Adoption Identity Race Exploration (AIRE)
AIRE was created out of the need for an inclusive space for BIPOC adoptees (of all genders, identities, and experiences) to build and collaborate. AIRE…
Resource Category: Community Connection
Asian Girls Ignite
This nonprofit organization provides educational programs for AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) youth who want to celebrate their individual and collective power.
Adoption.com: Spouse of adoptee issues/support
This forum is dedicated to supporting spouses of adoptees. It addresses attachment issues, self-blaming, and trust and commitment issues. These perspectives are not universally true…
Adoption.com: “Confessions of an Adoptee’s Dating Life”
This blog article gives an adoptee’s perspective on how adoptees handle dating, attachment styles, and feelings. This resource might help adoptees explain how their identity…
Colorado Marriage Retreats: “Do People Who Are Adopted Have Trouble Loving?”
This article answers whether adoptees have trouble with trust, intimacy, and attachment in romantic relationships. The author is the partner of an adoptee and a…
American Adoptions: “Your Adoption Relationships”
This is a beginner-friendly resource for adoptees who want to understand how adoption affects their relationships. The webpage features guides about friends, birth family searches,…
Adoptee Restoration: “Adoptees and Trust Issues with Spouses and Significant Others”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences about how she overcame trust issues with her spouse. The center of the story is about how she…
GLADNEY Center for Adoption: “What Do Adoptees Wish People Knew about Them?”
This is a brief article that explains some things that adoptees would like others to know about them. It describes how adoptees are similar to…
Psychology Today: “Adult Adoptees in Relationships: Eleven Red Flags to Avoid Future Abandonment”
This article is about the red flags that adoptees should avoid when searching for a partner. Every adoptee and partnership is different, so this article…
Considering Adoption: “Adopted Adults and Relationships – How Are They Affected?”
This article explains how people’s relationships are affected if they’re adopted. It explains how adoptees often fear rejection, abandonment, and change or have low self-esteem.…
Adoptee Restoration: “Trusting & Fully Loving Your Spouse or Significant Other (10 Important Choices adoptees Can Make)”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences with creating trust and love with her spouse. She lists ten choices that adoptees can make in their…
Adoption Reconnect
The Adoption Reconnect Facebook page focuses on partners of adoptees. It validates their feelings, examines adoptees’ feelings, and explains how to care for their adoptee…
Transfiguring Adoption: “A Spouse’s Love for an Adoptee”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences and perspective about what it’s like to be the spouse of an adoptee. He empathizes with his wife’s…
Adopt a Love Story: “10 Needs Adoptees Want You to Know About”
This article explains some of the overlooked parts of being adopted that adoptees want others to know about. It explains how adoption is a lifelong…
Adopt A New Beginning: “Support Groups for Adoptive Families”
The Support for Adoptive Families, Birth Families, and Adoptees is part of the New Beginning community. This community provides many kinds of support groups, including…
NACAC: “The Value of Adoption Groups: Supporting Parents, Supporting Kids, Supporting Families”
An article explaining the role a support group can play in the lives of adopted children and their families. The article also explains how support…
NACAC: Find a Parent Group
This organization has a search directory that allows users to filter through countless adoption support groups in North America. There are many support group categories,…
Heart of Adoptions, Incorporated: Support Groups
Heart of Adoptions is a private adoption agency. They offer a list of various support groups, and descriptions and contact information for each group. There…
Adoption Support Alliance: Connection Groups
This alliance brings adoptive families together in North Carolina. They offer three types of groups: therapist-led, community-led, and a mix of support and education (“support-ucation”).…
Adoption Network: “How to Find Support Groups for Adoptive Parents”
This article explains the benefits of parent support groups for parents of adoptees. It discusses single parents’ and couples’ challenges and provides some resources for…
Capital Adoptive Families Alliance (CAFA): Support Groups
This alliance explains the importance of support groups and provides information about their own support group. CAFA’s support group offers general support to parents and…
Adoption Family Support Network (AFSN): Post Adoption Support
This network gives adoptive parents a community of people to share experiences and answers about adoption. They have a list of support groups for parents…
Gladney Center for Adoption: Adoption Forums
This is an online forum containing numerous threads about adoption. Categories include adoptive parents, foster care, special needs, adult adoptees, and more. Each category contains…
