Tracy Barr is the coauthor of Latin For Dummies and contributor to World War II For Dummies and Religion For Dummies. Katrina Carlisle, BSW, LSW, is a social worker with 14 years experience in adoption and child welfare agencies.

• Introduction. Part I: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Adoption but Didn’t Know Whom to Ask.Chapter 1: Adoption Basics.Chapter 2: Sorting It All Out: Types of Adoptions.Chapter 3: The Adoption Process from Beginning to End.Chapter 4: The Gasp Factor: What You Can Expect to Pay.Chapter 5: Who Can Adopt?Chapter 6: Building a Family through Adoption: Is It for You?Part II: Getting Started and Moving Forward, One Milestone at a Time.Chapter 7: Getting the Ball Rolling: Finding an Agency or Lawyer.Chapter 8: Thinking about Your Future Child.Chapter 9: Applications, Home Studies, and Other Really Fun Stuff.Chapter 10: Doing Hard Time: The Wait.Chapter 11: A Child’s Available! Now What? Placement and Follow-up Visits.Chapter 12: Here Comes the Judge: The Court Appearance.Part III: Birthmothers and Birthfathers.Chapter 13: God Bless the Birthmothers.Chapter 14: Birthfathers and Their Role in Your Adoption.Chapter 15: Keeping in Touch: Meetings and Contact with the Birthmother.Part IV: Issues Adoptive Families Face.Chapter 16: All in the Family: Issues You Deal with at Home.Chapter 17: Beyond the Family: Dealing with Outsiders.Chapter 18: What Can Go Wrong and What You Can Do.Chapter 19: In Search of . . . Birthparents.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 20: Ten Great Books to Read to Your Kids.Chapter 21: Ten Support Groups for Adoptive Families.Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Web Sites.Index.

Tracy Barr is the coauthor of Latin For Dummies and contributor to World War II For Dummies and Religion For Dummies. Katrina Carlisle, BSW, LSW, is a social worker with 14 years experience in adoption and child welfare agencies.

• Introduction. Part I: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Adoption but Didn’t Know Whom to Ask.Chapter 1: Adoption Basics.Chapter 2: Sorting It All Out: Types of Adoptions.Chapter 3: The Adoption Process from Beginning to End.Chapter 4: The Gasp Factor: What You Can Expect to Pay.Chapter 5: Who Can Adopt?Chapter 6: Building a Family through Adoption: Is It for You?Part II: Getting Started and Moving Forward, One Milestone at a Time.Chapter 7: Getting the Ball Rolling: Finding an Agency or Lawyer.Chapter 8: Thinking about Your Future Child.Chapter 9: Applications, Home Studies, and Other Really Fun Stuff.Chapter 10: Doing Hard Time: The Wait.Chapter 11: A Child’s Available! Now What? Placement and Follow-up Visits.Chapter 12: Here Comes the Judge: The Court Appearance.Part III: Birthmothers and Birthfathers.Chapter 13: God Bless the Birthmothers.Chapter 14: Birthfathers and Their Role in Your Adoption.Chapter 15: Keeping in Touch: Meetings and Contact with the Birthmother.Part IV: Issues Adoptive Families Face.Chapter 16: All in the Family: Issues You Deal with at Home.Chapter 17: Beyond the Family: Dealing with Outsiders.Chapter 18: What Can Go Wrong and What You Can Do.Chapter 19: In Search of . . . Birthparents.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 20: Ten Great Books to Read to Your Kids.Chapter 21: Ten Support Groups for Adoptive Families.Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Web Sites.Index.

Tracy Barr is the coauthor of Latin For Dummies and contributor to World War II For Dummies and Religion For Dummies. Katrina Carlisle, BSW, LSW, is a social worker with 14 years experience in adoption and child welfare agencies.

• Introduction. Part I: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Adoption but Didn’t Know Whom to Ask.Chapter 1: Adoption Basics.Chapter 2: Sorting It All Out: Types of Adoptions.Chapter 3: The Adoption Process from Beginning to End.Chapter 4: The Gasp Factor: What You Can Expect to Pay.Chapter 5: Who Can Adopt?Chapter 6: Building a Family through Adoption: Is It for You?Part II: Getting Started and Moving Forward, One Milestone at a Time.Chapter 7: Getting the Ball Rolling: Finding an Agency or Lawyer.Chapter 8: Thinking about Your Future Child.Chapter 9: Applications, Home Studies, and Other Really Fun Stuff.Chapter 10: Doing Hard Time: The Wait.Chapter 11: A Child’s Available! Now What? Placement and Follow-up Visits.Chapter 12: Here Comes the Judge: The Court Appearance.Part III: Birthmothers and Birthfathers.Chapter 13: God Bless the Birthmothers.Chapter 14: Birthfathers and Their Role in Your Adoption.Chapter 15: Keeping in Touch: Meetings and Contact with the Birthmother.Part IV: Issues Adoptive Families Face.Chapter 16: All in the Family: Issues You Deal with at Home.Chapter 17: Beyond the Family: Dealing with Outsiders.Chapter 18: What Can Go Wrong and What You Can Do.Chapter 19: In Search of . . . Birthparents.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 20: Ten Great Books to Read to Your Kids.Chapter 21: Ten Support Groups for Adoptive Families.Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Web Sites.Index.