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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 221429" data-attributes="member: 59"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070320093057/http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_show.htm?doc_id=77452" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070320093057/http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_show.htm?doc_id=77452</a></p><p></p><p>"One review of the literature on adoption disruption suggests that this is a reflection of the concentration in the pre-1970 research on placements of very young, nonhandicapped, white children. Of such adoptions, only 1.9&#37; disrupted.14 More recently, with the emphasis on placement of children with special needs (as discussed below), higher rates of disruption are reported, ranging widely from 3% to 53% depending on the group being studied and the calculating techniques being used.14,15 "Current estimates indicate that approximately 10% to 13% of all adoptive placements disrupt."16 Placements of older children and children with records of more previous placements and longer stays in the foster system are more likely to disrupt."14</p><p></p><p>While there are many many successful adoptions it does no one any good to hide the fact that a very disproportionate percentage of adopted children are in the mental health facilities, jail facilities, foster care systems, etc. We love our difficult child with all our heart and cannot imagine loving her any more if she were our biological child. That said, I wish I had known some of the problems we would be facing.</p><p></p><p>I can only go by my experience and the many many people I have networked with over the years who have adopted. Our stories are not the exception.</p><p></p><p>Irregardless, adoptions will go on as they have in the past. There is no shortage of parents for infant adoptions in this country, which is the type of adoption that the story refers to. There are a lot of flaws in that study and it is only recently that any attention has been given to infant adoptions.</p><p></p><p>It's also important to understand that an adoption disruption is different than an adoption dissolution. A disruption occurs before the adoption is legalized where a dissolution occurs after the adoption is legalized. AND most adoptive parents do not dissolve their adoption, they go through years and years of seaking help through unresponsive agencies, unexperienced therapists, and unsympathetic community members. In the end they stick it out after they have exhausted their savings and compromised the health of themselves and other members in the family. Noone hears about them. They don't make the studies. If disruption is the standard by which we judge successful adoptions, that is very misleading.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 221429, member: 59"] [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20070320093057/http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_show.htm?doc_id=77452[/url] "One review of the literature on adoption disruption suggests that this is a reflection of the concentration in the pre-1970 research on placements of very young, nonhandicapped, white children. Of such adoptions, only 1.9% disrupted.14 More recently, with the emphasis on placement of children with special needs (as discussed below), higher rates of disruption are reported, ranging widely from 3% to 53% depending on the group being studied and the calculating techniques being used.14,15 "Current estimates indicate that approximately 10% to 13% of all adoptive placements disrupt."16 Placements of older children and children with records of more previous placements and longer stays in the foster system are more likely to disrupt."14 While there are many many successful adoptions it does no one any good to hide the fact that a very disproportionate percentage of adopted children are in the mental health facilities, jail facilities, foster care systems, etc. We love our difficult child with all our heart and cannot imagine loving her any more if she were our biological child. That said, I wish I had known some of the problems we would be facing. I can only go by my experience and the many many people I have networked with over the years who have adopted. Our stories are not the exception. Irregardless, adoptions will go on as they have in the past. There is no shortage of parents for infant adoptions in this country, which is the type of adoption that the story refers to. There are a lot of flaws in that study and it is only recently that any attention has been given to infant adoptions. It's also important to understand that an adoption disruption is different than an adoption dissolution. A disruption occurs before the adoption is legalized where a dissolution occurs after the adoption is legalized. AND most adoptive parents do not dissolve their adoption, they go through years and years of seaking help through unresponsive agencies, unexperienced therapists, and unsympathetic community members. In the end they stick it out after they have exhausted their savings and compromised the health of themselves and other members in the family. Noone hears about them. They don't make the studies. If disruption is the standard by which we judge successful adoptions, that is very misleading. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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