Untangling the Web

We need your help on an unprecedented study – and it will only take 15-20 minutes of your time. The Internet and social media are forever changing adoption – and our lives – yet we know little about their impact on the millions of us who are affected. So the Adoption Institute is launching a new study seeking relevant information from adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth/first parents and child welfare professionals. Please complete a survey – and spread the word to colleagues and friends, in emails to your contacts, on Facebook and Twitter, in newsletters and blogs, and any other way you can think of. In an effort to improve policy and practice, we are charting new territory – and we need your input to do so. It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s important; just click here to get started. This research follows up on the Institute’s 2012 report Untangling the Web.

Groundbreaking report on Internet's Historic Impact on Adoption

Press release and PDF of the Adoption Institute’s new report, "Untangling the Web: The Internet’s Transformative Impact on Adoption," are now available for downloading. To read all this on our website, click here. Also, the following are links to some of the media coverage it is receiving (also including CNN, NPR and the Wall Street Journal):

NY Times | USA Today | Christian Science Monitor | Associated Press (on Huffington Post)

I’ve also written my own piece for Huffington Post, which should be up later today or early tomorrow, and am scheduled to be on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” at 3 p.m. next Wednesday, 12/19.

Adam Pertman, Executive Director
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
120 East 38th St, New York, NY 10016
212-925-4089/ 617-332-8944
617-763-0134 (direct cell)
www.adoptioninstitute.org