Placement stability and permanency are key goals for children in foster and adoptive care.
This study is a systematic review of the scholarly literature to better understand caregiver …

The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the opportunity communication scholars have in
defining and illuminating the process of family distancing. With this in mind, we begin by …

This qualitative study examines the challenges foster caregivers face within their families
and seeks to understand their formal and informal support systems so that future trainings …

Abstract The Specificity Principle in Adoption asserts that specific setting conditions for
adoption of specific adoptees born to specific birth parents and adopted by specific adoptive …

There is a vast amount of literature on the topic of adoption, yet it is difficult to find a central
source of the most contemporary scholarship from a variety of disciplines. The primary …

Although foster families serve a critical societal role, little is known about foster family
communication dynamics. The present study investigated the relationship of current foster …

Communication is often a taken-for-granted part of life, yet it is imperative to everyday lived
experiences as well as the construction and dissolution of family relationships. In adoptive …

In the current article I call for a better understanding of the process and evolution of foster
family communication across the life span. First, I expose the communicative complexities of …

Aging in place (AIP), or older adults' ability to remain in their homes and communities as
they age, is an important social issue given the growing aging population. Communication is …

The original emergence of liminal studies took place in the halls of anthropology. The 1909
publication of Arnold van Gennep's Rites of Passage1 was the original big bang from which …