Elisa Rosman, PhD, MA
Evaluation Consultant, Formed Families Forward
Elisa has spent nearly two decades working as a consultant on issues around early care, education, and adoption. She has worked on a variety of projects, including grant writing, performing evaluation project management, advising on a replication of an Early Head Start model, and writing adoption-related articles. Elisa has a particular interest in translating research and information to make it most useful for families and practice. Elisa currently serves as the Evaluation Consultant for Formed Families Forward, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting foster, kinship, and adoptive families of children and youth with disabilities and other special needs in Northern Virginia. She earned her MA in infant and early childhood special education from George Washington University and her PhD in Community Psychology from New York University. She is mom to 4, including 3 children adopted from China.
Articles
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The Impact of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Children and Youth
May 27, 2026 -
Talking to Children About Their Parent’s Substance Use: Strategies for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents
April 27, 2026 -
The Impact of Parental Substance Use Disorder on Child Outcomes
March 20, 2026 -
How Substance Use Disorders Affect Family Systems in Foster Care and Adoption
February 24, 2026
Publications & Research
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Helping Children Understand Their Adoption Stories
March 31, 2026 -
Birth Sibling Dynamics: Navigating Contact and Bonds After Adoption
February 24, 2026 -
Kinship Adoptions: Benefits, Challenges, and Practical Considerations
January 29, 2026 -
Accessing Birth and Adoption Records—A Practical Guide for Adoptees
November 14, 2025 -
Children with Medical Special Needs: Considering the Impact on Child Development
September 16, 2025 -
Post Adoption Contact Agreements: What They Are, What They Include, and How They Help
August 20, 2025 -
Prenatal Drug Exposure and Adoption
April 24, 2025 -
An Overview of the Adoption Quarterly Special Issue Presenting Findings from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP)
April 1, 2011