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The Foster-to-Adopt Journey
Crazy Normal
English - October 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsParenting Kids & Family parenthood motherhood fatherhood pregnancy postpartum perinatal mood disorders adoption trauma identity relationships Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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