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Author Bosco-Ruggiero, Stephanie.

Title Adopting older children : a practical guide to adopting and parenting children over age four / Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero, Gloria Russo Wassell, and Victor Groza.

Publication Info. Far Hills, New Jersey : New Horizon Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.734 BOSCO-RUGGIERO    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.734 BOSCO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  PRNT J362.734 B    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.734 BOS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.734 BOSCO-RUGGIERO    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references.
Contents 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-Adoption Services; Chapter 6: Welcoming Your Child Home; Chapter 7: Adoptive Families are "Real" Families-Educating Friends and Family about Older Child Adoption; Chapter 8: Multicultural and Multiracial Adoptive Families; Chapter 9: Sibling Relationships; Chapter 10: Navigating Biological Family Relationships andUnderstanding Adoption; Chapter 11: The Traumatized Child
Chapter 12: Grief and Loss in Adopted Children ;Chapter 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's Resilience and Enhance Behavioral Functioning; Chapter 19: The Strengths 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
Summary 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... -- back cover
Subject Adoption.
Parent and child.
Added Author Wassell, Gloria Russo, author.
Groza, Victor, 1956- author.
ISBN 0882824821
9780882824826
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