The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child : A complete handbook to welcoming your adopted child into your heart and home.
Title:
The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child : A complete handbook to welcoming your adopted child into your heart and home.
Author:
Player, Corrie Lynn.
ISBN:
9781440521775
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (306 pages)
Series:
Everything®
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Is Adoption Right for You? -- Chapter 2: Growing Areas of Adoption -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Adoption -- Chapter 4: Open Versus Closed Adoptions -- Chapter 5: Adoption Outside Your Ethnic Group -- Chapter 6: International Adoptions -- Chapter 7: Adopting Through the Foster Care System -- Chapter 8: Adoption of Infants and Toddlers -- Chapter 9: Adoption of Preschool Children -- Chapter 10: Adoption of Elementary School-Aged Children -- Chapter 11: Adoption of Tweens and Teens -- Chapter 12: Adoption of Special Needs Children -- Chapter 13: Dynamics of Biological and Adoptive Relationships -- Chapter 14: Emotional Pitfalls for Adopted Children -- Chapter 15: Answering the Hard Questions -- Chapter 16: Creating and Strengthening Family Bonds -- Chapter 17: Unique Discipline Issues for Adopted Children -- Chapter 18: Searching for Your Adopted Child's Birth Family -- Chapter 19: Helping Adopted Children Become Adults -- Chapter 20: Additional Resources -- Appendix A: Additional Resources -- Appendix B: Organizations, Professionals, and Helpful Web Sites -- Index.
Abstract:
For the estimated 2 million families in the United States waiting to adopt a child, the decision of which avenue to pursue can be overwhelming: domestic or international, older child versus younger, children with special needs--and the list goes on. This title offers all the information any potential or newly adoptive parent might need. This essential guidebook is packed with reassuring advice on how to handle the most common issues: questions to ask before adopting; bonding techniques--from newborn to teenager; adopting children with special needs; navigating international adoptions; helping the adopted child understand and cope with feelings of loss and abandonment; and navigating blended families, single parenting, or same-sex partnerships. With this book by their side, adoptive parents will bond with their child for a lifetime!.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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