A
ADD
ADHD
AFCARS
ASFA
acting out
addendum
adoptee
adoption
adoption agency
adoption assistance agreement
adoption assistance programs
adoption benefits
adoption certificate, adoption decree
adoption exchange
adoption petition
adoption plan, individual plan
adoption roadmap
adoption triad
adoptive parent, adoptive family
advocacy
affidavit
age out
agency, adoption agency
agency adoption
amended birth certificate
Apgar scores
approved
available

B
biological
biracial
birth certificate (amended)
birth certificate (original)
birthfamily, birth relatives
birth order
birthparent, birthmother, birthfather

C
CASA worker
CPS
CWLA
caseworker
child abuse clearances
child assessment, child profile
closed adoption
concurrent planning
confidential information
confidentiality
consent to adoption
cooperative adoption
couseling
criminal clearances
custody

D
direct adoption
disclosure
disruption
dissolution
domestic adoption
dual licensing

e
exchange
extended family
FBI clearances

f
failed adoption
failed placement
family
family preparation class
fees
finalization
financial assistance
FMLA
foster adoption, fost-adopt
foster care
foster child
foster parent

g
goal, goal change
group home
guardian, guardianship
guardian ad litem

h
high risk
hold, on hold
homefinder
homestudy
houseparent
ICAMA
ICPC
ICPC 100A Form
ICPC 100B Form
ICWA
IEP

i
identified adoption
identifying information
independent adoption
Intent to Adopt Petition
intercountry adoption, international adoption
interjurisdictional adoption
interracial
interstate adoption
involuntary termination of parental rights

j
joint adoption
jurisdiction

k
kinship adoption
kinship care

l
legal guardianship
legal risk adoption
legally free
life book, life story book
long term foster care
low risk
m
MAPP, MAPP training
MEPA
mainstreaming
match, matching
medical assistance, medical assistance card, medical card
multicultural
multiracial

N
NAATRIN
NAC
NACAC
NAIC
No Claim to Paternaity Document
non-recurring expense

O
OCD
ODD
older child
on hold
open adoption
open adoption agreement
open records
orphan's court

P
PDD
PRIDE
PTSD
parenting preparation class
parental rights
parent-initiated adoption
permanency, permanency planning
permanent foster care
photolisting
placement
post-adoption services, post-legal adtoption services
post-placement
post-placement supervision
pre-adoptive home, pre-adoptive placement
presentation
pre-service training (PRIDE, MAPP, etc.)
private adoption
private agency
private providers
prospective adoptive family
provider agency
public agency
public system
purchase-of-service

R
RAD
receiving agency
reciprocal service agreements
recruiter
recruitment
referral
registry
relative adoption
relative placement
relinquishment
resource room
residential care facility, residential treatment facility
respite, respite care
reunification
reunion
reunion registry
revocation of consent
risk

S
SACWIS
SSI, SSI Benefits
sealed records
search
second-parent adoption
self-contained classroom
sending agency
service subsidy
siblings, sibling group
sibling group adoption
sliding scale
social security, social security benefits, social services benefits
social summary
special education
special needs
special needs child
special needs adoption
state adoption specialist
step-parent adoption
subsidy
supplemental security income
support group

T
Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
TSS worker
tax credit
therapeutic foster home
Title IV-E
Title XX
transcultural adoption
transracial adoption
travel
triad

U
update (for homestudy)

V
videoconference
visitation
voluntary termination of parental rights

W
waiting children
ward of the state
wrap-around services
wrongful adoption



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