The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if you already listen to the voices of adult adoptees, this study will reach a much wider audience of adoptive parents. And since they are the ones raising this next generation of adoptees, they are the ones most needing to hear the results.

I recently read Pieces of Me: Who Do I Want to Be? Voices for and by adopted teens edited Robert L. “Bert” Ballard, (EMK Press November 2009) and I can’t wait to get my copy …