Intercountry Adoption

Websites

https://www.intercountryadoption.gov.au/

Intercountry adoption and the Hague Convention

https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programmes-services/intercountry-adoption

State and Territory Authorities

NSW  https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/adoption/adopting-a-child/from-overseas

WA   https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-communities/intercountry-adoption

QLD   https://www.qld.gov.au/community/caring-child/adoption/adopting-child-overseas

ACT   https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/children-and-families/adoption-kinship-and-foster-care/adoptions/adopting-a-child-from-overseas

SA   https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption/adopting-an-overseas-child

NT   https://nt.gov.au/community/child-protecthttps://nt.gov.au/community/child-protection-and-care/adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseasion-and-care/adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseas


Support Services

Relationships Australia

https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption/adopting-an-overseas-child

Intercountry Adoptee and Family Support Service

https://www.intercountryadoption.gov.au/key-contacts-and-support/intercountry-adoption-family-support-service/

https://icafss.org.au/
Intercountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)
https://intercountryadopteevoices.com/post-adoption-support/australia/

Resources

Research Documentaries, Webinars and Podcasts
https://www.intercountryadoption.gov.au/resources/further-research/

Scholarly articles and books

Glennen, S. L. 2007. Predicting language outcomes for internationally adopted children. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 50, 529-548.

Glennen, S. L. Language and the Older Adopted Child: Understanding Second Language Learning

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-and-older-adopted-child-understanding-second-language-learning

Glennen, S. 2008. Speech and Language ‘Mythbusters’ for Internationally Adopted Children

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharon_Glennen/publication/290131123_Speech_and_Language_Mythbusters_for_Internationally_Adopted_Children/links/57c0784808ae2f5eb332221d/Speech-and-Language-Mythbusters-for-Internationally-Adopted-Children.pdf

Glennen Sharon L, 2009

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232205568_Speech_and_Language_Guidelines_for_Children_Adopted_From_Abroad_at_Older_Ages

Glennen Sharon L, 03 Mar 2020, Speech And Language Development In Adopted Children from The Routledge Handbook Of Adoption Routledge

Accessed on: 03 Aug 2023

https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780429432040-24

Center for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation – https://www.bgcenter.com/

Grindis, B. 2004. Language Development in Internationally Adopted Children, Published in China Connection
(A newsletter for New England Families who have adopted children from China),
Volume 10, Issue 2, 2004, pp 34-37

http://www.bgcenter.com/LanguageDevelopment.htm

Grindis, B. 2005. Cognitive, Language and Educational Issues of Children Adopted from Overseas Orphanages, Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, Volume 4, Number 3, February 2005, A peer-reviewed publication of ‘The International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology’

http://www.bgcenter.com/BGPublications/Article%20in%20JCEP%20-%202005.pdf

Grindis, B. 2009. Children Left Behind – International adoptees in our schools

Adoption Today February/March 2009; pp-42-45, Boris Gindis, PhD.

http://www.bgcenter.com/BGPublications/ChildrenLeftBehind.htm

Gindis, B.  Language-related issues for international adoptees and adoptive families, Published in: T. Tepper L. Hannon D. Sandstrom (Eds.). International Adoption: Challenges and Opportunities, pp. 98-108. PNPIC, Meadow Lands, PA.
Gindis Boris, Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children

ISBN: 9781009014755

Meese Ruth L, 2005
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ722291.pdf