Googling “adoption” generates literally over a billion results, from adoption agencies, to resources for pre- and post-adoptive parents, to information on how to adopt a pet. To help you make sense of this overwhelming mass of information, here is a selected list of some of our favorite resources for adoptees and adoptive families. 

Please note: This list does NOT include adoption agencies or other organizations intended to help people adopt. It does, however, include resources that can help prospective adoptive parents prepare for parenting.

If there are any resources (organizations, websites, books, films, etc.) that you have found particularly helpful, please let us know! 

    • C.A.S.E.: The Center for Adoption Support and Education
      • C.A.S.E. offers mental health services and educational resources for all members of the adoption and foster community, including children, teens, families, and the professionals who support them. C.A.S.E.’s website includes a wealth of resources for adoptive parents and families and for professionals. 
    • Pact, An Adoption Aliance 
      • Pact focuses on services for adopted children of color, including lifelong education, support, and community for adoptees and their families on matters of adoption and race. The Pact website includes resources for adoptees and adoptive parents, as well as an extensive library of articles written by Pact on a wide variety of subjects.
    • National Center for Adoption and Permanency
      • NCAP provides information, resources, consultations, and multidisciplinary services relating to adoption, foster care, and child welfare. Its website provides links to a broad range of resources for members of adoptive families and for all those who work with and advocate for adoptive and foster families. 
    • Donaldson Adoption Institute
      • For over a decade, the DAI served as the premier adoption research, education, and advocacy organization. Although it is now closed, its website still houses its complete collection of original research, as well as education resources regarding openness in adoption. 
    • Child Welfare Information Gateway
      • The Child Welfare Information Gateway is exactly that – a gateway to tremendous resources (both its own publications and an extensive library of research by others) regarding child welfare. Adoptees, adoptive parents, and foster parents will all find a wealth of useful information.

    • Pact, An Adoption Alliance
      • Pact focuses on services for adopted children of color. Its online store includes a carefully curated assortment of books for adoptees of various ages, as well as for adoptive parents on adoption, parenting, race, and transracial and transnational adoption. 
    • Tapestry Books
      • Tapestry Books is an online bookstore focusing on adoption, with books for children and adults on a wide variety of topics. While we wouldn’t endorse every book in the store, it is a go-to site for resources on adoption for adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption professionals
    • American Adoption Congress
      • AAC’s educational resources are geared for all members of the adoption triad, adoption professionals, foster care, and assisted reproduction. It maintains a useful list of recommended reading. 

    • Adoption at the Movies
      • Adoption at the Movies is a website written by a foster care adoption social worker. The site contains reviews of movies, giving an overview of the film’s adoption connection, its strong points, challenges it might pose for adoptees, and questions for discussion.
    • Harlow’s Monkey
      • Harlow’s Monkey, a website and blog about transracial and intercountry adoption by a Korean adoptee, maintains an annotated list of films about adoption, many created by adoptees.
    • American Adoption Congress  
      • AAC, an educational organization for all members of the adoption triad, adoption professionals, foster care, and assisted reproduction, maintains a list of recommended films.

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