Adoption and fostering: advice and issues

Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler.

Welcoming a new child into the home through adoption is a life-altering experience-for the child, the parents, and everyone else in the family.

An essential resource for transracially adoptive parents and the professionals who serve them, this book offers practical strategies for helping a transracially adopted child through the challenges he or she may face.

Going through puberty and adolescence presents unwelcome changes for many transgender youth, and this book provides advice to parents of transgender teens to help them understand what their child is experiencing and feeling during this challenging time.

What personal truths reside in biological ties that are absent in adoptive ties?

Written by an experienced adoptive parent, this clear, sensitive and practical handbook is designed to encourage and support adoptive and long-term foster parents, their children and adolescents.

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma.

Family-making in America is in a state of flux-the ways people compose their families is changing, including those who choose to adopt.

The perfect starting point for parents of transracially adopted children and those who are considering adopting transracially.

Marshalling her experience as an expert witness in court proceedings on non-consensual, confidential adoption in Israel, Mass describes legal proceedings following the Israeli state petition that declares children eligible for adoption because of alleged parental incapability, and explores the politics of state intervention in the parent/child relationship.

I love you, no matter what.

A sensitive picture book to help ease the anxieties of foster children aged 4 to 10 entering placement.

Capturing the warmth and fun of forming close relationships with children, this book offers simple advice to parents of children who find it difficult to attach and bond - whether following adoption, divorce or other difficult experiences.

Capturing the warmth and fun of forming close relationships with children, this book offers simple advice to parents of children who find it difficult to attach and bond - whether following adoption, divorce or other difficult experiences.

Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility.

An evangelical pastor and father of four shares the amazing, inspirational story of his family’s road to adoption—and beyond.

In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Child newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development.

In this classic adoption picture book for children, Mother Bird rises to meet the challenges of bringing up her baby bird against all odds in an enduring tale of sacrifice, wisdom and love.

Conventional parenting is not adequate to address the needs of children whose emotional development has been frozen, distorted or interrupted as a result of trauma.

How do you create an adoption portfolio that will show prospective birth families why you are the perfect adoptive parent for their child?

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.

This therapeutic journal provides you with the tools and coping strategies you need to better look after yourself.

For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements.

Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability.

How can adoptive parents and their teenagers navigate the challenges of the adolescent years?

I love you, no matter what.

Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents, for whatever reason, are unable to care for their children themselves.

Spain has one of the highest per capita international adoption rates in the world.

What personal truths reside in biological ties that are absent in adoptive ties?

The Open Adoption Experience has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Emotions can be complicated at the best of times.

Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson's inspiring memoirs Mummy's Little Helper and Little Prisoners combined in a single volume with her deeply moving latest title Breaking the Silence, about two troubled little boys who both desperately need a loving home, and find comfort and friendship in the most unlikely of places.

Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open.

Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler.

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Packed full of great ideas for fun games and activities, this book encourages positive attachments between a parent or carer and their child.

How far would you go to have a baby?

Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility.

When I am ready, I need you to talk to me and help me understand my feelings.

Missy has lived with her new mommy ever since she was adopted from Haiti.

Many adopted or foster children have complex, troubling, often painful pasts.

L’« adoption coutumière » est reconnue officiellement au Québec depuis le 16 juin 2018 avec l’article 543.

Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children.

For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements.

Redeem Your Adoption Journey In this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S.

Join USA Today bestselling author Tricia Goyer and her family of eleven as they embark on a yearlong quest to eliminate grumbling from their home and discover a happier, healthier, and more grateful approach to living life.