Description
Explores the importance of adoption competence, defines key competencies, and makes recommendations to ensure that more mental health providers are truly able to meet the needs of adoptive families.
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Guide/Report
A Need to Know: Enhancing Adoption Competence among Mental Health Providers
Adoption Competence, Core Information on Post-Permanency Services
2013
51+ pages
Donaldson Adoption Institute
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