Child Mind Institute: “Trauma & Grief”
This webpage features countless articles about the basics of recognizing and addressing trauma in children. It includes topics like the effects, causes, and treatments of…
Resource Tag: Medical Needs
Nursing License Map with edX: “Anti-Racism Resources for Students and Professionals in Healthcare”
This article explores the history of mistreatment and discrimination in healthcare that puts people of color at a disadvantage. It also discusses the changes that…
The Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn GSE
REC is a research, program development, and training center that brings people together to promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods. They offer…
The Association of Black Psychologists, Inc.
This association was formed in 1968 by Black psychologists hoping to serve the Black-American community. Their goal was to support the mental health of the…
Cerebral Palsy Guide
This resource provides educational materials, financial resources, and support options for families affected by cerebral palsy and other birth injuries. This page discusses therapies, medications,…
Mesothelioma Hope
Mesothelioma Hope has long provided free mesothelioma resources about cancer treatments, specialists, financial assistance, and more. This page particularly focuses on helping families discuss cancer…
23andMe
23&Me is a popular genetic testing service and using this service is a good start for adoptees on their birth family search journey. Their website…
Ancestry DNA
Ancestry DNA is a popular genealogy company. They offer clear-cut historical insights, rich geographic details, connect you to the places in the world where your…
FamilyTreeDNA
This is a well-known genetic testing company and is a division of Gene by Gene. It was founded in 2000 and pioneered the field of…
MyHeritage
MyHeritage is another popular genealogy platform. They search for people whose DNA matches users. Their technology reveals the percentage of DNA you share with your…
WeGene
WeGene is a Chinese DNA company. Their Personal Genome Service test generates genetic health risk reports using qualitative genotyping to detect select clinically relevant variants…
Journey Across Forever – China Birth Parent Search Group
Journey Across Forever is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents with children from China who are searching for birth parents, foster parents, finders, etc.…
China DNA
China DNA is a public Facebook group that assists with DNA analysis to help adoptees connect to their Chinese ancestry, genealogy, and heritage.
Talkspace: “The History of the LGBTQ Community and Mental Health Treatment”
This article is for anybody seeking information about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and mental health treatment. It briefly explains LGBTQ+ history, classification of…
LGBT National Help Center: LGBT National Youth Talkline
The LGBT National Youth Talkline is for LGBT youth (age 25 and younger) who need free and confidential peer support. Their webpage features their Talkline,…
HRC: “How HIV Impacts LGBTQ People”
This article explains how HIV affects the LGBTQ+ community. It provides an overview of what HIV is, how LGBTQ+ discrimination relates to HIV, campaign funding,…
National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
These services are available to everybody in the queer community. This coalition is improves the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals through federal and local…
Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY)
This all-volunteer community organization was founded in 1990 to empower queer Asian and Pacific Islanders. They provide various programs and collaborate with other organizations to…
QMUNITY
This organization offers ten counseling sessions at a reduced cost and free sessions are available to people who cannot afford the fee. Services are available…
Massachusetts Asian + Pacific Islanders for Health (MAP)
This organization offers a safe space where API LGBTQ+ youth (ages 16-25) can unite to find support and make friends. They have drop-in centers, peer…
American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU serves the queer community and their allies. This organization advocates for equality and has a long history of providing legal defense for the…
Stand with Trans
Stand With Trans supports youth (who are transitioning) and their families. This organization serves the transgender community by empowering trans youth through LGBTQ+ affirming therapy,…
John Hopkins Medicine: Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
This office specializes in serving patients and families who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. The webpage offers medical resources for patients, families, students, staff,…
University of Michigan Center for Sexuality & Health Disparities: “All About Gender”
This guide will benefit parents who have transgender, questioning, gender expansive, gender nonconforming, or non-binary child. The guide explains gender terms, answers FAQs, explains transitioning,…
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents”
This academic journal article explains how pediatric providers are ensuring comprehensive care for LGBTQ+ patients. It reviews the ways to improve health care access and…
NYU Langone Health: NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) is based in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity. Its services research and evaluate…
Asian & Pacific Island American Health Forum (APIAHF)
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s services benefit the health of the AAPI community. The APIAHF supports the health of the community by…
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
NAPAFASA serves and works with AAPI communities on initiatives addressing behavioral health within each community. It’s a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to mental…
AA & NH/PI Health Central Directory
This directory is a great tool for AAPI members who want more information about mental health. Users can search by region, AANHPI subgroup, and focus.…
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS)
ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of the AAPI and other underserved communities – including immigrants and refugees. They develop, provide, and…
Korean American Wellness Association (KAWA)
KAWA offers services for Korean Americans. Users can search in directories for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and psychotherapists. Within each directory, users can search by keywords…
HealthRIGHT 360
This organization offers primary medical care, mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, dental services, and more. They have an Asian American specific program in…
Asian Health Services
AHS is a healthcare provider that offers a complete range of medical, dental, and mental health services. Asian Health Service (AHS)’s mission is to serve…
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers (APCTC)
