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A Forever Family: A True Story of Adoption
John Houghton and his wife - middle-class, highly educated, well-travelled - learned that they could not have children of their own. Instead they adopted three siblings, two boys and a girl, who were looking for 'a forever family', as the adoption agencies put it. What followed is all too common in adoptive families, but it is rarely talked about in public and has never been described with...
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Healing Power of the Family: Illustrated Overview of Life with the Disturbed Foster or Adopted Child
Statistics about child abuse and neglect can overwhelm, yet somehow still fail to impart the very real damage done to children who are then placed in foster and adoptive homes with under-prepared, under-supported families. Emotional damage causes injured children to exhibit "survival behaviors" which can be disturbing and often damage the family environment...
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Assessing the Support Needs of Adopted Children and Their Families: Building Secure New Lives
Written in consultation with a range of experts, clinicians and practitioners as well as adoptive children, families and birth relatives, this book gives helpful guidance on making evidence-based assessments and planning successful adoption support. Key features include: a discussion of the main themes of adoption...
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Waiting for You: An Heirloom Adoption Journal for My Future Child
Because you already love a child you have never met... Share family photographs. Record personal history. Document the adoption process. FORMAT: Fill-in pages and journaling springboards with inclusive language to fit diverse adopting scenarios including single parent, alternative family or older child. Adopting couples can each fill out a journal...
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Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity
A testament to the more than 100,000 Korean adoptees who have come to the United States since the 1950s, this collection of oral histories features the stories of nine Korean Americans who were adopted as children and the struggles they’ve shared as foreigners in their native lands. From their early...
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