Author: Allison Davis Maxon

Allison Davis Maxon LMFT is the Chief Operating Officer at the National Center on Adoption and Permanency. She has 26 years of adoption practice in child welfare, foster care and mental health. She is a curriculum developer and Master Trainer based in California, USA.Sharon Roszia, MS, is a Consultant at the National Center on Adoption and Permanency, and was the developer of the Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency in 1988. She has 55 years of adoption clinical practice in the field of child welfare. She is a national and international trainer, as well as a curriculum developer. She is based in California, USA.