| Pre-adoption stress and its association with child behavior in domestic special needs and international adoptions V Groza, SD Ryan Psychoneuroendocrinology 27 (1-2), 181-197, 2002 | 206 | 2002 |
| Beyond culture camp: Promoting healthy identity formation in adoption H McGinnis, SL Smith, SD Ryan, JA Howard New York, NY: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2009 | 189 | 2009 |
| A comparative study of child welfare adoptions with other types of adopted children and birth children JA Howard, SL Smith, SD Ryan Adoption Quarterly 7 (3), 1-30, 2004 | 156 | 2004 |
| The experiences of gay men and lesbians in becoming and being adoptive parents S Brown, S Smalling, V Groza, S Ryan Adoption Quarterly 12 (3-4), 229-246, 2009 | 139 | 2009 |
| An evaluation of gay/lesbian and heterosexual adoption P Averett, B Nalavany, S Ryan Adoption Quarterly 12 (3-4), 129-151, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
| Where are we now? A post-ASFA examination of adoption disruption SL Smith, JA Howard, PC Garnier, SD Ryan Adoption Quarterly 9 (4), 19-44, 2006 | 130 | 2006 |
| Coming out of the closet: Opening agencies to gay and lesbian adoptive parents SD Ryan, S Pearlmutter, V Groza Social Work 49 (1), 85-95, 2004 | 113 | 2004 |
| Examining social workers' placement recommendations of children with gay and lesbian adoptive parents SD Ryan Families in Society 81 (5), 517-528, 2000 | 110 | 2000 |
| Institutionalization, behavior and international adoption: Predictors of behavior problems V Groza, SD Ryan, SJ Cash Journal of Immigrant Health 5, 5-17, 2003 | 98 | 2003 |
| Filial therapy: A critical review. R VanFleet, SD Ryan, SK Smith American Psychological Association, 2005 | 82 | 2005 |
| Who are we? Examining the results of the Association for Play Therapy membership survey. SD Ryan, T Gomory, JR Lacasse International Journal of Play Therapy 11 (2), 11, 2002 | 69 | 2002 |
| Direct and modifying influences of selected risk factors on children's pre-adoption functioning and post-adoption adjustment GDL Goldman, SD Ryan Children and Youth Services Review 33 (2), 291-300, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| Becoming parents: Lesbian mothers' adoption experience S Ryan, C Whitlock Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families, 1-23, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Preadoptive child sexual abuse as a predictor of moves in care, adoption disruptions, and inconsistent adoptive parent commitment BA Nalavany, SD Ryan, JA Howard, SL Smith Child Abuse & Neglect 32 (12), 1084-1088, 2008 | 60 | 2008 |
| Parent-child interaction styles between gay and lesbian parents and their adopted children S Ryan Journal of GLBT Family Studies 3 (2-3), 105-132, 2008 | 55 | 2008 |
| Parental satisfaction in the adoption of children with learning disorders: The role of behavior problems BA Nalavany, LM Glidden, SD Ryan Family relations 58 (5), 621-633, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| Romanian adoptees: A cross-national comparison SD Ryan, V Groza International Social Work 47 (1), 53-79, 2004 | 47 | 2004 |
| Adoptive parents’ attitudes towards gay and lesbian adoption P Averett, A Strong-Blakeney, BA Nalavany, SD Ryan Journal of GLBT Family Studies 7 (1-2), 30-48, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| Kin adopting kin: In the best interest of the children? SD Ryan, J Hinterlong, RL Hegar, LB Johnson Children and Youth Services Review 32 (12), 1631-1639, 2010 | 44 | 2010 |
| Risk assessments: Empirically supported or values driven? S Ryan, D Wiles, S Cash, C Siebert Children and Youth Services Review 27 (2), 213-225, 2005 | 43 | 2005 |
