Altstein H, Coster M, First-Hartling L, Ford C, Glasoe B, Hairston S, Kasoff J, Grier A W
School of Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore.
Child Welfare. 1994 May-Jun;73(3):261-9.
This article presented data from interviews with 29 adult foreign-born adoptees and 23 adoptive parents, highlighting M.S.W. students' impressions of the interviewees' responses. The students' main observations stressed individualizing adoptees and their families, cautioning against falling into the all-too-easy trap of self-fulfilling labeled behavior. A second theme was the importance of each social worker's own sensitivity and attitudes toward this type of racial mixing, and emphasized professional and personal self-awareness.
