Deck 12: The Adoption of Children

Question 1

Historically, adoption originated to meet the needs of

A) the children.
B) the foster parents.
C) the state.
D) the adoptive parents.

Answer 1

the adoptive parents.

Question 2

The first state to have the statute that most closely resembles today's adoption philosophies was

A) Massachusetts.
B) Mississippi.
C) Michigan.
D) Minnesota.

Answer 2

Massachusetts.

Question 3

Surrogate mothering

A) is a new phenomenon.
B) is currently illegal in most states.
C) has been practiced since ancient times.
D) has rarely been medically viable.

Answer 3

has been practiced since ancient times.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a problem with independent adoptions?

A) There are often few follow-up services.
B) There is more information available about the child's background.
C) The legal aspects are less clear-cut.
D) There is no recourse in an adoption disruption.

Question 5

When should a child be told he/she is adopted?

A) at the time of placement
B) during adolescence
C) never
D) when he/she reaches adulthood

Question 6

Why do many children not come up for adoption until they are older?

A) Their parents have been hiding them.
B) Parents are dying earlier.
C) They never received birth certificates when they were born.
D) There is currently an emphasis on family preservation.

Question 7

Why do independent placements not protect the rights of the child?

A) Any couple with the right amount of money can adopt the child.
B) The child often ends up back with the birth parents.
C) Child labor laws regulate independent placements.
D) Many adoption agencies are corrupt.

Question 8

Why do some birth parents who give their child up for adoption feel stigmatized by their community?

A) because often the assumption is that everyone should be able to parent no matter the circumstances
B) because their social workers pressure them to keep the child at all cost
C) because adoption agencies will work only with birth parents in a certain tax bracket
D) because there is enormous pressure to keep adoptions open

Question 9

Kelly was adopted when she was 3 years old. She knows who her birth parents are. In fact, they come to her birthday party every year. Kelly's adoption is

A) independent.
B) open.
C) court-ruled.
D) conservative.

Question 10

Mary is a teenage girl who gives her baby up for adoption because she knows she does not have the resources to raise the child properly. This situation falls under the category of

A) voluntary surrender.
B) court-ruled adoption.
C) abandonment.
D) open adoption.

Question 11

Why has the number of adoptable children decreased?

Question 12

Why might adoptive parents seek counseling after an adoption is legalized?

Question 13

Choose a historical element that shaped current adoptive practices and briefly explain how and/or why.

Question 14

You are the birth mother of a child who is about to be adopted. Dramatize a scenario in which you might revoke your consent.

Question 15

Imagine a scenario that depicts the adoptive process, and create a description of it using hypothetical individuals.

Question 16

What is the different between a related and an unrelated adoption?

Question 17

Describe the function of a life book. How might this activity help children who have been adopted?

Question 18

Analyze the role of the adoption worker in an open adoption.

Question 19

Analyze the role of the adoption worker when working with children with medical or emotional problems who are being placed in adoptive homes.

Question 20

You are an adoption worker. Develop a plan for working with a family of five (two parents, three biological children) that will be adopting a child with a history of abuse.

Question 21

Predict future trends in adoption.