Insight into adoption : what adoptive parents need to know about the fundamental differences between a biological and an adopted child--and its effect on parenting /
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| Author / Creator: | Blomquist, Barbara Taylor. |
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| Imprint: | Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, c2001. |
| Description: | xiv, 123 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4852052 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Adoption Basics
- 1. Advice from an Adoptee's Parent
- 2. Insight
- 3. Common Feelings of Adopted Children
- 4. Common Feelings of Adoptive Parents
- 5. Logic
- 6. Factual Differences Between Adopted and Biological Children
- 7. Why is my Job So Different?
- 8. Task of Developing a Sense of Self
- 9. The Impact of Loss
- 10. Troubled Behavior Patterns
- Pt. 2. Workable Solutions
- 11. Lack of Adoption Conversation?
- 12. Inclusive/Exclusive
- 13. Not One and the Same
- 14. Positive Terms and Descriptions
- 15. Parents are Mirrors
- 16. Hopes and Dreams - Real or Fanciful
- 17. The Cruelest Words of All
- 18. "I'll Prove to You I'm Bad"
- 19. What and Where Am I?
- 20. What Would Your Child Say?
- 21. Breaking Away
- 22. The Search
- 23. Perfect Parent???
- 24. The Trust Factor
- 25. Great - or Not So Great-Expectations
- 26. Solid Advice from an Adoptee to Parents
- 27. Conclusion
- Pt. 3. Counseling Handouts
- Basics of Discussion
- Factual Differences
- Essential Keys to Problem Solving
- Handling Your Angry Child
- Parenting Tools
- Parenting Goals
- Key Points in Adoptive Parenting
- Do's, Don'ts, Why's, and Why Not's.