Resources For Families & Professionals
The Adoption Medicine Clinic strives to educate families and professions about the unique medical and mental health needs of children that have been adopted or placed in foster care.
Webinars
- "Helping Children Thrive: Addressing health disparities and fostering social-emotional development among youth in foster care" with Kathaleen Stone, PhD and Wayside Recovery (2022)
- “Linking Foster Care Family Characteristics & Mental Health Outcomes Across Placement Settings" with Kathaleen Stone, PhD and Minnesota Children's Mental Health (2022)
- "What does race have to do with it? The Importance of Racial Socialization in Identity Development for Transracially Composed Families" with Kimara Gustafson (2021)
- "The Effects of Drugs & Alcohol Exposure on the Developing Brain" with Judith Eckerle, MD and Wayside Recovery Group (2021)
- "Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care" with Kimara Gustafson, MD and Creating A Family (2020)
- "Common Medical Conditions for Foster and Adopted Children" with Kimara Gustafson, MD and MNAdopt (2020)
- "Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care" with Kimara Gustafson, MD and Creating A Family (2020)
- "Common Special Needs in International Adoption" with Kimara Gustafson, MD and Creating A Family (2020)
- Healing the Whole Child: Comprehensive Child Wellness Assessments for Adopted, Fostered or Kinship Care Children by Mary Jo Spencer CPNP, MPH and MNAdopt (2019)
Podcasts
- "Understanding Psychotropic Medications" with Adam Langefeld, MD, PhD and Creating a Family (2022)
- "Supporting Postive Mental Health Outcomes for Adoptees" with Maria Kroupina, PhD and Adoption Round Table (2020)
- "Sensory Processing and Adoption with Disabilities" with Megan Bresnahan, OTR/LR and Adoption Round Table (2020)
- "Adoption Medicine and Adoption of Children with Disabilities" with Dr. Judith Eckerle and Adoption Roundtable (2020)
- "Importance of Global Health Assessments when looking at Attachement Issues: Part 1" with Judith Eckerle, MD and Attachement Theory in Action (2019)
Publications
- Ernst AM, Gimbel BA, de Water E, Eckerle JK, Radke JP, Georgieff MK, Wozniak JR. Prenatal and Postnatal Choline Supplementation in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Nutrients Mar 2022; 14(3):688. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030688
- Palmer AR, Dahl C, Eckerle JK, Gustafson KL, Spencer MJ, and Kroupina MG. “A case study of the early childhood mental health therapeutic consultation protocol within a specialty multidisciplinary pediatric clinic for adopted and fostered children.” Perspectives in Infant Mental Health. 2022 LINK
- Stone, K. J. & Jackson, Y. (2021). Linking Foster Family Characteristics and Mental Health Symptoms of Youth in Care. Journal of Child and Family Studies. (LINK)
- Sarvas, E. W., Eckerle, J. K., Gustafson, K. L., Freese, R. L., & Shlafer, R. J. (2021). Oral health needs among youth with a history of foster care: A population-based study. Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), 152(8), 589–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2021.03.008
Resource Documents
- Adoption Medicine Clinic Adolescent Resources
- Ask an Expert: CPP and Adoption with Little a Little Longer
MHealth Fairview Blogs
Ability over disability: Adoption Medicine Clinic support enables teen to chase Olympic wrestling dream
Experts at the M Health Fairview Adoption Medicine Clinic helped Logan Hatch overcome early adversity. "I could see the light bulb go off," his mother Angelique said.
Contact Us
Administrative Offices
717 Delaware St SE
717 Delaware St SE
3rd Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Email: iac@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-1164