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Loading ...How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families by Jayne E. Schooler, Betsy Keefer Smalley, LSW and Timothy J. Callahan, Psy.D. Why doesn’t our child return our love? What are we failing to understand? What are we failing to do? These questions can fill the minds of adoptive parents caring for wounded, traumatized children. Families [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Successful Adoption brings a practical and spiritual view of adoption. Topics include: types of adoption, where to begin, necessary paperwork, finances required – and how to raise them, listing of reputable adoption agencies, building strong bonds with an adopted child, when and how to tell a child she is adopted, the long-term affects of adoption, [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Sadly, the world is full of children who have been hurt by someone they should have been able to trust. If you’ve chosen to bring one of these children into your family, you likely have hopes, dreams, and images of success. Dreams and images that might now look dark and hopeless. In this updated and [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Society tends to sugar-coat adoption, believing that adoptive parents are saints and the adopted child should be grateful to have a family. Unfortunately, particularly when adopting older children, adoptive families are not well-equipped nor adequately prepared to appropriately deal with all of the emotional, behavioral and/or psychological issues these children hold within themselves. When the [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Long before you decided to adopt, long before your child was born, God planned to put your adopted child into your home. Your child is an amazing gift from God, but nurturing an adopted child also brings unique challenges. Understanding your adopted child from Gods perspective will allow you to address those challenges by faith [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Schooler’s strength lies in her relating the emotional issues of adoption: identity, grief and barriers to attachment…As a mother of four adopted sons, I found this book to be beneficial. –Katrina Schmitz, Christian Retailing, April 15, 1993.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sherrie Eldridge has illuminated many issues adoptees and adoptive families face. Many books have addressed problems in adoption, but Eldridge tackles the real villain: unresolved loss and grief issues and the trauma that precedes all adoptions. This book is a gift to everyone involved in adoption. Eldridge’s personal disclosures add a level of warmth and [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Toddler Adoption is a resource designed to help adopting parents and placing professionals involved in adoptions of children in the unique developmental stage from ages one to three, usually referred to as toddlerhood. Books focusing on parenting an adopted infant, and those written for the special needs adopters of school-aged children contain little of relevance [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Adoption practices have evolved considerably since this book’s first publication in 1986, and the new version of the “Dr. Spock for adoptive parents” reflects the latest theories. Drawing on the findings and practices of pediatricians, social workers, scientists, and adoptive parents, Raising Adopted Children is carefully and thoroughly researched. Chapters on open adoption, international adoption, and [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Schooler’s strength lies in her relating the emotional issues of adoption: identity, grief and barriers to attachment…As a mother of four adopted sons, I found this book to be beneficial. –Katrina Schmitz, Christian Retailing, April 15, 1993.
