This Element presents a historical perspective on adoption practice and adoptive family life, research on children's adjustment to adoption, factors impacting adoptive identity development, different types of postadoption support, and services, and recommendations for future research and practice.

This Element presents a historical perspective on adoption practice and adoptive family life, research on children's adjustment to adoption, factors impacting adoptive identity development, different types of postadoption support, and services, and recommendations for future research and practice.