title: Recruiting adoptive parents for children with developmental disabilities.
abstract: One agency describes a systematic approach to recruitment of prospective adoptive families for children with developmental disabilities. The recruitment methodology, preliminary conclusions, and implications for future recruitment of families are presented.
authors.affiliation: Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois, River Forest.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012947:Social Work; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000523:psychology