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Introduction; Chapter 1: Deciding to Adopt an Older Child; Chapter 2: Who Can Adopt an Older Child?; Chapter 3: Adopting Within the United States; Chapter 4: Intercountry Adoption; Chapter 5: Post-AdoptionServices; Chapter 6: Welcoming Your Child Home; Chapter 7: Adoptive Families are "Real" Families-Educating Friends and Family aboutOlder Child Adoption; Chapter 8: Multicultural and Multiracial Adoptive Families; Chapter 9: Sibling Relationships; Chapter 10: Navigating Biological Family Relationships andUnderstanding Adoption; Chapter 11: TheTraumatized Child. |
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Chapter 12: Grief and Loss in Adopted ChildrenChapter 13: Attachment and Adoption; Chapter 14: Emerging Sense of Self; Chapter 15: Mental Health; Chapter 16: Physical Health; Chapter 17: Development and Learning; Chapter 18: Parenting Methods to Build Your Child'sResilience and Enhance Behavioral Functioning; Chapter 19: TheStrengths of Adoptive Parents; Chapter 20: TheImportance of Social Support and Community; Chapter 21: Adoptive Parents' Self-Care; Chapter 22: Help for Adoptive Parents Dealing withSerious Issues; Conclusion; Appendix: Recommended Resources by Chapter; Notes. |
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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. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Adoption.
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Parent and child.
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Adoption. |
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Parent and child. |
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Electronic books. |
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9780882824833 : $15.99 |
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088282483X : $15.99 |
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