Inside the Adoption Agency By Jean Nelson Erichsen

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Review by Allison Martin

Inside the Adoption Agency is an insider's view of the adoption process and adoption agency functioning in the changing landscape of international adoptions. Through narrative anecdotes mixed with facts and advice, this book provide experienced guidance for both prospective parents and professionals in the business on the international adoption scene. The underlying focus on this book is her care for the children who wait, and the assurance of ethical and safe placement with their forever families, in the constanting changing, and sometimes frustrating, landscape of international adoption.

Jean Nelson Erichsen is the cofounder of the Los Ninos International Adoption Center, and she draws upon years of practical experience in her discussions of the changes now occurring in international adoptions. International adoptions constantly under upheaval due to influences and changes in government policies, politics, unfounded rumors, corruption, media sensationalism, and so on, which can be difficult for parents and professionals attempting to navigate this process. The new Hague regulations will change the landscape of international adoptions even more, creating longer time frames but also by providing more protection, increased information and clearer guidance. This book provides parents and professionals with advice on coping with these changes. Other international adoption topics include orphanage impacts, visits by adoption delegates from overseas, adoption agency publicity, and placement of the adopted child or baby.

If you are looking for more insight on how the adoption process actually works, with an inside view of an experienced adoption agency director, you will enjoy the anecdotes Inside the Adoption Agency.

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