Lecture on Adoption by Paul Sunderland
An introduction to the inherent trauma in being relinquished
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Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency
Article on the impact of adoption on adoptees
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Relinquishment Trauma: The Forgotten Trauma
Information on relinquishment trauma (aka adoption trauma, adoptee birth trauma, adoption separation trauma, primal wound) and how it impacts the way an adoptee views and interacts with their world.
read the article
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Adoption Knowledge Affiliates @adoptionknowledgeafficiates
Austin-based organization which provides support to all those in the adoption constellation and a yearly conference on adoption.Adoptees Unite
@Adoptees.uniteNavigating Adoption
@navigating_adoptionI Am Adoptee
@iamadopteeAdoptee Bridge
@adopteebridgeAdoption Mosaic
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Dear Adoption
www.dearadoption.comAdoptees On (podcast)
www.adopteeson.comLiz Latty
www.liz-latty.comThe Lost Daughters:
www.thelostdaughters.comOnly Black Girl
www.onlyblackgirl.comHarlow’s Monkey
www.harlows-monkey.comThe Declassified Adoptee
www.declassifiedadoptee.comDiary of a Not-So-Angry Asian Adoptee
www.diaryofanotsoangryasianadoptee.comThe Janchi Show
@jachishowAdoptees Born in China
@adopteesborninchinapodcastSomewhere Between
@somewherebetween.famThriving Adoptees (podcast)
www.thrivingadoptees.comThe Adoptee Next Door (podcast)
www.angelatucker.comAdoptees Dish (podcast)
adopteesdishpodcastAnne Heffron
www.anneheffron.comBeyond Words Psychological Services
www.growbeyondwords.com/BlogBorn in June Raised in April
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Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness Betty Jean Lifton (1995)
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self David Brodzinski (1993)
The Primal Wound Nancy Newton Verrier (2003)
Coming Home to Self Nancy Newton Verrier (2003)
Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Sharon Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon (2019)
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents & Allies Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard & Lori Holden
The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools Lynn Grubb (2015)
The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal Chaitra Wirta-Leiker (2015)
What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption
Melissa Guida-Richards4 Books by Dave Pelzer:
A Child Called “It“
The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family
The Privilege of Youth
A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and ForgivenessRecycled: A Reluctant Search for True Self Through Nurture, Nature, and Free Will
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden (2023)
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Sherrie Eldridge (1999)Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption Jane Jeong Trenka & Julie Chinyere Oparah (2021)
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness Betty Jean Lifton (1995)
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self David Brodzinski (1993)
The Primal Wound Nancy Newton Verrier (2003)
Coming Home to Self Nancy Newton Verrier (2003)
Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Sharon Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon (2019)
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents & Allies Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard & Lori Holden
The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools Lynn Grubb (2015)
The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal Chaitra Wirta-Leiker (2015)
4 Books by Dave Pelzer:
A Child Called “It“
The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family
The Privilege of Youth
A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and ForgivenessRecycled: A Reluctant Search for True Self Through Nurture, Nature, and Free Will
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden (2023)
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Sherrie Eldridge (1999)
Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption Jane Jeong Trenka & Julie Chinyere Oparah (2021)
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Keegan-Michael Key Talks Adoption, Fear of Abandonment and His 'People-Pleasing Issue’
people.com/tv/keegan-michael-key-reflects-adoption-experience-running-wild-exclusive/“Not My Adoptee!” Yes, Your Adoptee
severancemag.com/not-my-adoptee-yes-your-adopteeI Am Grateful To Be Adopted—and Yet, Adoption Is Still Traumatic
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“What does it mean to have some deep knowledge of who you are, some early memories, conscious or more embodied, that no one can confirm or explain to you?”
