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abandonment
abuse
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academic progress
acting out
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adopted-away/adopted-in
"adoptee" v. "adopted person"
Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (ALMA)
adoption
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS)
Adoption and Safe Families Act
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
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adults, adoption of
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AIDS
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The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA)
American Adoption Congress (AAC)
American Bar Association
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Asians
Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies
at risk placement
attachment disorders
attitudes about adoption
attorneys
autobiography
auxiliaries
abandonment
abuse
abuse and adolescent parents
abuse and adoptive parents
abuse and biological parents
academic progress
acting out
adjustment
adolescent adopted persons
adolescent birthmothers
adopted-away/adopted-in
"adoptee" v. "adopted person"
Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association (ALMA)
adoption
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS)
Adoption and Safe Families Act
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
Adoption Assistance Program
adoption benefits
adoption circle
adoption expenses, paying for
Adoption Hall of Fame
adoption insurance
adoption studies
adoption triad
adoption triangle
adoptive parents
adult adopted persons
adult adoptee
adults, adoption of
advertising and promotion
agencies
AIDS
alcohol abuse and adopted persons
alcohol abuse and birthmothers
almshouses
ambivalence
The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA)
American Adoption Congress (AAC)
American Bar Association
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Asians
Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies
at risk placement
attachment disorders
attitudes about adoption
attorneys
autobiography
auxiliaries
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©2000 by Christine Adamec and William Pierce, Ph.D. Reprinted from The Encyclopedia of Adoption, 2nd Edition (2nd Edition) with permission of Facts On File, Inc.
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