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In 1979, Marietta Spencer wrote "The Terminology of Adoption" for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), [3] which was the basis for her later work "Constructive Adoption Terminology". [4] This influenced Pat Johnston's "positive adoption language" (PAL) and "respectful adoption language" (RAL). [5]
Users who search for abortion information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website are now directed to try searching for the word “adoption.” The change comes less ...
[201] [202] In 1979, social worker Marietta Spencer wrote "The Terminology of Adoption," introducing the idea of "positive adoption language" and arguing that "[s]ocial service professionals and adoptive parents should take responsibility for providing informed and sensitive leadership in the use of words." [203] Terms used in "positive ...
Simply saying 'Adoption Day' does not differentiate between our children's placement and finalization dates, so 'Gotcha Day' is a less confusing name for us." [6] Arguments against include the opinion that it puts the focus on the adult's experience of events and demeans that of the adoptee. [7] "'Gotcha' for parents means 'lost-ya' for ...
Birthmother Syndrome is a term that came about after a survey including 70 women who placed their children in adoption all were experiencing the same eight symptoms; signs of unresolved grief, symptoms of PTSD, diminished self-esteem, outward professions of perfection masking inner feelings of shame, arrested emotional development, self ...
Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.
Hānai is a term used in the Hawaiian culture that refers to the informal adoption of one person by another. [1] It can be used as an adjective, such as "hānai child," or as a verb, to hānai someone into the family.
Those uncertainties are the pace, extent, and depth of business adoption; the effect of higher labor productivity on the demand for services; and the timing and geographic distribution of ...