The consequences of open and closed adoption for older children.
Older adoptive children have a need for continuity as well as permanency. Traditional closed adoption create an artificial emotional circumstances for older children who are asked to sever ties with meaningful persons. Open adoption may be a more realistic alternative, since older children have demonstrated their resourcefulness in circumventing placement plans that disrupt prior relationships.
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