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title: "Adoption Competency: Building an Empirical Foundation"
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updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Adoption Competent Mental Health
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# Adoption Competency: Building an Empirical Foundation

This resource provides a comprehensive timeline of the development of adoption competency trainings and the evidence informing them.

 

[Read More](https://adoptionsupport.org/adoption-competency-building-empirical-foundation/)
  

 

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