Foreword: by Deborah Silverstein; Preface; 1. Introduction: Seven Core Issues in Adoption & Permanency; 2. Loss; 3. Rejection; 4. Shame and Guilt; 5. Grief; 6. Identity; 7. Intimacy; 8.

Mastery and Control; Appendices: Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency; 1. The Authors' Foundational Values and Beliefs; 2. Rituals and Ceremonies for Healing by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon; 3. Forgiveness by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon; 4. A Child's Developmental Journey Through Adoption & Permanency by Allison Davis Maxon; 5. Seven Core Issues and Foster Care by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon; 6. The Seven Core Issues and Kinship Families by Joseph Crumbley and Allison Davis Maxon; 7. The Seven Core Issues and LGBTQ Families by Abbie Goldberg, Clark University, MA, USA and Cynthia Roe; 8.

The Seven Core Issues as Seen Through the Eyes of the Latino Family by Dee Dee Mascarenas; 9. Seven Core Issues and the African American Family by Lynn White Dixon; 10. Seven Core Issues and the Multi-Racial Family by Lynn White Dixon; 11. The Seven Core Issues in International Adoption: From an Asian Adoptee by Huyen Friedlander; 12. Seven Core Issues in Adoption/Permanency in Tribal Communities by Kathryn England Aytes; 13. Siblings and the Seven Core Issues by Heidi Staples; 14. The Search and Reunion Experience Through the Lens of the Seven Core Issues in Adoption/Permanency by Gina McKernon-Cindrich; 15. The Seven Core Issues in International Adoptions by Lynne Silver; 16.

Openness and the Seven Core Issues in Adoption/Permanency by Sharon Kaplan Roszia; 17. Single Parenting and the Seven Core Issues and Adoption/Permanency by Mary McGowan; 18. The Seven Core Issues and Third Party Reproduction and Surrogacy by Kris Probasco; 19. The Seven Core Issues and Step Parent Adoptions by Michael Grand; 20. Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs by Carol Biddle; 21. Schools, Learning and the Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency by Blaze Newman; 22. The Lifecycle of the Adoptive/Permanency Family - Stages and Tasks by Sharon Kaplan Roszia; Contributor Biographies; References; Index.