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In 20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew ,
Eldridge brings an original approach to the topic of adoption. In an
attempt to inform adoptive parents of the unique issues adoptees face,
she discusses adoptee anger, mourning, and shame and adoption acknowledgment
while using case studies to illustrate how parents can better relate
to their adopted child. |
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Adopting for Good will show you how to find the child
who needs you--whether you are single, infertile or medically prohibited
from having a child, or just looking for the boy or girl you've always
wanted.Author Jorie Kincaid is an adopted child herself, and she and
her husband, Ron, have adopted children both domestically and internationally.
In this practical guidebook she provides all the information you need
to decide whether adoption is for you and to begin working through the
adoption process.You'll find out how adoption works both domestically
and internationally, learn the differences between open and closed adoption,
and explore the steps you can take to make adoption permanent. Kincaid
offers advice on special adoption needs for older children and children
from other countries, cultures and races. She also helps you wrestle
with ethical questions like "When does adoption become 'buying a baby'?"If
you are considering adoption or if you are already in the midst of adopting
a child, here is an encouraging and helpful resource you'll turn to
again and again. If you're curious about whether adoption is right for
you, here is experienced counsel to help you make a wise decision. |
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Adoption Parenting features over 100 contributors
overseen by EMK Press writer-editors MacLeod and Macra., This book is
a virtual one-stop shop for adoption information for readers at any
knowledge level. Divided into chapters like "Sleep," "Claiming," "Language,"
and "Food," it touches upon major issues in brief essays written by
adoptive parents, adoptees, and therapists. For instance, in the chapters
dealing with learning issues,educators and adoptive parents discuss
the intricacies of forming effective individual education plans tailored
to special-needs adoptees, while in the section on therapy, there are
essays about selecting an appropriate therapist and about treating attachment
disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. |
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I'm Chocolate You're Vanilla: A child's concept
of race is quite different from that of an adult. Young children perceive
skin color as magical--even changeable--and unlike adults, are incapable
of understanding adult predjudices surrounding race and racism. Just
as children learn to walk and talk, they likewise come to understand
race in a series of predictable stages. Based on Marguerite A. Wright's
research and clinical experience, I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla teaches
us that the color-blindness of early childhood can, and must, be taken
advantage of in order to guide the positive development of a child's
self-esteem. Wright answers some fundamental questions about children
and race including: * What do children know and understand about the
color of their skin? * When do children understand the concept of race?
* Are there warning signs that a child is being adversely affected by
racial prejudice? * How can adults avoid instilling in children their
own negative perceptions and prejudices? * What can parents do to prepare
their children to overcome the racism they are likely to encounter?
* How can schools lessen the impact of racism? With wisdom and compassion,
I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla spells out how to educate black and biracial
children about race, while preserving their innate resilience and optimism--the
birthright of all children. |
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Insight into Adoption explores the concept that adoption
is intended to be, and should be, a fulfilling, beautiful, rewarding,
and enriching aspect in anyone’s life. Many times, however, there are
pitfalls and a lack of resources to turn to for help, advice, and answers
on the subject. This book deals with these pitfalls which may not be
obvious to the unenlightened adoptive parent who was basically handed
a child and told to “Make him your own.” The goal of this book is to
help adoptive parents understand some potentially challenging factors
so they can deal with them positively and to help parents comprehend
the thinking process of their child. It will also be an invaluable resource
to social workers, teachers, and counselors so that they may approach
their adopted clients in an enlightened way once they understand an
adopted child has issues in his life unique to the adoptive process. |
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Post Adoption Blues is a compassionate, illuminating,
and ultimately uplifting book and the first to openly recognize the
very normal feelings of stress that adoptive families encounter as they
cope with the challenges and expectations of their new families. Where
do parents turn when the waited-for bonding with their adopted child
is slow to form? When they find themselves grieving over the birth child
they couldn't have? When the child they so eagerly welcomed into their
home arrives with major, unexpected needs? Until now, adoptive parents
have had to struggle silently with their feelings, which can range from
flutters of anxiety to unbearable sadness. At last, Karen J. Foli, a
registered nurse, and her husband, John R. Thompson, a psychiatrist,
lift the curtain of secrecy from 'Post-Adoption Depression Syndrome'
(PADS). Drawing on their own experience as adoptive parents as well
as interviews with dozens of adoptive families and experts in the field,
the couple offers parents the understanding, support, and concrete solutions
they need to overcome post-adoption blues-and open their hearts to the
joy adoption can bring. |
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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 for those adopting a toddler. These children
are up on their feet and walking, and have achieved cognitive growth
providing a store of remembered life experiences with caregivers and
age-peers to whom they have probably become attached, but the language
and cognitive skills of toddler-aged children are still too unsophisticated
to allow a toddler to make use of the therapies that can help smooth
transitions and deal with losses. Toddler Adoption fills this gap admirably.
Toddler Adoption is essential reading for anyone considering the adoption
of a boy or girl falling within the one to three year age bracket. |
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