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Redmond Reams

Finding the Way to Home

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Childvox Press
24 November 2025

Social welfare & social services; Adoption & fostering; Adoption; Advice on parenting

Adoption day is a day of excitement and anxiety, tinged with loss, for a child in a foster home going to live with a new adoptive family. If old enough, a day they will remember the rest of their lives. The narrative of that day is woven into their identity by the retelling of it by their adoptive parents many times. A day that has hopefully been set up well for the child with a planful, child-paced transition. Prior transitions out of their birth home or foster homes may have been abrupt and traumatic but this adoptive transition starts out their new relationship with care and love. Yet caseworkers, adoptive and foster parents, and psychotherapists have no comprehensive models about how they might go about designing and implementing such a high-quality transition.

This book, ""Finding the Way to Home: A Child-Centered Approach to Transitioning Children from Foster to Adoptive Families"", endeavors to describe a model that is attachment-based, relationship-focused, culturally-sensitive and child-paced. This model describes step-by-step how to help the child both form a new trusting relationship with strangers, their adoptive parents, and to shift their relationships with their foster parents from day-to-day caregiver to extended family. Yet this model does not just focus on the children; it also highlights the emotional work of foster and adoptive parents, as well as others, as they experience losses and gains during the transition. The model is presented both didactically and with four scenarios in which children of varying ages are followed through the different steps of a transition. In addition to the main description of the transition of a single child, other scenarios are presented including the adoption of sibling groups, long-distance adoptions, adoptions with conflict between foster and adoptive families, etc. Whether the model is used in its entirety or only in selected pieces, it can add value to any transition, including those of foster children returning to their birth families or between foster homes. A model to guide adoptive transitions is very important because the adults involved have limited chances to build up their own experience with transitions and hence learn what works or does not work. Adoptive parents will often experience only one or two transitions. Foster parents and psychotherapists may have some more transitions in their career but they are often excluded from many aspects of the transition. Child welfare caseworkers who might be expected to have the most experience are limited by the high turnover rate, estimated to be as much as 60% per year. There is a high need for a model that child welfare systems can adopt statewide and train both existing and new caseworkers on and also educate foster and adoptive parents about what to expect. The publication of this model would revolutionize how adoptive transitions are done and benefit tens of thousands of children being adopted each year as well as the adoptive and foster parents involved in those adoptions.

By: Redmond Reams
Imprint: Childvox Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 585g
ISBN: 9798993384702
Pages: 442
Publication Date: 24 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

About the authorRedmond Reams, PhD is a Licensed Psychologist with over 40 years experience providing therapy to children (birth to 18 years) and their families, as well as adults. He has published multiple research articles on adoptive transitions and has taught at Portland State University, Oregon Health Sciences University and the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, is past president of the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association, and has consulted to child welfare on complex adoptive transitions. He lives in Portland, OR where he continues to provide psychotherapy, consultation and training.

Reviews for Finding the Way to Home: A Child-Centered Approach to Transitioning Children from Foster to Adoptive Homes: A Child-Centered Approach to Transitioning Children from Foster to Adoptive Homes

It's finally here! A comprehensive, actionable guide that will transform adoption transitions! Child welfare professionals and stakeholders everywhere are craving a trustworthy, easy-to-follow manual like this one that is both attachment-aware and true to the child. Reams offers sound, thoughtful and research-driven advice that will improve how we serve children and families. Kendra Morris-Jacobson, MA Director, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center Finding the Way to Home offers a child-centered, research-based model for supporting foster-to-adoptive transitions. Dr. Reams emphasizes emotional safety, relational attunement, and gradual shifts in caregiver roles to delineate a model that is rooted in developmental science and trauma-informed care. His clear, compassionate approach is a valuable contribution to promoting healthy relationships in child welfare practice. Samantha Wilson, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Medical College of Wisconsin This book has many useful scenarios and tools for Child Welfare caseworkers to consider, as they transition children to their adoptive families. Amy Amador, MSW Coaching and Training Specialist Oregon Department of Human Services