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101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques |
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Adoptees Come of Age |
Living Within Two Families |
Nydam, Ronald J. |
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Describes distinct emotional & spiritual challenges & emphasizes importance of ongoing issues of adoption and relinquishment. |
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Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs
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A Guide for parents and Professionals |
Babb, Anne |
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Adopting a Toddler
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What Size Shoes Does She Wear? |
Hoppenhauer, Denise Harris |
2002 |
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All inclusive book covering all aspects of adopting and raising a toddler. Also covers naming your child, baby showers, and developmental milestones. Special section for international adoption and resources. |
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Adopting in America |
How to Adopt Within One Year |
Hicks, Randall B. |
1999 |
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Comprehensive outline and description of all possible avenues to adopting a child, including foster parent adoption. Gives practical help to navigate independent adoption, explains role of attorneys, working with birth parents, legal issues. Sample documents. |
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Adopting the Older Child
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Jewett, Claudia |
1978 |
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Full of practical wisdom and not outdated. Guides adoption caseworkers and prospective parents as they engage in the home study and placement process. Emphasizes preparation of child, involving foster parent, lifebooks, and strategies for problem behaviors. |
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Adoption
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Current Issues and Trends |
Sachdev, Paul |
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Adoption
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Currie, Stephen |
1997 |
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A commentary on the status of adoption in the 90s. Gives a brief history of the last 150 years and highlights of the field today, with current court decisions, the rights of fathers, closed records, etc. |
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Adoption & Disruption |
Rates , Risks, and Responses |
Barth, Richard |
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Adoption & Ethics Vol.1 |
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Freundlich, Madelyn |
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Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol & Drug Expos |
Research, Policy, and Practice |
Barth, R.; Freundlich, M.; Brodzinski, D. |
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Book addresses many important issues re adoption & substance exposure in utero, including impact on children's early well being as well as on long term development. Illustrates the remedial effects of a positive postnatal environment |
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Adoption and Foster Care |
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Gay, Kathlyn |
1990 |
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Book is dated, but for someone trying to understand adoption and for care today, it is an excellent description of the evolution of the system, the issues and problems that continue to plague child welfare efforts. B and W photos. Proper emphasis on permanency. |
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Adoption and Healing |
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Adoption and the Jewish Family |
Contemporary Perpsective |
Rosenberg, Shelley Kapnek |
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Adoption and the Schools |
Resources for Parents and Teachers |
Wood, Lansing |
2001 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: I Crib Notes/Adoption 101 2 Tot to
Teen/Developmental Perspectives 3 "Can We Talk?" Parent-Teacher
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Adoption Crisis |
The Truth Behind Adoption and Foster Care |
McKelvey, Carole A. |
1994 |
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The author points out the many failures of the nation's foster care and adoption systems, and the consequent poor results for children in these systems. More complaints than solutions offered. |
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Adoption Guide (2003-2004) |
Practical Information for Successful Adoption |
Klatzkin, Amy |
2003 |
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Whether you're just beginning or considering a 2nd adoption, this up-to-date source of national listings for adoption attorneys, agency programs, and parent support groups, as well as recent trends in law etc. From publishers of Adoptive Families magazine. |
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Adoption is a Family Affair
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What Relatives and Friends Must Know |
Johnston, Patricia Irwin |
2001 |
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In a conversational tone, this book provides a wealth of information about the hows and whys of adoption to the relatives and friends of adoptive families. In no time at all, they will be experts and real supporters of adoption. |
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Adoption Life Cycle, The |
The Children and Their Families Through the Years |
Rosenberg, Elinor |
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Adoption Nation
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How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America |
Pertman, Adam |
2000 |
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A chat about adoption in today's world, distinguishing it from the secretive environment of the unwed mother of yesterday. Good sections on the waiting children in U.S. foster care, the changing types of adoptive parents, and the global look of adoption. |
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Adoption: Opposing Viewpoints |
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Espejo, Roman |
2002 |
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A series of scholarly essays written by various experts in the field of adoption. Each essay proposes a particular viewpoint, eg. "The Internet should be used to recruit families", while the essay following it stresses the opposite. A great learning tool |
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Adoption Reader, The
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Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories |
\Wadia-Ells, Susan |
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The Adoption Reader is a helpful hopeful and vital collection about growth and self understanding and a must read book anyone has been touched by the adoption experience. |
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Adoption Wisdom
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A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption |
Russell, Marlou |
1996 |
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Book examines the many issues of adoption. Its purpose is to prepare those who are considering adoption; to validate the feelings of adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees; and to educate people about the lifelong impact of adoption. |
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An Educator's Guide to Adoption |
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Institute For Adoption Information Inc. |
1999 |
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TEACHERS! THIS GUIDE: 1. Increases your understanding of how families are built by adoption. 2. Gives you tools to deal with awkward situations when questions are asked about adoption. 3. Provides research on adoptees' success in school and in life. 4. Helps you play an important role in increasing the acceptance of all families. 5. Provides resources for integrating these lessons into your normal curriculum. 6. Suggests positive adoption language that enhances the acceptance of adoption. |
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Are Those Kids Yours? |
American Families with Children from Other Countries |
Register, Cheri |
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Well written & researched, author uses her own experience and those of other families to explore international adoption, why it has become so prevalent, how children adjust, how racial issues are handled, & how children can stay in touch with their roots. |
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Being Adopted
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The Lifelong Search for Self |
Brodzinski, D.,Schecter,M., Marantz, R. |
1992 |
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A scholarly yet very readable book that uses the voices of adoptees to trace how adoption is experienced at each stage of development from infancy to late adulthood. Covers the important topics of self esteem, identity achievement, and intimacy. |
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Beyond the Babylift |
A Story of an Adoption |
Purdy, Pamela Chatterton |
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Blending of Foster & Adopted Children into the
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Wagner, Heather |
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Explores issues facing families confronting the challenges created by adoption and foster care, & identifies steps members of blended families can take to ensure that they have a strong foundation. |
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