Adoption Related Research

The Center for Adoption Research

Driven by the principle that every child deserves a loving family, the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Adoption Research within Commonwealth Medicine is dedicated to assisting families and professionals in improving the lives of children in adoptive and foster care families.

For more information about the Center, visit http://www.umassmed.edu/adoption/.

The Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE)
The Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE) is conducting a study of post-placement adoption services provided to families and children by adoption agencies. In partnership with Social Dynamics, they are in the process of conducting a survey of families that have never received therapeutic adoption services and have at least one adopted child between 5 and 18 years of age.

For more information about the survey, download the flyer.

Clark University
The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood Project (TAPP) is aimed at exploring the transition to adoptive parenthood in same-sex parents. Couples who participate in this study will be interviewed individually by phone during the pre-adoption period, and then again three months after adoption. For more information, contact Dr. Abbie Goldberg via phone at 508.793.7289 or email at agoldberg@clarku.edu. More information about this study and Dr. Goldberg's other research is available at http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/goldberg/index.html.

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute conducts original research on critical issues in adoption designed to inform, educate, and most of all, to change reality on the ground in ways that tangibly improve both people's lives and adoption practices The Adoption Institute conducted the first survey focusing on adopted adults at the Gathering of the First Generation of Adult Korean Adoptees in 1999 and the Reunion of the First Generation of Vietnamese Adoptees in 2000. To learn more about the Adoption Institute, visit their website at http://www.adoptioninstitute.org.

Language Development Survey - Children Adopted from Ethiopia
Participants are needed for a research project conducted by the Speech-Language Pathology department at the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Pollock. Parents would complete surveys about their child's speech and language development. Seeking children from 9 to 42 months of age adopted from Ethiopia within the past year. To get started, download the survey from http://www.rehabmed.ualberta.ca/.

Tufts University
The Adoption and Development Project at Tufts University is studying how well Chinese adopted children understand aspects of adoption and their identity. Additionally it seeks to understand how families handle/deal with the adoption and ethnic or racial differences of their child.If you are interested in participating or learning more about this study: 617-627-5909 or http://tuftsadp.org

Worcester State College
Participants between one and five years of age are needed for a study of English language development in internationally adopted children. The study involves two language evaluation sessions with certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists.