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199 Index abuse and neglect. See child abuse and neglect ACS (Administration for Children’s Services) baby clothes, 26 Cecilia placed with Gerstenzangs, 2–3, 17, 20 Cecilia remanded to custody, 185 change from reunification to adoption , 169 concurrent planning, 134–35 as co-parent, 74 court termination of rights hearing, 169 field placement, 16 and foster parents, 85–86 guardian for Cecilia, 162 investigation before placement, 18 paperwork, 81 permanency-planning meeting, 131–32 placement guidelines, 127 possible removal of Cecilia, 142 Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). See ACS (Administration for Children’s Services) Adopting in America: How to Adopt within One Year, 157 “Adopting through the Foster Care System,” 90 adoption. See also transracial adoption barriers to, 167 and class, 85–86 cost of, 36 early interest in, 5 and foster care, 57, 193 as foster care option, 10 foster parents and, 119–20 Inter-Ethnic Placement Act, 100 international, 36–37, 87, 111, 179 and legal orphans, 187 Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA), 100–101, 110–11 name change of child, 166–67 termination of parental rights (TPR), 140–41, 183 Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), 29 African Americans and foster care, 30 Hungarian fascination with, 46 NABSW statement, 97 Sarah’s experiences with a foster mother, 109 transracial adoption research, 98–99 agency visits after TPR hearings, 187–89 Cecilia’s reaction to, 136–37 conditions of, 50–51 Dawn’s new foster parents, 158–59 distress over Lorraine taking Cecilia, 150–51 effects of on Gerstenzangs, 53 first time, 32–34 permanency-planning meeting, 130–32, 177 strains of, 145 and termination of parental rights, 170 traveling to, 74–76 before vacation, 44 Albany visit, 135–36, 156 alcohol, 90–91 allo-mother, 133 American Psychological Association (APA), 68 200 another mother Andrew (nephew), reaction to Cecilia, 106, 152 Anne (agency lawyer), 182–85 anticipatory grief, 123 anxiety, 127–28 APA (American Psychological Association ), 68 apple-picking trip, 148 application process, 11, 23 Arthur (agency lawyer), 175–77 ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act), 29 attachment and adoption, 145 and anticipatory grief, 123 brain development and, 128 and bureaucracy, 86 child to mother, 126, 133 and family privacy, 171 foster parenthood and, 24–25, 54–55, 119–20, 129–30, 194 and protection, 137 questions from friends, 37–40 Sarah’s concerns about, 57 and transracial adoption, 99, 116–17 trust and formation of, 124 Audrey (Sarah’s sister), 27, 106, 126– 27, 152–53 Australian Aborigines, 97 baby book, 36, 51–52 babysitting anxiety about, 49, 129 in college, 6–7 and foster care, 54–56, 119–20 race issue and, 96, 102 spy cameras, 47 Washington, D.C. trip, 71–72 Banks, Ingrid, 114 Belgium, 7–9, 65 Belsky, Jay, 31 Bernstein, Nina, 60–61 Bill (friend), 18, 193 birth father, 132, 140–41, 169 birth mother. See Zuri (birth mother) birth order, 8–9 birth parents concurrent planning for, 122 education of, 30 and foster parents, 13, 15, 53–54, 184 investigation of home situation, 18 minority groups, 30 stipend payments to, 83 Time magazine article, 87 birthday party, 105, 138–39 black nationalism, 97 bonding, 51, 146 book group, 37–38, 141–42 Brace, Charles Loring, 86–87 breastfeeding, 48–49, 57 Brittany (Cecilia’s sister), 33–34, 52, 152 Brooklyn Heights lunch, 119 “bshert,” 194 bureaucracy, 86 carseat, 76 Cece (pet), 49–50 Cecilia (Ella). See also agency visits acceptance into black community, 115–16 adoption of, 190, 193 agency home visit, 69–70 birth parents rights terminated, 185–86 Brooklyn Heights lunch, 119 and Cece, 49–50 concurrent planning for, 122 crawling, 136–37 extended family developing attachments , 152–53 first day of placement, 21–22, 24–27 first smile, 72 first visit with her birth mother, 32–34 four-month checkup, 76–77 gift for adoption celebration, 191 goes to school, 28–30 going to “Dawn’s house,” 187–88 hair care, 101–2, 114 health history, 68 [44.192.132.66] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:42 GMT) index 201 Hungarian vacation, 42, 45–48, 120–21 illness, 51, 72–74, 188 initial placement, 2–4 Iowa visit, 88, 126–27 Jewish Museum visit, 110 law guardian meeting, 173 medicaid checkups, 62–65 medical examinations, 125, 135 meets Michael, 32 and multicultural family life, 94 name change, 165–68 one-year anniversary of placement, 170 passport for, 43–44 permanency-planning meeting, 131–32 playgroup, 144 potty trained, 179–80 and preadoption, 27–28...