"Unlike most other books on international adoption, this one has been devised by specialists in medicine and developmental psychology...Exteemely useful worksheets include growth charts, parent observation forms for on-site screening, questions for orphanage staff, development status checklists, and lists of attachment observations and of suggested items to bring when meeting the child." - Library Journal

Risk and Promise was written by a team of pediatricians, clinical psychologists, and an infant mental health specialist based on their extensive research and clinical experience in working with children adopted from overseas.  The authors’ goal in writing this book is to insure that every adoption is a well-informed adoption that ultimately promotes the health and development of the child and the family.