Adoption: Reference books
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Toddler Adoption : The Weaver's Craft, by Mary Hopkins
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Hardcover 272 pages (June 1997)
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This book focuses on the adoption of 1 to 3 year olds. Most books cover infant adoption, or adoption of older, school aged children, but little has been written to cover this age group
Real Parents, Real Children ; Parenting the Adopted Child : by Holly Van Gulden
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Paperback (September 1995)
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A leading authority offers practical advice for parents on how to talk with their children about adoption and how to help them through the rougher times of growing up adopted.
Raising Adopted Children : A Manual for Adoptive Parents, by Lois Ruskai Melina
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Paperback 288 pages (July 1986)
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A classic in the field, here is the first child care manual for adoptive parents featuring the latest research in child development, psychology, sociology, medicine, and the experience of adoptive families to provide practical and authoritative advice.
About the Author:
Lois Melina is the editor of Adopted Child newsletter and serves on the board of directors of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of information about adoption and providing guidance for practice and policy change in the field. Melina speaks frequently about adoption to professional organizations and adoptive parents throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. She is the author of Making Sense of Adoption and coauthor of The Open Adoption Experience.
Adopting the Hurt Child : Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
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Hardcover - 256 pages Rev&Updtd edition (May 1998), Our Price: $20.00 |
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SoundLuv@aol.com (Jen) from Syracuse, NY , September 2, 1998
A must read! This book should be a Bible for families adopting hurt children. Keck takes the adoption process step by step and uses case studies to back up each piece of information. We see that there are reasons behind each phase the child goes through, the honeymoon period, the fall-out that follows, the need to drive away their parents before the parents drive them away. Through the children's actual words, we feel their pain. Methods are suggested for dealing with attachment problems, sleep disorders, axieties, etc. Though this book focuses mainly on domestic special needs adoptions, foreign adoptions are warranted their own chapter and, besides, many of the issues are the same.
Adopting the Older Child by Claudia L. Jewett
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Paperback (May 1979) , List Price: $12.95, Our Price: $10.36, You Save: $2.59 (20%)
A reader from Loveland, CO , July 16, 1998
A must-read for anyone considering older child adoption. I devoured this book in 2 days - we are considering older child adoption, and this was a good introduction. It is a bit outdated, which is rather distracting at times, but it mentions a great variety of behavioral problems and some solutions. Written as four gripping stories, the technical information is easy to understand. Number One Information Source on Adopting an Older Child If you are considering an adoption, but a new baby may not be the choice for you or your spouse, Read this book. Claudia will take you through the process of a state adoption of an older child. Four case studies of very different types of adoptions are present in the book. I learned so much and now I am more eager than before to start on my journey to be a parent. This book highlights the different problems that may arise from the adoption of an older child especially of one that has been in the state foster care system. A definite recommend anyone interested in adoption or even childhood behavior problems.
'Are Those Kids Yours?' : American Families With Children Adopted from Other Countries by Cherie Register
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Hardcover - 240 pages (November 1990), List Price: $24.95, Our Price: $17.47, You Save: $7.48 (30%) |
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Cherie Register drawns on her experience as the mother of two Korean-born daughters and interviews with adoptive families to illustated the special challenges multicultural families face.
Imikatakan@aol.com from New Jersey, USA , May 21, 1998
A very important and helpful book, highly recommended. This book is wonderfully and sensitively written. The reader is encouraged toward meaningful reflection on the child's experience of growing up in an interracial family. Practical advice, soul-searching questions and obvious pleasure in parenting characterize the issues and stories in this book. You owe it to your child and yourself to read this book. Very helpful for adoption professionals as well.
A reader from Freehold, NJ , March 9, 1998
Thoughtful view of total international adoption experience. I read this book at the beginning of our journey into International adoption. The book starts with the motivation for international adoption and moves through the stages until Ms. Register concludes with grownup adoptees and their view of the world and themselves. She includes both experiences of over 30 parents and adoptees themselves. She asks thoughtful questions such as "How do you feel about mixed race marriages?" Ms. Register causes one to reflect on issues that may occur in the future. That's what I liked about her writing. I highly recommend this book to everyone considering adopting from another country.
A Child's Journey Through Placement by Vera, MD Fahlberg
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Paperback (November 1996), List price: $20.00, Our Price: $16.00, You Save: $4.00 (20%) |
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jfilgo@gdats.com from Greensboro, NC , February 28, 1998
The BEST for ANY family having a child with attachment issues. This book MUST be required reading for ALL adoptive families for insuring they have true insight on parenting their child responsivly. Being a mother desperately looking for the "why" my adopted child behaves as he does and "why" four years of traditional treatment hasn't mattered, I now have these answers and far greater insight as to what to do next. Dr. Fahlberg has provided the comprehensive guide for all who care about advocating children with all kinds of behavior and disorder issues. Dr. Fahlberg's "A Child's Journey Through Placement" is the Dr. Spock book for all adoptive parenting - outstanding material, information and very well written.
The Complete Guide to Foreign Adoption : What to Expect and How to Prepare for Your New Child by Barbara B. Bascom, Carole A. McKelvey (Contributor)
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Paperback (April 1997), List Price: $14.00, Our Price: $11.20, You Save: $2.80 (20%) |
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Parenting and Families Editor's Recommended Book Thinking about foreign adoption? Know somebody who is? Warning: the journey is gratifying, but is also long and fraught with pitfalls. This comprehensive handbook has vital facts and in-depth coverage of every aspect of inter-country adoption: what to bring, how to make it through the red tape, and how to prepare for parenting a child who may have special needs. Focusing primarily on Romanian "orphans" but applicable to all overseas adoptions, Barbara Bascom and Carole McKelvey remain consistently positive while describing the very real challenges. It's obvious that these authors know their stuff. After reading this book, so will you.
