Library Journal Individuals desiring to adopt children from other countries will find this book extremely valuable. As parents of three adopted Colombian children and founders of the nonprofit adoption agency Los Ninos International, Nelson-Erichsen and Erichsen well understand the adoption process on both personal and professional levels. They have broken down the international adoption process into 23 detailed, easy-to-follow steps, from selecting an agency to adapting to life with an adopted child. The adoption laws of 86 child-placing countries, samples of required documents, the approximate costs of international adoption, and the health concerns of Third World orphans are covered, and the web sites of foreign embassies and parent support groups are listed. The reader must keep in mind that this type of information changes constantly. Nevertheless, this is an outstanding source for public libraries and special libraries dealing with adoption.

Midwest Book Review Now in a revised and updated edition, How to Adopt Internationally is a very practical guide to adopting a child across international borders. Individual chapters accessibly address the steps necessary to choosing the proper agency, obtaining state approval and preliminary INS approval, filing an orphan petition, the adoption trip and the first meeting, as well as providing information on everything needed to prepare for the trip home, including health problems common to orphans from developing countries, guidelines for parenting and adoption, and aiding the child with the inevitable transition through culture shock. How to Adopt Internationally is highly recommended as being a first-rate guide, filled from cover to cover with practical and sound advice for both agency-directed and independent adoptions.

Published Reviews

See what others are saying about How to Adopt Internationally. Reviews published in Adopttalk, Adoption Today, Library Journal, and Midwest Book Reviews are listed below.

Adoption Today Is international adoption right for you? If so, how do you get started? You will find this latest edition of "How to Adopt Internationally" invaluable as you make those most important family decisions. Subtitled as a Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions, this edition is organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps, which include detailed coverage of every aspect of the international adoption process — from how to orgnaize a home study and fulfill state requirements, to choosing a country to adopt from, working though emigration and immigration and traveling. Also included is detailed information on the requirements for 68 child-placing countries. You'll find samples of forms and documents you will be required to provide, along with detailed information on collecting and verifying documents requried for state approval, INS approval and approval of the child's country of origin. This book highlights the more than 30 plus years of international adoption experience of the authors, which has personally accounted for the placement of more than 2,500 foreign-born children through the agency they started in 1981. Easy to read, and a guide in every sense of the word, How to Adopt Internationally will introduce you to the vocabulary of the adoption process and make you a better prepared consumer when the time comes to choose an agency partner. This book would make a wonderful gift for that person who wants to know mroe about internatonal adoption, but doesn't know where to start or who to ask.

Adopttalk Complete with everything from sample forms and documents, to details about different countries' adoption laws and requirements, to ideas about packing for an overseas trip, the Erichsens' newest international adoption guide offers advice to get parents through the adoption process and onto their new life.