Episode
The co creators of the Adoptee Consciousness Model walk the listener through the process of adoptee awareness of systematic issues in adoption that impact their identity and mental health outcomes. They share what mental health counselors and practitioners need to know to support adoptee clients.
Guest
JaeRan Kim, Ph.D., MSW, (she/hers) is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Dr. Kim’s research is focused on the post-adoption wellbeing of adoptees through the lifespan. Dr. Kim’s research includes the racial, ethnic, and adoption socialization practices of Korean American adoptee parents; the use of out-of-home care (residential treatment, group homes and foster care) for adoptees; adult intercountry adoptees with adoption displacement experiences; and the preparation and training of professional social workers. Dr. Kim prioritizes community-based projects and is the author of the blog, Harlow’s Monkey.
Grace Newton is a PhD student at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. She is interested in questions of race, identity, belonging, and life course issues for adoptees. Grace's status as a Chinese transracial adoptee drives her passion and authenticity in her personal, professional, and academic work. Grace previously worked as a public adoptions social worker in Wisconsin, served on the advisory council for the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) Conference, and has authored the critical adoption blog, Red Thread Broken, for more than a decade.
