VICTOR GROZA

Clinical Practice Issues in Adoption - Books by Victor

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"The authors address their gap-bridging goal primarily from a social-work perspective, providing a solid introduction for the novice or budding professional who will be working with this population."

"Groza and Rosenberg have written a very useful volume.... Adoption practitioners have few resources to choose from to assist them in the important work that they do. This book is certainly a good starting point."

Experts representing practitioners, researchers, advocates, and triad members compare adoptees placed as infants and adoptees placed as older children. The book promotes better integration of theory, practice, policy, and research in working with clients who are members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families. For the first time, the separate practice areas are bridged, pointing out the significant overlap between the two populations and the similar interventions that can be used when working with adoptees regardless of their age at placement.

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CLINICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES
IN ADOPTION-REVISED AND UPDATED

Bridging the Gap Between Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children
WRITTEN AND EDITED BY VICTOR GROZA AND KAREN F. ROSENBERG

"The authors address their gap-bridging goal primarily from a social-work perspective, providing a solid introduction for the novice or budding professional who will be working with this population." - READINGS: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health

"[A] very useful volume.... Adoption practitioners have few resources to choose from to assist them in the important work that they do. This book is certainly a good starting point." - Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

For the first time, experts representing practitioners, researchers, advocates, and triad members, have come together to explore the similarities and differences between adoptees placed as infants and as older children. The book promotes better integration of theory, practice, policy, and research in working with clients who are members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive famihes. Developed as a resource text for practitioners, researchers, adoptive triad members, and students, it will be useful for courses in:

• Social Work for Children & Juveniles
• Social Work of Ethnic/Minority Groups
• Social Work & Family
• Psychology of Marriage & Family

Contents: Treatment Issues of Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children: Similarities and Differences by Victor Groza and Karen F. Rosenberg; Infertility and Adoption by Regina Kupecky and Karen J. Anderson; Shared Identity Issues for Adoptees by Betty lean Lifton; Search and Reunion Issues by Jayne Schooler; The History, Elements, and Ongoing Need for Adoption Support by Rita Laws; Ethics in Contemporary American Adoption Practice by L. Anne Babb; Treatment Issues in Adoption Practice from a Triad and Systemic Perspective by Joyce Maguire Pavao, Victor Groza, and Karen F. Rosenberg; Index.

VICTOR GROZA is Associate Professor of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

KAREN F. ROSENBERG is a clinical social worker who has been in practice for twenty-three years.

Bergin & Garvey Paperback. 2001. 232 pages. 0-89789-827-3;. $19.95
A hardcover edition is available: 0-275-95816-7. $57.75