Are you thinking of adopting an older child? There are 200,000 plus hoping for families in the U.S. alone and more worldwide. Adopting an older child, though, presents a unique set of parenting issues as well as rewards. Adopting Older Children highlights the most significant challenges when parenting older adoptees who face mental health, behavioral and educational issues. Included is critical information about developmental issues that may arise for the adoptee, issues related to the adoptee's emerging sense of self, sexual orientation and cultural identity and other special needs that an adoptee may have.
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ISBN:9780882824826 (pbk.) :
ISBN:0882824821
Physical Description:print xvii, 281 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher:Far Hills, New Jersey :New Horizon Press,2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281).
Formatted Contents Note:
Deciding to adopt an older child -- Who can adopt an older child? -- Adopting within the United States -- Intercountry adoption -- Post-Adoption Services -- Welcoming your child home -- Adoptive families are "real" families-educating friends and family about older child adoption -- Multicultural and multiracial adoptive families -- Sibling relationships -- Navigating biological family relationships and understanding adoption -- The traumatized child -- Grief and loss in adopted children -- Attachment and adoption -- Emerging sense of self -- Mental health -- Physical health -- Development and learning -- Parenting methods to build your child's resilience and enhance behavioral functioning -- The strengths of adoptive parents -- The importance of social support and community -- Adoptive parents' self-care -- Help for adoptive parents dealing with serious issues.
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