Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide : Using Technology and Time-Tested Techniques to Expedite a Safe, Successful Adoption

Adoption, 21st Century Style

The Art of Finding and Bringing Home the Child Who’s Right for You

This authoritative new book explains how adoption has changed in the Internet Age—and how playing by the new rules can help you finally complete your family. With practical, easy-to-follow guidelines for anyone interested in adopting a child, Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide is the #1 book on adoption!

Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. and author of AdoptingOnline.com, is a nationally recognized authority on open adoption and an expert on Internet adoption resources. A Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, Caldwell is founder of the nationwide adoption organization, Lifetime Adoption Center, LLC, established in 1986, is the founder of A Lifetime Foundation and is the host of the popular Internet talk radio show, Let’s Talk Adoption…with Mardie Caldwell.

As an adoptive parent who has experienced many of the challenges prospective adoptive parents face, Caldwell knows the sorrow of infertility and the joys of parenthood through adoption. She also understands and wants to communicate to all, the important steps that must be taken to complete a safe and secure adoption. Caldwell’s life work has been dedicated to educating and helping adoptive parents and birth parents find each other.

Caldwell has been the guest on numerous television and radio talk shows and is regularly interviewed by family and parenting magazines. She frequently contributes articles to magazines and websites about the challenges and joys of adoption. She and her husband Greg reside with their four children in Nevada City, California.