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Infertility Patients

Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind
Talking to Your Child about their Donor Origins - Judith Kottick, LCSW
Holiday Gifts and the Family Building 2009-2010 - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Surviving Infertility - Joni Mantell, LCSW

Adoption or Donor - Making the Decision - Judy Kotick, LCSW
Living successfully with infertility - Janet Jaffe, Ph.D
Counseling 'incomplete' families (for Professionals)
Making the Transition from infertility to adoption
- Joni Mantell, LCSW

Don't be afraid, it's just Grief - IACCenter Client
Knowing When to Stop Trying - By Janet Jaffe, Ph.D.
Loss is a Four-letter Word - Dr. Karel Kovnat-Adler
Should We Adopt?  Infertile Parents Face Their Options for Parenthood
The Road to Resilience - Dr. Teena Cahill
Notes from Dr. Teena Cahill - Dr. Teena Cahill
Resilience Tips for Your Family Building Journey
IAC Center Client Tips on Handling the Holidays
Groups: The Top Five Benefits & FAQ - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Tips for Surviving Infertility - Joni Mantell, LCSW - Under infertility

Pre-adoption


Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind
Introduction to Post Adopt Agreements in New York
Facebook Makes Adoption Easier
Dear 2005 Me - A must read for pre-adoptive parents

While You Are Waiting to Adopt
Making Space: Clearing the Way for a New Beginning - Liz Lombardi
Adoption Marketing: Thinking Out-Of-The-Box - Lynne Berman
He Said She Said - Michael & Joy Goldstein
An International Adoption Primer - Jane Cramer

"The Orphan Doctor" - The Adoption Pediatrician- Dr. Jane Aronson
Domestic Adoption - An Attorneys Perspective - Robin Fleischner, Esq.

Domestic Adoption - The Path to Adoption - Aaron Britvain, Esq.

"It's not like you are the one having the Baby" - IACCenter Client

Adoption Lifebooks Basics (1/3) - Betsy Scherl

Adoption Lifebooks Photograph & Memorabilia (2/3) - Betsy Scherl

Adoption Lifebooks what to do while waiting (3/3) - Betsy Scherl

How can Acupuncture help? - Mimi Vassilev-Baker

Handling Grief During the Holidays - Susan Loscalzo, MA, LPC

How the Hague Convention... Might affect you - Deborah Spivack, Esq N

The Adoption Tax Credit - IACCenter Client
Loss is a Four-letter Word - Dr. Karel Kovnat-Adler
The Road to Resilience - Dr. Teena Cahill
An Adoptive Dad Speaks about Making the Decision and Becoming a Parent
Resilience Tips for Your Family Building Journey
Why Use an Attorney by Robin Fleischner, Esq.
IAC Center Client Tips on Handling the Holidays
Affording Your Adoption - Joni Mantell, LCSW and Lynne Berman
Creative Ways to Finance Your Adoption - Diane Wilburn
Baby Care - Diane Wilburn
Groups: The Top Five Benefits & FAQ - Joni Mantell, LCSW

Adoptive Families

"The Myth of the Forever Family" Dawn Friedman
 Russian Orphans in U.S.: When Adopted Kids Can't Adapt
Time Magazine article: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny
Time Magazine article: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny

“The Orchid Gene”
Lucky Girl Book Review
Pieces of Me Book Review
Minnesota Texas Adoption Research Project
White Skin on My Hands
Talking to Your Child About Adoption
IAC Center Adoption Topics article Adoption and the Schools
Ten Years After: Reflections on Returning to Guatemala - Sharie Verdu
Transracial Adoption: It will Change Your Family Forever - Carolyn Berger, LCSW
First Mother's Day
First Father's Day
The Backwards Lifebook - Joy Rees
Holiday Gifts and the Family Building 2009-2010 - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Becoming a "Public Family" - Jane Cramer, MSW
The Unlikely Crusader - Parenting through Adoption - Ellen Glazer
Girl's Return to Peru sparks effort to help orphans - CNN
Parenting an adopted child - Interview: editors of "A Love Like no Other"

Adoption and the schools - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Family & Friends & the holidays - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Letter From Korea - Daniel Kearns
Ages and Stages in Adoption:  Implications for Parenting and Family
Adoptive Parents Invest More than Biological Parents in Kids
Personal Identity:  A Core Issue in Identity - Jeremy Robbi, M.A.

Adoption Language - Daniel Lee Kearns
Dr. Aronson's Worldwide Orphan Foundation's newsletters
Beyond Cuisine and Traditional Dress:  Creating True Cultural Connections for Trans-racial adoptees - Ji In
Juno:  Open Adoption, Closed  Communication - Bob Bammon, LCSW
Open Adoption, How Open? - Joni S. Mantell, LCSW
De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized
Sandcastles and Waves by Marni Denenberg, an Adult Adoptee
Not Me by Danny O'Neill, an Adult Adoptee
While You Are Waiting to Adopt by Joni Mantell, LCSW and Lauren Scheiner, LSW
5 Key Adoption issues for Children Ages 6 to 12by Joni Mantell, LCSW
Talking to Younger Adopted Kids about the Financial Crisis by Joni Mantell, LCSW
What to do about Finance While You Wait - Barbara Christie, MBA, CFP
Culinary and Cultural Delights - Mary Ann Post
Groups: The Top Five Benefits & FAQ - Joni Mantell, LCSW
Life Cycle Adoption Issues At A Glance Chart - Joni Mantell, LCSW

Video Clips

Introduction

International Adoption Workshop 2006
Crossing the Bridge as a New Metaphor
When is Enough Enough? Dr. Andrea Braverman
Lifebook Workshop dialogue between Joni Mantell and Carrie Kitze
How to talk to children about adoption in an IAC Center Support Group run by Joni Mantell, LCSW
An Adoptive Dad Speaking about Making the Decision and Becoming a Parent through adoption

Adoption Videos from Crossing the Bridge from Infertility to Adoption

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