Resources

Amanda Zaidman, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Owner of Constructive Parenting, PLLC.*

Specializes in ages 3-18 and parents of ages 0-18 with focus on adoption, anxiety, anger management, and parenting advice/support

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704.413.3323

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Kandace Andrews, LCMHC

Play Therapist, Child Therapist, Parenting-Certified Adoption-Competent Therapist at Village Counseling, PLLC

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*Specializes in ages 3-17 with focus on trauma, attachment, depression, anxiety, adoption

704.360.0346

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Rebekah Talley, MSW, LCSW, RPT

Owner of Zola Counseling, Child Specialist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Child Parent Relationship Therapy Practitioner

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*Specializes in ages 5-12 as well as parenting support birth+ with a focus on trauma, attachment, adoption, parenting and mood dysregulation

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980.428.6195

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Renee Johnson, LCMHC

Play Therapist, Child Therapist, Parent-Certified Adoption-Competent Therapist @ Davidson Family Therapy

336.209.2884

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Adoption Learning Partners

Adoption Learning Partners offers meaningful, timely, web-based educational adoption resources for professionals, parents, adopted individuals, and the families that love them.

Creating A Family  

Creating a Family is nonprofit providing unbiased, accurate education and support for infertility or adoption based in North Carolina.  It offers a weekly radio show, newsletter and blog.

Center for Adoption Support and Education  

C.A.S.E. is a trusted national and international resource on adoptive life for families, communities and professionals. C.A.S.E. offers counseling, professional training, education, family forums, public awareness and advocacy programs and publications and multimedia resources.

Adoptive Families Magazine

Adoptive Families, the award-winning, national adoption magazine, is the leading adoption information source for families before, during and after adoption.

Huffington Post

The Huffington Post has a lot of great stories and featured blogs on adoption.

20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed

by Sherrie Eldridge

20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

by Sherrie Eldridge

Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming Our Families

by Adam Pertman

The Body Keeps the Score: The Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

The Connected Child

By Karyn B. Purvis and David R. Cross

Parenting the Hurt Child

By Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky

Raising Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adopted Parent

by Lois Ruskai Melina

Triangle Adoption Services

The Complete Adoption Book: Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child

By Laura Beauvais-Godwin

The Open-hearted Way to Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole

By Lori Holden

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

The Dave Thomas Foundation provides education and support to increase the number of adoptions from the foster care system.

Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services

Mecklenburg County DSS is the county department that handles adoption from the North Carolina foster care system.

Adopt US Kids

Adopt US Kids offers an extensive database of children in U.S. foster care available for adoption and families who are home studied and approved to adopt them.

Foster Village Charlotte

Foster Village creates connection with dignity for children and families experiencing foster care by meeting urgent needs, providing educational and emotional support, and advocating as a collective community voice for children.  We are so fortunate to have them serving our Charlotte community.

Hopscotch Adoptions

Hopscotch Adoptions, Inc. is a non-profit, Hague accredited placing agency based in High Point, NC and licensed to serve the entire State of North Carolina.

Rainbow Kids

The internet's central location for information on international adoptions, special needs adoption, adoption articles and waiting child photolistings.

Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together through the Teen Years

By Patti Cogan

Toddler Adoption: The Weavers Craft

By Lori Holden

Pact

Serving adopted children of color by providing not only adoptive placement but lifelong education, support, and community for adoptees and their families on matters of adoption and race.

Cross-Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions from Family, Friends and Community

by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz

The Interracial Adoption Option: Creating a Family Across Race

by Marlene Fine

Inside Transracial Adoption: Strength-based, Culture-sensitizing Parenting Strategies for Inter-country or Domestic Adoptive Families That Don't "Match"

By Gail Steinberg

Adoption is a Family Affair

by Jessica Kingsley Pub

In On It

by Elisabeth O'Toole

You Weren't with Me

by Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Erich Ippen Jr.

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

by Jaime Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell