Books for professionals on
Educational Issues

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Subtitle

Year

Wood, Lansing and Ng, Nancy

Adoption and the Schools

Resources for Parents and Teachers

2001

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School can be a challenge for the adopted child. Sometimes it's a matter of educating the educators about adoption, diversity, inclusion, language, and special educational needs. Sometimes a tackle of deeply held traditional practices is needed.

 

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Subtitle

Year

unnamed

An Educator's Guide to Adoption

 

2000

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Will help teachers to increase their understanding of families built by adoption. Gives them the tools to deal with possibly awkward situations, such as cultural heritage, baby pictures, family trees, and provides a resource for recognizing family diversity.

 

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Subtitle

Year

Wright, Marguerite A.

I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla

 

Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World

2000

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Teaches parents and educators of black and biracial children how to reduce racism's impact on a child's development - from preschool through adolescence - and in doing so to raise emotionally healthy children.

 

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Reitz, Miriam and Watson, Kenneth

Adoption and the Family System

 

1992

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Authors utilize family systems theory to construct a practical treatment approach for working with families on the many issues and interrelationships of adoption.

 

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Minuchin, Salvador

Family Therapy Techniques

 

 

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Heiman, Marcel

Psychoanalysis and Social Work

 

 

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This volume is comprised of articles by psychoanalysts who have worked in a consultative capacity with social workers in all areas of social work in which case work is employed.

 

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Subtitle

Year

Gorza, Victor & Rosenberg, Karen

Clinical & Practice Issues in Adoption

Bridging the gap between adoptees placed as infants & as older children

 

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Experts representing practitioners, researchers, advocates, and triad members compare adoptees placed as infants & adoptees placed as older children.

 

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Simon, Roberti

Forensic Psychiatry

 

 

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This book provides an outstanding reference for clinicians whose practice includes forensic assessment or the management of legal issues that arise when providing mental health care.


 

 

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