Resources
Looking for even more information about adoption? We’ve got you covered. We compiled some of our favorite websites, books, blogs and organizations — sorted by topic — to help you navigate your adoption journey. Consider it an extension of the Adoption Support Alliance community — friends of friends who are here for you, no matter what you need.
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Clinical Resources
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
704.413.3323
Kandace Andrews, LCMHC
Play Therapist, Child Therapist, Parenting-Certified Adoption-Competent Therapist at Village Counseling, PLLC
*Specializes in ages 3-17 with focus on trauma, attachment, depression, anxiety, adoption
704.360.0346
Rebekah Talley, MSW, LCSW, RPT
Owner of Zola Counseling, Child Specialist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Child Parent Relationship Therapy Practitioner
*Specializes in ages 5-12 as well as parenting support birth+ with a focus on trauma, attachment, adoption, parenting and mood dysregulation
980.428.6195
Renee Johnson, LCMHC
Play Therapist, Child Therapist, Parent-Certified Adoption-Competent Therapist @ Davidson Family Therapy
336.209.2884
Adoption-Competent Therapists
General Adoption
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.
Online Resources
Books
by Sherrie Eldridge
by Sherrie Eldridge
By Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
By Karyn B. Purvis and David R. Cross
By Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky
by Lois Ruskai Melina
Domestic Adoption
Triangle Adoption Services is a licensed adoption agency specializing in adoptive home study and post-adoption services to families residing in North Carolina. The goal of Triangle Adoption Services is to ensure forever homes for children in need of parents through assessment, support and preparation of families who have the desire to grow through adoption.
Online Resources
By Laura Beauvais-Godwin
Books
Adoption from Foster Care
The Dave Thomas Foundation provides education and support to increase the number of adoptions from the foster care system.
Mecklenburg County DSS is the county department that handles adoption from the North Carolina foster care system.
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 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.
Online Resources
International Adoption
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.
The internet's central location for information on international adoptions, special needs adoption, adoption articles and waiting child photolistings.
Online Resources
Books
Transracial Adoption
Online Resources
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.
Online Resources
Books
Books
Books
by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz
by Marlene Fine
Extended Family Members & Friends
Books
Board Books
by Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Erich Ippen Jr.
by Marion Dane Bauer and John Butler
My Family is Forever
by Nancy Carlson
Star of the Week
by Darlene Friedman
We're All Not the Same, But We're Still Family
by Theresa Fraser and Eric E W Fraser
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
by Jaime Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
My Fairy Birthmother
by Avery Hunter and Mary Huron Hunter
Megan's Birthday Tree
by Laurie Lears and Bill Farnsworth
Children's Books
We Belong Together
by Todd Parr