Financial Resources
You can adopt without debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption by Christian Alliance for Orphans
https://cafo.org/resource/you-can-adopt-without-debt-creative-ways-to-cover-the-cost-of-adoption/
Funding Adoption by Christian Alliance for Orphans
https://cafo.org/resource/funding-adoption/
Both Hands Project
https://bothhands.org/how-it-works
Waiting Resources
The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis and David R. Cross
https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Child-healing-adoptive-family/dp/0071475001/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EPYZ9ABVEP0PD5KRPGE4#reader_0071475001
What I wish I would have known before I started
http://tapestryministry.org/what-i-wish-i-would-have-known-before-i-started-2/
Waiting Well
http://tapestryministry.org/the-wait/
Post Adoption Resources
Are your expectations realistic?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/taking-a-new-look-at-your-expectations/
Should I parent my adopted child differently than birth children?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/should-i-parent-my-adopted-child-differently-than-birth-children/
Use time in instead of time out.
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/using-time-in-instead-of-time-out/
How do I handle lying?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/how-do-i-handle-lying/
Why won’t my child act his age?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/why-wont-my-child-act-his-age/
How do I handle manipulation and control?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/why-wont-my-child-act-his-age/
How do I respond to aggressive and violent behavior?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/responding-to-aggressive-and-violent-behavior/
How do you measure success as a parent?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/how-do-you-measure-success-as-a-parent/
How do I help a child with sexualized behaviors?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/helping-a-child-with-sexualized-behaviors/
How do I avoid control battles?
http://empoweredtoconnect.org/avoiding-control-battles/
Adoptee Resource
Carissa’s Blog
https://carissawoodwyk.wordpress.com/
Carissa’s Book
Before You Were Mine by Susan TeBos and Carissa Woodwyk
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wished Their Adoptive Parents Knew
https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Things-Adopted-Adoptive-Parents/dp/044050838X
