (older or handicapped children). Social attitudes, parent-child relationships, adjustment, health, and development are considered. Research articles are also presented that deal with stress and cultural identity. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES o Public Health Service ci, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration c..) National Institute of Mental Health 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857 I) A PPP ) 01 An annotated bibliography by the American Academy of Child Psy- chiatry. Prepared by the Academy's Subcommittee on Adoption of the Children's Rights Committee, under a contract (NO. 80-M- 028176101D) from'the National Institute of Mental Health. , All material appeaking in this volume is in the public domain and may be'reproduced or copied without permission from the Institute or the authors. Citation of the source is appreciated. DHHS publication No. (ADM)81-1094 Printed 1981 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office Washington. D.C. 20402 `3 O eD Foreword 0 .... Special adoptions are receiving increasing, necessary attention from service delivery practitioners and researchers. Today, trans- racial, transcultural, and nonconventional adoptions are occurring more frequently. These adoptions create special concerns and pos- . sible stresses for the adoptive parent(s) and for the child that are greater than those experienced when the adopted child is similar in type and background to the adoptive parent(s). Moreover, it has been found that these concerns and stresses persist throughout the child's development, often, albeit in different form, into his or her adult life. Mental health, health, and human service professionals are often in a position to offer anticipatory guidance and preventive coun- seling, and many families turn to such professionals for help in time of difficulty. It is therefore necessary for all interested professionals to have as much information as possible in this new and growing area of adoption. Although the research and other literature relating to this area have increased in recent years, the publications of these efforts appear in journals from many disciplines and in books that might not be known to some professionals. Special Adoptions: An Annotated Bibliography on Transracial, Transcultural, and Nonconventional Adoption, and Minority Chil- dren, is an effort on the part of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to assist these families by making the relevant literature available to professionals in a position to help. The lit- erature review and preparation of this annotated bibliography were done by the Subcommittee on Adoption of, the Children's Rights Committee of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry with the support of NIMH. This joint effort between NIMH and a professional organization is another example of the quality of meaningful work that can be accomplished when the Federal Government and profes- sional communities work together. I hope that the professionals working with familieswho adopt these special children will find this volume useful. Ifthis book points opt gaps in our knowledge, I hope that research inpublic agencies and universities will undertake thenecessary studies to address the unanswered questions. Herbert Pardes, M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health t .s. O f 5 k iv Q. i :4 t - Contents 0 Page Foreword iii Preface vi.- Editor's Note viii Annotated Bibliography: Part I:Ti:ansrachil, Transcultural, and Nonconventional Adoption, and Related Issues 1 '...----.- Part II: Minority Children 83, Author Index 128 Subject Index 133 n 0 .,1 Preface r . Sincethe early 1950s, the pattern of adoptions in this countryhas changed considerably: from adoption within onesown racial back- ground to transracial adoption; from infancy adoption to olderage - A adoption; from the adoption of normal children to the adoption of children with physical and/or mental handicaps and/or children with other special needs; and from adoption by married couples to adop; tion by single parents. These changes have resulted in the growing interest in adoption issues relating to the health, education, and' socioeconomic status of ethnic and cultural minority groups. During this timer social, health, and mental health studies in these areas were begun more vigorously. Despite the growing research on adoption, references have been either difficult to locate or seemingly sparse. A primary reason for this is that these studies have been shared by scholars, workers, and clinical child-care specialists from such divergent professional 1' orientations and backgrounds that their reports are widely scattered among the literature of a variety of professional groups (e.g., child psychiatrists, child psychologists, adoption agency social workers, educators, linguists, lawyers, etc.). Realizing this difficulty, the American Acidemy of Child Psy- chiatry and the National Institute of Mental Health commissioned a compilation of the existing studies in issues related to transracial, transcultural, and nonconventional adoption and other various is- sues concerning minority children. It is the Academy's belief that this compilation will be of significant assistance to all child health and Mt ;al health care professionals and to interested others who want to obtain information in these new areas of adoptioninfor- mation that will help them help the families and children. In addition to Dr. Peter Kim, other people instrumental in the development of this publkation included Dr. Paul Adams, Chairman of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry's Committee on Chil- dren's Rights, and Drs. Stella Chess, Andre Derdeyn, Stephen Hersh, Ake Mattsson, and Jeanne Spurlock, members of the Adop- 7 tion Subcommittee, who endorsed the prpject, recommendedanno- tations, and reviewed the references. M. Toni D'Amore, research assistant and coordinator, helped in the search, collection, and in- itial screening of the literature. Robert L. Stubblefield, M.D. President American Acadeiny of Child Psychiatry t VI' Editor's Note in the search and selectionof relevant literature, the following methods were used: First, journals, monographs, and 'bookspub- lisled during the last 25years in the fields of adoption, child de- velopntent, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, socialwork, sociol- ogy, and other specialty areas related to the subjectswere systematically checked. Second, various individual&consulting on the project, including thq members of the AmericanAcademy of ChildPsychiatry's Subcommittee on Adoption,were invited to sub- mit lists of references. Third, existing annotatedbibliographies and reference lists were used. These included ERIC,Psychological Ab- stracts, Current Contents, and the Handbook of Asian American! Pacific Islander Mental Health: '9 viii r 1 Part I. Transracial Transcultural, and Nonconventional Adoptions, and Related Isiues 1. Adams, J.E., and Kim, H.B. A fresh look at intercountry adop- tions. Children 18(6):214-221, November- December 1971. This discussion of intercountry adoptions covers current adoption trends and legislation, research, problems of adjustment, benefits and risks to family and child, the role of the agency, and the impact of such practices in providing for the welfare of all children. 2. Ahmad, I: Adoption in India: A study of attitudes. The Indian Journal of Social'Work 36(2):181-190, July 1975. 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