Adopting After Infertility by Patricia Irwin Johnston
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Paperback (November 1996)
Printed reviews of this book include the following...From Adopted Child (July, 1993)
"While there are many books that explain the adoption process, none of them explore with much depth the issues that aodptiove parents must deal with before making choices about what type of child and what type of adoption to pursue. Adopting after Inferitlity fills that gap remarkably well. It provides the kind of information that should be found in every ore-adoption class... Johnston, who is well known in the infertility and adoption communties for her work in those fields, is the natural choice for a book of this type. Her chatty style makes for easy reading, so there is no excuse for every parent considering adoption not to read this important book. From Serono Symposia's Insights into Infertility Newsletter (Winter, 1992), and reprinted in The New Social Worker (fall, 1994)..."People making the decsion to build a family through adoption after infertility must revise and reintegrate the ideas about parenthood that have been forming since childhood. Johnston recongizes this better than most. Acknowledging that some things in life remain ambivalent and ambiguous, she never attempts to make something understandable or tolerable by resorting to reductionist thinking. By refusing to trivialize a complex life experience,Ms. Johnston demonstrates the sophistication of her thinking and the genuine regard she has for her audience... This book is must reading, not only for people considering adoption, but also for those who seek to help them." from Pact Press (Winter 1994)...This clear, simple guide acknowledges that adoption may not be the right answer for everyone. This book is not only thorough, it is flled with the forthright opinions of the author. .. Though this book explores the losses associated with infertility in a clear way, the writer does not let her readers wallow. She offers the Chinese concept of crisis, consisting of danger and opprtunity as a better model. People stuck in victim behavior willlearn how loss obstructs decision-making, and, more importantly, how to move forward...It is essential reading if you are considering adoption after facing the challenges of infertility... lively and easy to understand."
Adopt International : Everything You Need to Know to Adopt a Child from Abroad by O. Robin Sweet, Patty Bryan (Contributor)
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Paperback - 365 pages (May 1996), List Price: $16.00, Our price: $12.80, You save: $3.20 (20%)
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Americans complete more than 10,000 international adoptions annually. This book is a godsend for those contemplating the process. The authors stress, however, that the task is not for the faint-hearted or those who only wish to "rescue" a child from his or her past; prospective adoptive parents must instead be prepared to give the child a future. The book thoroughly covers all legal, social, cultural, personal, and bureaucratic procedures involved, from selecting a placement agency to enrolling the new family member in an American school. Sweet and her husband have experienced the international adoption process, and she and Patty Bryan have produced a detailed, realistic guide highlighted by first-person accounts and numerous appendixes of adoption agencies, support groups, newsletters, and other resources. This could easily become the bible of a burgeoning adoption phenomenon. Patricia Hassler
The International Adoption Handbook : How to Make an Overseas Adoption Work for You by Myra Alperson
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How to Adopt Internationally, 2000-2002 Edition: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Indpendent Adoptions by Jean Nelson Erichsen, Heino R. Erichsen
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Book Description: How to Adopt Internationally is organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps that lead readers through every phase of the international adoption process from finding an agency and organizing a home study to choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, traveling abroad, and adjusting to a new life with a child. The book includes detailed instructions for estimating the cost of an international adoption and also provides samples of almost all forms and documents...
From the Back Cover: Organized around 23 easy-to-follow steps, How to Adopt Internationally includes detailed coverage of every aspect of the international adoption process, including organizing a home study and fulfilling state requirements as well as choosing a country to adopt from, working through emigration and immigration, and traveling abroad to meet your child. How to Adopt Internationally also includes: * Detailed information on the adoption requirements for 68 child-placing countries.
International Adoption : Sensitive Advice for Prospective Parents by Jean Knoll, Mary-Kate Murphy (Contributor)
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Paperback - 198 pages (May 1994), List Price: $12.95, Our price: $10.36, You save: $2.59 (20%)
Synopsis: Combining specific advice with entries from a mother's journal, a gentle and realistic guide for hopeful parents explains the changing laws of various cultures, political issues, and warning signs of fraud, and offers a list of agencies and organizations. Original.
The Adoption Resource Book by Lois Gilman (Preface)
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Lois Gilman hasn't missed a thing in this comprehensive, informative and well-organized source of information.
Adopting in China : A Practical Guide/an Emotional Journey by Kathleen A Wheeler (Ph.D), Doug Werner
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Reviewer: Deborah B. Pettry from California.
I found "Adopting in China" to be a wonderful book on two levels. The first level was practical: the specific costs, logistics and preparation for adopting a Chinese child. (Don't miss the resource list at the back.) The second, and more important, level was personal: an open and honest story of the internal journey a man goes through as he moves from "going along with" his wife's adoption wishes to discovering a new world of love with the child. Although the first author listed is Kathleen Wheeler Werner, 95% of the book was written by Doug Werner. This is a male story, told by a man with his thoughts and feelings. We see the adoption process, the child and even China through his "Everyman" eyes. As a woman and as a professional accustomed to traveling internationally, I didn't always agree with him or feel comfortable with what he was expressing -- and that's what made this book so powerful. It forced me to think. Every husband who is still feeling ambivalent about adopting from abroad and every wife with such a husband should read and discuss this book.
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