This study aimed to understand and describe the psychosocial aspects of adoption of
children and adolescents with special needs since the creation of the National Register
of Adoption (NRA), in April 2008. Thus, we set out goals that motivated the
development of the three constituents of the dissertation studies. The first described the
social and family demographic characteristics of applicants for adoption to parents of
children with and without typical development. Furthermore, drew a profile of children
and adolescents considered suitable for adoption, enrolled in CNA. The second study
aimed to investigate risk factors and protective for the development of three adopted
children with special needs, analyzing common and unique aspects of their life
histories, since the psychosocial condition of the biological parents to the process of
entering and living in the family replacement. The third involved three families who
have adopted children with special needs, who had prior knowledge of this infantile
condition, in order to describe the familiar routines. From the results obtained by the
three studies was possible to know the sociodemographic characteristics and aspects of
structure and family dynamics that mark in general, and in particular in the cases
studied, the demands generated by children with special needs and how applicants and
parents by adoption have undertaken to answer them. We conclude that both candidates
to the adoption of children with special needs, as their adoptive parents appeared to
favor the fulfillment of children's demands, especially family life provide these children
in vulnerable.
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