Second Summary of International Adoption Dissolution (Disruption) Data
We shared our first look at data from our international adoption disruption tracking in March 2012. We had 121 cases at that point.
Now we have 156 cases. Of those 35 new cases, 4 pre-date Fall 2010 when collection began(2 Ethiopia and 2 Guatemala cases).
The breakdown of the 35 new cases by country are as follows:
China 11
Ethiopia 6
Russia 4
Ukraine 3
Eastern Europe (unspecified) 3
Guatemala 2
Bulgaria 1
Korea 1
Colombia 1
Liberia 1
Philippines 1
Congo 1
From these new cases, there were many that disrupted shortly after bringing the children home. Many of the China cases involved older children that never wanted to be adopted in the first place.
Top Four Issues causing disruptions for this new group of cases from most frequently cited to least:
(1) Attachment
(2) Child not wanting to be adopted
(3) Other disabilities (Down Syndrome, learning, other mental health)
(4)Sex abuse or violence
We thank all of you who have taken the time to complete the survey and for those that emailed us specifics. Please continue to do so as this survey will continue.
REFORM Talk’s International Adoption Disruption Survey: Read study details here . PDF survey version:REFORM Talk Disruption Survey PDF or take Online survey: here .You can always email us details at rallyreform@yahoo.com
The reporter of information does NOT need to be the adoptive parent who disrupted nor the adoptive parent that adopted from the disruption. We will require at minimum a traceable email address. We would prefer as much information about the case as is known. Names of children or adoptive parents will not be disclosed to anyone but the three adoptive parent owners of REFORM Talk that are collecting data. There are only a few mandatory questions so you can skip whichever questions that you are uncomfortable with answering.
For the survey, a percent progress bar is located at the top of each survey page. Know that 45% of the survey questions are for multiple disruptions only. For one disruption, the survey will go from 55% complete to finished.
We greatly value disclosures of homestudy and placing agencies involved in the disruptions. We welcome older cases. We will continue to report this information on this blog and to anyone that shares our concerns.
REFORM Puzzle Pieces
Well, well, well. Older kids adopted through forced placements aren’t working out. Want to bet they aren’t given the option of returning to China, the country they did not want to leave? When are people going to stop this crap? Bet they’ve all been labeled RAD too.
Yes Not shocked, the whole adoption community should be up in arms that the new child-finding operation in China is not working out in the best interests of the children. Roughly one-third were labeled with RAD from this new group. I still think that there are way too many PAPs who think if the child has a severe medical disability, then they ONLY need medical care. They don’t prepare their family for the extreme abuse and neglect background that these children come with. Do those children deserve families? YES, but therapeutically trained families with ample support is needed.
The disruption rate among the “faithful” who fundraise for 100% of adoption expenses, adopt multiple children with severe SN from awful Ukrainian/Russian/Bulgarian/Serbian orphanages and are subsequently STUNNED that these children have, um, severe special needs and challenging institutional behaviors is horrific. The social worker/adoption agencies that approve encourage families with 17 kids to adopt another 5 unrelated SN kids simultaneously should have their licenses revoked.
(no, I’m not exaggerating… the RR Unroe family is actually doing this right now).
Thanks for the observation, Carlee. I still believe that visa fraud in the name of God is what is going on in many of these cases. “Save” the child means move them to the US. The extra trauma of having them move house to house when they get here is part of God’s plan they say.