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Where Do I Start?
Defining Open Adoption, Introduction to Open Adoption
For Adopting Families
A Look at Open Adoption for Prospective Adopters, Fathers & Son, Who Decides for Me and My Child?
For Placing Families
Open Adoption, Questions to Ask Prospective Parents, Traditions: Welcoming New Babies
Contact Agreements
Contact Between the Families After Adoption, Cooperative Adoption, Cooperative Adoption Statutes, Glossary: Cooperative Adoption, Legal Treatment of Contact Agreements
International Adoptions
A Letter to My Adopted Daughter's Mother, Invisible But Real: Birthparents in International Adoption, Opening a Russian Adoption, Our Daughter's Russian Family
Family Relationships
Adoption Relationships, Between Adoptive Parents & Birthmothers, Letter from our Birth Grandmother, Relationships in Open Adoption, Relationships with Birth Grandparents
Open Adoption Ceremonies
A Transfer Ceremony, Adoption Covenant & Placement Ceremony, Moving On, Sharing a Wonderful Child
Pros & Cons
Hello Before Goodbye, How Media Portrayal Affects Open Adoption, Open, Closed, or Shifting?, Openness in Adoption: Pros & Cons, Painful Lessons, Perspectives on Open Adoption, Risks and Benefits of Open Adoption, The Case for Closed Adoption, The Open Adoption Experience, The Open Adoption Question
Myths
The Gift of a Child in Open Adoption, The Myth of Confusion, The Myth of Shared Parenthood, What is Open Adoption?
Ongoing Open Adoptions
Opening a Closed Adoption, Post-Placement: Ongoing Open Adoption, Opening a Closed Adoption, Post-Placement Workbook
Tools & Resources
Open Adoption Forums, Family Stories, Research
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