Author
Title
Subtitle
Year
Brodzinski, D. and Schecter, M.
The
Psychology of Adoption
1993
Notes
Theoretical, empirical, clinical, and social policy issues offer insights into the problems facing adoptive parents.
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Brodzinski, D. and Schecter, M. |
The
Psychology of Adoption |
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1993 |
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Theoretical, empirical, clinical, and social policy issues offer insights into the problems facing adoptive parents. |
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Jewett-Jarratt, Claudia |
Helping Children Cope with Separation And Loss
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1994 |
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Contains compassionate, step-by-step guidance for any concerned adult who wants to help a child talk about, cope with, and recover from a loss. Offers specific techniques for helping a child overcome sadness, anger, and anxiety. |
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Babb, Anne L. |
Adopting and Advocating for the Special
Needs Child |
A Guide for Parents and Professionals |
1997 |
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An easy to follow, "must read" book of wisdom for professionals and parents interested in older child adoption. Covers the decision to adopt a waiting child, finding the child, becoming a family, schooling decisions, and moderate to extreme problems afterwards. |
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Gray, Deborah D. |
Attaching in Adoption
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Practical Tools for Today's Parents |
2002 |
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Written by a clinical Social Worker, takes a close look at how children and families adjust. Especially pertains to adopting older children who may have been abused/neglected. Encourages realistic expectations and offers excellent practical suggestions for bonding. |
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McCoy, Theresa L. |
Getting Ready for Adoption |
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1993 |
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Excellent workbook for adoption caseworkers to use with school age kids on their way to an adoption plan. It covers important questions a child has about what adoption might be like. A "fill in", "participate" together book for expressing hopes and worries. |
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Festinger, Trudy |
Necessary Risk |
A Study of Adoptions and Disrupted Placements |
1986 |
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Succinct research study of 800+ children, 6 yrs and older, placed for adoption in NYC by 32 private agencies. Detailed data about backgrounds and problems of the children, characteristics of adoptive parents, services given, circumstances of the disruptions. |
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Delaney, Richard |
Troubled Transplants
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Unconventional Strategies for Helping Troubled Kids |
1997 |
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Practical, unconventional treatment strategies for addressing the exhausting problems sometimes seen in foster and adopted kids. They can breathe life into the child, soften his defenses, sidestep power struggles, and alter distorted views. |
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Brisch, Karl Heinz |
Treating Attachment Disorders
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From Therapy to Therapy |
1999 |
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Offers in-depth analysis of the many manifestations and intensities of attachment problems, from pre-conception, to post-birth and post-adoption. With comprehensive yet easy to understand text, this is a great resource for parents and professionals. |
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Cline, Foster and Helding, Cathy |
Adopted and Foster Child Assessment |
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1999 |
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Designed to be used by parents as a pre clinical assessment tool for identifying problems or predicting future ones in adopted or foster children who have been in the home for at least 6 months. Easily scored by non professionals. |
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Delaney, Richard |
The
Healing Power of the Family |
Overview of Life with a Troubled Foster or Adopted Child |
1998 |
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A non-technical approach to understanding and treating disturbed foster or adopted children. Describes most common behavioral problems, explains their powerful negative impact on parents, and gives examples of family-based interventions. |
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Partridge, Susan |
Learning from Adoption Disruption |
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1986 |
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Exceptionally helpful book for adoption professionals to use as they gauge the adequacy of their special needs adoption program and practices. The "Stages of Disruption" are most insightful, and make the book worth buying." Contributing factors" also useful. |
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Cipolla, J. McGowan, D.B.,Yanulis M.A. |
Communicating Through Play |
Techniques to Assessing and Preparing Children for Adoption |
1999 |
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Book to help adoption workers develop a larger repertoire of techniques for assessing and preparing children for adoption. |
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Schroen, Susan |
Here I
Am |
A Life book Kit for use with Children with Developmental Disabilities |
1985 |
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A complete kit which includes a resource manual for professionals and parents and a child's take home work book. Designed to guide professionals or parents as they help child in transition work through different issues, separation, abuse, etc. |
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Winkler, Robin |
Clinical Practice In
Adoption |
Psychology Practitioner |
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The author provide frameworks and skills necessary in work involving any client who is affected by adoption including adoptees adoptive parents birth parent and the entire extended adoptive family. |
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Groze, Victor |
Strengthening Resources & Decreasing Stressor in Adoptive Families:
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The Post Legal special needs adoption family preservation treatment team project |
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Fahlberg, Vera |
Residential Treatment
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A Tapestry of Many Therapies |
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This book is a long awaited contribution to the difficult and misunderstood field of residential treatment as an effective form of out of home therapy for the severely disturbed child. |
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Franklin, Nancy-Boyd |
Reaching Out In Family Therapy
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Home-Based, School and Community Interventions |
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Reaching out to families in the everyday setting in which they live can be a powerful mode of therapeutic intervention, particularly for families who face complex, multiple problems. |
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Reitz, Miriam |
Adoption and The Family System
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This book is a unique contribution to the literature on adoption and family therapy. For the first time, family therapists will now understand how to handle adoption within a family therapy context; and adoption worker will understand the implication of adoption in the family system. |
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Spaulding for Children |
Adoption Support & Preservation Services
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Goldstein, Joseph |
Beyond The Best Interests of The Child
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This book should be read and discussed by every judge and lawyer and social worker dealing with problems of child parent relationships. |
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Grabe, Pam |
Common Sense Approach to Therapy Options For Families
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PACO is a non profit volunteer organization of proud adoptive parents, relatives and other adults which gives emotional support to adoptive families and forever families and to any one else interested in learning about adoption. |
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Greenspan, Stanley |
The Clinical Interview of the Child
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This beautifully lucid volume provides a god way of assessing and understanding the developing child in all the dimensions mental life and behavior. |
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Wright, Jesse |
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Cognitive therapy has emerged as the premier school of psychotherapy because of its practical strategies, tremendous research support and broad applicability. |
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Yudofsky, Stuart |
Neuropychiatric Assessment
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Neuropsychiatry, which focuses on assessment and diagnostic issues at the interface of psychiatry and neurology is enjoying a renaissance largely because of the technological innovations detailed in these five chapter. Here 11 recognized experts have assembled an overview of the of the essential techniques, current research and future trends in nueropychiatric assessment concentrating on clinical application for psychiatry patients. |
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Understanding the Medical Aspects of Physical Abuse:
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A Guide For Child Protective Service Workers |
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Schetky, Diane |
Principles & Practice of Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry
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This textbook represents the high water mark of the subject it on a handy shelf for repeated ready reference: Child forensic physiatrists should memorize it. |
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Janzen, Curtis |
Family Treatment In Social Work Practice
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Maanes, Cloe |
Strategic Family Therapy
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