2. The Foster-to-Adopt Journey

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English - October 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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We welcome back cousin Natalie to discuss her journey to adopting her 4 babies. She discusses the foster care system, how the adoption process works, white privilege and the white savior complex as it relates to adopting children of a different race or ethnicity, relationship changes with her husband and more!

Research Studies Mentioned in this podcast:
1. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis-2017, Vol. 6, No. 3, 36-54
"The White Savior Industrial Complex: A Cultural Studies Analysis of a Teacher Educator, Savior Film, and Future Teachers" by Brittany A. Aronson*
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=jctp

2. Journal of Affective Disorders-115 (2009) 62–68
"Post-adoption depression among adoptive mothers"
Yehuda Senecky, Hanoch Agassi, Dov Inbar, Netta Horesh, Gary Diamond,
Yoav S. Bergman, Alan Apter.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.183.2800&rep=rep1&type=pdf

3. "Supporting SpecialNeeds Adoptive Couples: Assessing an Intervention to Enhance Forgiveness, Increase Marital Satisfaction, and Prevent Depression" by Thomas W. Baskin,
Margaret Rhody, Shannon Schoolmeesters, and Colleen Ellingson.
https://www.apa.org/education/ce/adoptive-couples.pdf