Written Resources
Contact Tips
Drawing on almost three decades of providing Permanency Planning Mediation (PPM), and the unique perspective that comes from working with youth, birth families, prospective adoptive parents, legal guardians, attorneys, and social workers, we developed this resource to help families navigate post-adoption and post-guardianship connections. View and download the PDF in either English or Spanish below.
Why Contact Matters
The benefits of openness, contact, connection, identity, and family relationships
Articles
Research
Making Contact Work
How adults can support safe, child-focused contact over time
Articles
Research
Talking With Youth About Family
Helping youth understand, ask about, and process family relationships
Articles
Research
Sibling Contact
Sibling relationships, sibling rights, sibling contact, and sibling reunification
Articles
Research
Books for Children, Youth and Adults
Books from the perspective of and for adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, youth, and families
Books for Children
Books for Youth
Books for Adults
