Child Welfare Research

We highlight a study on how social supports can help lessen the impact of childhood trauma for adult adoptees and a study that looks at adoption outcomes in two states and how preadoptive risk factors can affect permanence.

• Mediating Effects of Social Support in Childhood and Adolescence and Well-Being in Adult Domestic Adoptees
• Study Highlights Opportunity to Target Services to At-Risk Families to Improve Adoption Stability

Strategies and Tools for Practice

This section of CBX offers publications, articles, reports, toolkits, and other resources that provide either evidence-based strategies or other concrete help to child welfare and related professionals.

• The Adoption Exchange
• Adoption Learning Partners Resources
• Empowering Youth to Share Their Voices and Be Heard

Resources

This section of CBX provides a quick list of interesting resources, such as websites, videos, journals, funding or scholarship opportunities, or other materials that can be used in the field or with families.

• Seven Major Issues Facing Those Impacted by Adoption
• Creating a Family Profile

Training and Conferences

• Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate

• Conferences