Adoption education Resources
Pre-adoption or foster care training is required of adoptive and foster families as a part of the home study process by most child placement organizations. The number of training hours a family needs to complete to meet program requirements varies by state and country.
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At A Family Tree, we encourage adoptive families to be lifelong learners . Below are additional education resources for adoptive or foster families who are either new to adoption/foster parenting or seek to continue to learn about what the literature, research, and community have to offer.
reading resources:
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"What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
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“The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier
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“In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories” by Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda
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“The Connected Child” by Karyn B. Purvis, Ph.D., David R. Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
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“The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk
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“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
