Anne-Marie Piché - The social construction of the adoptive relationship: parental experiences of adopting older children abroad

Current transformations in the international practice of child adoption has impacts on adoptive family construction. Adoption applicants are constrained to redefine their preparation, their expectations and criteria about the children they are willing to adopt as those who become available for adoption are fewer, older and are likely to have increased special needs at arrival. This qualitative study explored the evolution of significant parent-child relationships outside of the ordinary (step by step) family building process; from the perspective of parents who adopted older children, internationally.

CRCF Research Seminar Series 2010-2011