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A Guide to Adopting from Australia, plus personal stories that will inspire you


''I remember how excited we felt attending our first adoption information evening. This was the beginning of what was to become the most important event of our lives.''
- Anthea and Craig's story Chapter 8

Intercountry adoption has become the most common form of adoption in Australia. This topical book looks not only at the processes involved in adopting a child from other countries into Australian families but also includes the findings of the largest survey of adoptive parents in Australia. The information they share with us and their personal experiences are heart-warming, inspiring and sometimes confronting.

This book also provides useful tips and coping strategies for managing change for both the parents and children of adoptive families who may be experiencing problems.

This book discusses post-adoption experiences and issues. It highlights the critical role that adoptive parent support groups such as ASIAC have in helping families with information, research, links to professionals and other families, to provide them with the best chance of making the adoption experience a fulfilling one.''

Adopting Overseas offers both expert advice and personal accounts on how best to manage a range of issues that some adoptive families will face such as;

- Why choose intercountry adoption?

- The assessment process and reasons why it can be a lengthy and stressful process

- Will our child attach to us?

- Settling and tantrums

- Anxiety about being abandoned

- Health issues such as skin, teeth, delayed growth and motor development

- Behavioural/Psychological issues

- Finding out about your child's background and keeping the birth culture alive

- Racism

This book is the first comprehensive account of adopting from overseas from Australia with tips on travel, health and child care, through the advice of other adoptive parents and experts.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lucy Burns RN, MPH, PhD has a background in public health policy and epidemiology and is a Lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. She has published internationally in the area of drugs, mental health and pregnancy and has a strong interest in the areas of adoption and child development. As a parent of two children adopted from overseas, Lucy found there was very little information or support available, especially after returning from overseas with her children. She became strongly involved in the adoptive parent support group (ASIAC NSW)
and became president for three years. She is married to Paul and is the proud mother of two children adopted from Thailand, Tatch 13 and Bee 9 years old.






Ailsa Burns PhD is an Honorary Associate in the Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, with a longstanding research interest and international profile in examining the changing nature of families in Australia. She has written many articles and books in the area of child development and the impact of changes in family structure on children. She is also Tatch, Bee, Max and Cam's much loved `Gramma'.

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