Best Practices In Adoption

Guidelines and Best Practices in Adoption
In order for an adoption to take place, a person available to be adopted must be placed in the home of a person or persons eligible to adopt. All states have laws that specify which persons are eligible as adopting parents, and which persons can be adopted. In addition many states have laws that designate which persons or entities have the authority to make adoptive placements. Here we will look at the laws both state and federal that protect the rights of children and families during the adoption process. Also being covered are the ethical guidelines that surround the human services practitioner throughout the entire process and even after the child has been adopted. We will be discussing best practices
Some adoptions are closed. This means that the PA adoption record may be sealed until a child is a certain age, usually 18 or 21. In closed adoptions the birth parent's information may remain secret for a certain amount of time or until he or she chooses to allow their information to be given out. Once they are an adult, a person who was adopted as a child has the right to obtain non-identifying information about their biological parents without obtaining a court order. This information can include ethnicity and race, occupation, highest level of education, religion, and general appearance. The adoptee can also contact the adoption agency that handled his or her adoption to find out what other options they have. If a birth parent indicates to the adoption agency that he or she would like to remain anonymous, an adoptee won't have the right to obtain identifying information about the birth parent. In most states, during the adoption process, the birth parents provide the adoption agency with their preference about contact with the prospective adoptive parents. These preferences stay in place even after the adoption is finalized, meaning that if the adoptee does go to the agency seeking to find the birth parent the agency would need to contact the birth parent to
A key issue that impacts on members of the triad is the extent to which they have access to information. It is imperative that professionals working in adoption act ethically to ensure the rights of all the involved parties at all points in the process. Adoption is controlled by State law in the United States. Laws and practice in each State vary. No matter where the adoption takes place, overarching ethical considerations should be applied consistently. It is imperative that social workers, agencies, adoption service providers, judges, attorneys, and other professionals involved with the legal process of adoption act ethically to ensure the rights of all parties to an adoption. There are four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture and national origin; market forces; and the relationship between adoption and the emerging reproductive technologies.
Most adoptions involve minor children in a legal process that profoundly affects them for the rest of their lives. It is imperative that professionals involved in adoptions act ethically to safeguard the rights of vulnerable