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An Affair with My Mother: A Story of Adoption, Secrecy & Love Caitriona Palmer (2016)
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir Nicole Chung (2018)
Austerlitz W.G. Sebald
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate
Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe Lon Jakiela (2015)
Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space Diane Rene Christian
Dear Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Foster Youth Diane Rene Christian & Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman
Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology Diane René Christian, Amanda Transue-Woolston & Rosita González
Forbidden Roots: A Memoir of Late-Discovery Adoption
Inconvenient Daughter Lauren J. Sharkey
The Language of Blood, (2003)
A Long Way Home: A Boy's Incredible Journey from India to Australia & Back Again Saroo Brierly
Three Little Words: A Memoir Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees Elena S. Hall (2018)
Twice A Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
Julie Ryan McGue (2021)Two Hearts: An Adoptee's Journey Through Grief To Gratitude
Linda Hoye (2012)You Don't Look Adopted Anne Heffron (2016)
You Don't Know How Lucky You Are: An Adoptee's Journey Through The American Adoption Experience Rudy Owens (2018)
When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology Shannon Gibney & Nicole Chung
Memoirs of an Adoptee: One Person's DNA Discoveries, Reflections and Insights Craig Harris (2021)
Not Exactly as Planned
Not My White Savior: A Memoir in Poems Julayne Lee
Other Words for Grief Lisa Marie Rollins
Red Dust Road Jackie Kay (2019)
Parallel Universes: The Story of Rebirth David Bohl
Rooted: Memoirs of an Adoptee Lori Williams (2022)
Somebodies Daughter: A Memoir
Spilled Milk K.L. Randis
Split at the Root: A Memoir of Love & Lost Identity Catana Tully
To Be Real Anne Heffron (2022)
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Born Without a Race: The Struggles and Confusion of a Racially Ambiguous Adoptee, and How He Discovered His True Identity
Michael Bauer (2023)Luck Times Two; An Adoption Memoir Lucky Girl
Mei-Ling Hopgood (2009)Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
Susan Devan Harness (2019)Decoding Our Origins: The Lived Experiences of Colombian Adoptees
Abby Forero-HiltyYou Should be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
Angela TuckerFugitive Visions: An Adoptee's Return to Korea In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Rita Simon & Rhonda RoordaLions Roaring Far From Home: Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees
Aselefech Evans
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Motherhood So White Nefertiti Austin
What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices Melissa Guida-Richards & Paula Guida (2021)
Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists Janine Myung Ja, Michael Allen Potter & Allen Vance
American Baby; A Mother, A Child, & the Shadow History of Adoption Gabriel Glaser
Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, & Welfare in the United States Rickie Solinger
Buried Secrets; Living Children Secrecy, Shame, & Sealed Adoption
https://nursingclio.org/2017/10/10/buried-secrets-living-children-secrecy-shame-and-sealed-adoption-records/The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption Kathryn Joyce
The Declassified Adoptee: Essays of an Adoption Activist Amanda Transue-Woolston
Destined for Export Rachel Noland
Finding Our Place: 100 Memorable Adoptees, Fostered Persons & Orphanage Alumni Nikki McCaslin
Finding Fernanda; Two Mothers One Chlid & a Cross-Border Search
Erin SoiegalThe Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade Ann Fessler
Great Arizona Orphan Abduction Linda Gordon
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
AustinChanning BrownKinship by Design; A History of Adoption in the Modern Unites States
Lost Daughters: Writing Adoption From a Place of Empowerment & Peace Amanda Transue-Woolston, Julie Stromberg, Karen Pickell & Jennifer Anastasi
Primary sources on adoption history at the University of Oregon adoption archive. https://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/archi
Relinquished; The Politics of Adoption & the Privilege of American Motherhood
Somebodies Baby; The Politics of Transracial Adoption Laura Briggs
Taking Children; The History of American Terror Laura Briggs
Torn Apart How the Welfare System Destroys Black Families – & How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Two Worlds: The Lost Children of the Indian Adoption Project
Until I Find You Rachel Noland
Wakeup Little Suzie: Single Pregnancy & Race Before Roe vs. Wade Rickie Solenger
Texas Adoptees Loose Access to their Original Birth Certificates
A look at Texas legislation regarding access to original birth certificates. In-Depth Texas
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News and Analysis regarding adoption laws
“When you were young and experienced traumas or attachment injuries, you didn’t have enough body or mind to protect yourself. Your Self couldn’t protect your parts, so your parts lost trust in your Self as the inner leader. They may even have pushed your Self out of your body and took the hit themselves—they believed they had to take over and protect you…”
Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts
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No Bad Parts Dick Schwartz
It Didn’t Start with You Mark Wolynn
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control & Becoming Whole
Dr. Arielle SchwartzMicroaggressions and Traumatic Stress: Theory, Research, & Clinical Treatment Kevin Nadal
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation Dr. Janina Fisher
The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
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Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders Jennifer Gaudiani
Eating in the Light of the Moon Dr. Anita Johnston
Life Without Ed Jenni Schaefer
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Sabrina Strings
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love Sonya Renee Taylor
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch