Adoptive Family
Support Resources

The following is to offer support to those who have adopted:

Cleveland Adoption Network:
Cleveland holds various seminars & support groups for all members of the adoption triad. They hold meetings on both the East and West sides of Cleveland. Please contact them at (216) 325-1000 for specific dates and locations.

Columbus Parenthesis Family Advocates:
The monthly support group meets the third Saturday at 7PM.

• The Facilitator is Barb VanSlyck
• For information about the group please call
  614-459-2833
• Address for the main office is:
  
  4480 Refugee Rd. Suite 300
  Columbus, OH 43232
  614-751-9112

Adoption Websites:
Adoption Book Catalog
AdoptionNetwork.org
InfantAdopt.org
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
North American Council for Adoptable Children
Concern for Children
American Adoptions
RESOLVE of Ohio

Adoption Literature Resources:

• Rogers, Fred. Mr. Rogers-Let’s Talk About It: Adoption. 1995. Mr. Rogers confronts, with sensitivity and insight, the questions children have about being adopted.
• Walvoord Girard, Linda. Adoption Is For Always. 1986 This is a comforting book for children to understand about a birthparent's decision to make an adoption plan.
• Miller, Kathryn. Did My First Mother Love Me? 1994. This book helps to reassure younger children that their birthmother did indeed love them and want the best for them.
• Krementz, Jill. How It Feels To Be Adopted. 1982. These young people explain, from an adolescent point of view, both the good and the bad sides about being adopted.
• Van Gulden, Holly & Bartels-Rabb, Lisa M. Real Parents, Real Children. 1993. Real Parents, Real Children offers insight into how adopted children commonly think and feel about being adopted.

For more books about adoption as the ones listed above, visit Tapestry Books at www.tapestrybooks.com.