Grief and Loss

Loss is one of the core issues in adoption. Every child and parent in adoption has experienced loss of some kind—whether the loss of their birth family or loss of a control of what a child experience in their early life.

Understanding this loss and the resulting grief can help adoptive parents be more successful.

Read NACAC articles About Grief and Loss:

• A Child in Pain: When to Get Help and What Help to Get
• Ambiguous Loss Haunts Foster and Adopted Children
• Helping Children Recover from Grief: Support Is Essential
• The 3-5-7 Model—Helping Children Work Through Grief