APCTC was established to meet the unique needs of AAPI immigrants and refugees. Their services are available to all ages of the AAPI community in…
Unmute
This organization emphasizes serving traditionally muted or marginalized communities and destigmatizing mental health. In its search directory, users can search by state and insurance provider.…
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption
This is an illustrated memoir by a Swedish-Korean adoptee about her life as an adoptee. The author (Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom) explores her feelings related to…
Adoption Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology)
This is an annotated bibliography that covers adoption literature published from 1990 to 1991 suitable for children and young adults. There are 503 titles in…
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents
This is a comprehensive guide for adoptive parents on how to care for adopted children and promote healthy attachment. It explains what attachment is, how…
The Primal Wound
This book clarifies the effects of separating babies from their birth mothers as a primal loss, affecting the relationships of the adopted person throughout life.…
Wayfinder Family Services
This organization provides individualized support and services to children, youth and, adults who have special needs or have been in foster care. They strive to…
Family Resource Center on Disabilities: “Scholarships”
This center features a list of scholarships that are available for people with disabilities and come from foundations, organizations, or a broad range of other…
College Consensus: “35 Scholarships for Students with Disabilities”
This is a list of 35 scholarships for students with disabilities. Applicants need proof of a disability before they can find scholarships, financial aid, or…
Scholarships360: “Top 75 Scholarships for Disabled Students in September 2023”
This is a list of 79 scholarships for disabled students that are available in 2023. The majority are college related. The descriptions include the title,…
Scholarships.com: Disability Scholarships
This article gives a brief history of the Americans with Disabilities and details about scholarships. The site includes the scholarships’ name, deadline, amount, and description.
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…
NCFA: “A Guide to Adoption Subsidies and Assistance for Adoptive Parents”
This article discusses subsidies that provide additional support for adoptees and their families. It explains what they are, which entities provides them, who is eligible,…
Child Welfare Information Gateway: “Adoption and Guardianship Assistance by State”
This article answers the question: “Does your State provide additional finances or services for medical or therapeutic needs not covered under your State medical plan…
The Special Needs Parent Handbook – 2nd Edition
This book provides practical advice for parents of children with special needs and disabilities. It discusses hiring babysitters and free respite help, finding the best…
Wrightslaw Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
This is a directory for resources for kids with disabilities across the United States. It lists consultants, psychologists, tutors, therapists, coaches, and other professionals who…
Child Welfare Information Gateway: “Parenting Your Child With Developmental Delays and Disabilities”
A brief overview on how to identify a disability in a child, the first steps parents can take to address their child’s needs, and parenting…
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
This center is dedicated to providing parents of children with disabilities with information, training, and assistance. Their resource page features many websites and tools for…
Supportiv: “Mental Health Resources For Disabled People”
This is an ever-growing menu of free resources and ideas for maintaining health with a disability. It discusses insurance, therapy, government programs, and nature programs…
Utah’s Adoption Connection: Children with Special Needs
This digital lending library allows prospective adoptive families, foster parents, and adoptive parents to rent books for free. Users can check out up to three…
Gladney Center for Adoption: “How We Decided Which Special Needs Boxes to Check on Our Preference Checklist”
This article by an adoptive mother discusses the considerations that go into the preference checklist adoptive parents must complete. She offers advice about how to…
RainbowKids: “Special Needs in Children”
This adoption advocacy website is a resource for families considering special needs adoption. It has information about special needs, adoption agencies and professionals, hosting, and…
Medical Home Portal: “Adoption of Children with Special Needs”
An article covering general preparation advice for parents adopting a child with special needs. It discusses adoption of children with special needs, getting ready for…
Gladney Center for Adoption: “Special Needs Adoption Guide: What you need to know when considering special needs adoption”
An article explaining what parents need to know regarding special needs adoption. It clarifies special needs adoption, the medical conditions checklist, file reviews, setting up…
U.S. Department of State-Bureau of Consular Affairs: “Health Considerations”
An article about the differences between convention requirements (which normally have an Article 16 requirement) and non-convention requirements. It also explains the expectations for accredited…
CDC: “International Adoption”
An article on vaccinations and disease for parents adopting internationally. It gives recommendations and information for pre-adoption procedures, overseas medical examination processes, vaccinations, finding a…
lowcosthealthinsurance.com: “Will my health insurance cover an adopted child?”
This article explains how health insurance works with adopted children. It mentions that while most insurance plans covering biological children must also cover adopted children,…
U.S. Department of Labor: “Protections for Newborns, Adopted Children, and New Parents…The Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act of 1996”
An article on protections for newborns, adopted children, and new parents in the context of a health protection act passed in 1996. It explains how…
Gladney Center for Adoption: “Adopting a Child With Special Needs and Disabilities”
This article discusses considerations for prospective parents when adopting a child with special needs or disabilities. It explains how to understanding children with special needs,…
Love Without Boundaries: “Adopting a Child With Special Needs”
This organization provides reference information for common special needs, including craniofacial conditions, digestive system conditions, infectious diseases, and more. There’s also a family stories page,…
No Hands But Ours
This organization focuses on waiting children in China with medical needs. They have resources for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents, and about special needs. It…
