Children: Development, Families, Adoption, Fertility; Sites <I>for</I> Children

Children: how to get them

Adoption

National Adoption Center
North American Council on Adoptable Children
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law
davethomasfoundationforadoption.org
adoption.about.com
Adoption @Yahoo
adoption.com
adoption.org
www.rainbowkids.org
Adoptive Families Magazine
Inter-Agency Adoption Coalition
helpingkidscope.org Adoption fee subsidies for homestudy-ready prospective parents
@ Adoption ComeUnity
US State Department: Adoption travel

Interntional Adoption
Joint Council on international children's services- largest affiliation of licensed, nonprofit international adoption agencies, parent groups, advocacy organizations, and individuals who have an interest in inter-country adoption
International Adoption Alliance
State of TN Dept. of Children's Services: "Center for Adoption"
US Immigration and Naturalization Service
Assistant Stork
Chao Ban! Newsletter for Families with Children Adopted from Vietnam
Vietnam Adoption
Families with Children from China
Eastern European Adoption Coalition

Disability/Illness
aidskids.org

Older Children/Siblings
Older Child Adoption Online Magazine

Older Adoptive Parents (and "adoptive" grandparents)

Interracial Adoption

Adoption Expenses

Adoption Resource Exchange for Single Parents
National Council for Single Adoptive Parents
adoptionattorneys.org
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
International Concerns for Children
International Soundex Reunion Registry
National Council for Adoption
National Foster Parent Association
Open Door Society of Massachusetts
PACT
Adopt America Network
Children Awaiting Parents
Families for Private Adoption
Jewish Children's Adoption Network
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange
Hands Around the World
Joint Council on International Children's Services
The TIES Program
Latin America Parents Assocition
Latin American Adoptive Families
Families with Children from China
Half the Sky Foundation
Connections
IChild
National CASA Association
RESOLVE, Inc.
Rosie Adoptions
National Association of Single Mothers, Inc.
A Cup of Joy - New Beginnings
Resources
Making Lemonade: The Single Parent Network
Single Parent Central - the home of guerrilla single parenting
Single Parents World
singleparents.about.com
Parents without Partners
THe International Adoption Clinic
The Attachment Center at Evergreen
Children's Institute/Project Star
Developmental Delay Registry
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
National Information Center on Deafness
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
Raising Adopted Children
Adoption/Medical News
Adoption Medical Articles on the Internet by Dr. Jerri Jenista
April/May 2001 issue, Vol. VII, Nos. 4-5: "Preparation for Travel Adoption Abroad" by Dr. Jane Aronson. 8 p pdf
American Academy of Pediatrics, Provisional Section on Adoption
Adoptive Families
Chosen Child
International Association of Voluntary Adoption Agencies & NGOs
orphandoctor.com
Roots and Wings
Single Parents
AdoptINFO
Adoption Information Exchange
Adoption Information, Laws and Reforms
AdoptioNetwork
AdoptionOnline.com
Adoption Online Connection
Adoption Policy Resource Center
AdoptionQuest
The Adoption Search
Adoption WebRing
Family Helper
Hannah and Her Mama
Homes for Kids
Intercountry Adoption Registry (ICAR)
International Adoption Alliance
International Adoption Assistance
Interracial Adoption
Precious in HIS Sight
Single African American Father's Exchange
Single Parent Adoption Network - SPAN
"A Single-Parent Adoption," by Beth Waggenspack
olderchildadoption.com
Spirit of Adoption - America World Adoption Association
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Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders

Child development

AskDrSears.com
Stanley Greenspan: "floor time," etc.
Parenting.com
National Child Care Information Exchange Child Care Topics
Literacy
Infants & Toddlers
Brain Development
NAEYC
Early Childhood Research and Practice
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
I Am Your Child
Zero to Three
Child Development Institute

Constructivism: the child constructs his own thought-world

Lave: situated learning
TIP's outline on reading
Jerome Bruner
Jean Piaget
Albert Bandura
http://fates.cns.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/bandura.htm
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Lev Vygotsky: Social Constructivism & scaffolding the "zone of proximal development"

Learning/ECE/Childcare-oriented/specific development information

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