Without avoiding the grim statistics, this book reveals the real hope that hurting children can be healed through adoptive and foster parents, social workers, and others who care. Includes information on foreign adoptions.
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Adopting the Hurt Child
Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids - A Guide for Parents and Professionals
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eBook - ePub
Adopting the Hurt Child
Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids - A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE: SOCIETY’S CHILDREN
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: NEVER TOO LATE TO HOPE
- ONE: THE CHILD WHO WAITS: A Long Road to Love
- TWO: THE CHILD WITH ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES: Common Behaviors of Kids with Attachment Disorders
- THREE: THE CYCLE OF BONDING: Interruptions from Abuse and Neglect
- FOUR: THE TOLL OF IMPERMANENCE: A Child Welfare System in Crisis
- FIVE: PUTTING TOGETHER A FAMILY: Issues That Affect Placement
- SIX: DREAMS AND REALITIES: Phases Of the Adoption Process
- SEVEN: INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS: The Unique Challenges
- EIGHT: GETTING USED TO EACH OTHER: Early Issues in the Adoptive Family
- NINE: SIBLINGS: The Old, the New, the Feelings!
- TEN: GIVING YOUR CHILD A HISTORY: Regina’s Bag of Tricks
- ELEVEN: TREATMENT FOR THE HURT CHILD: Making It Effective
- TWELVE: WHEN ADOPTION FAILS: Parents and Kids in Crisis
- THIRTEEN: WHEN ADOPTION WORKS: Healing the Hurt Child
- FOURTEEN: SUCCESS STORIES: Four Families Who Made It Work
- FIFTEEN: REFLECTIONS FROM THE TRENCHES: What It’s Like to Hurt and Heal
- EPILOGUE: A CALL TO ACTION
- NOTES
- RESOURCES
- RELATED READINGS
- CURRICULA
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS