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From institutional care to life in an Australian family: the experiences of intercountry adoptees
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by Beverly Ann Scarvelis, Beth CrispBeth Crisp, Sophie GoldingaySophie GoldingayIntercountry adoption programmes have brought children from racially and culturally diverse backgrounds to live as Australians, including 30 Thai children from Rangsit Children’s Home who arrived in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This article provides insight into the experiences of intercountry adoptees at four key stages of the adoption process: leaving the orphanage, arrival in Australia, becoming a member of a family and reconnecting with Thai culture. As this study demonstrates, each of these phases can be challenging for both the adoptees and the families who adopt them and supports may be required long after adoptees become adults.
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International social workVolume
60Issue
2Pagination
423 - 434Publisher
Sage PublicationsLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0020-8728eISSN
1461-7234Language
engNotes
First published June 25, 2015Publication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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