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Brothers and Sisters in Adoption : Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family

Author
James, Arleta
Published
London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.
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1 online resource (542 pages)
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Contents
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family; Introduction; Chapter OneThe Development of Realistic Expectations:Myth or Actuality?; Chapter TwoPre-placement Preparation: The Child's Past is Important; Chapter ThreeTaking Stock: Are We a Family for a Child?; Chapter Four"Getting to Know Him:" Dads in Adoption; Chapter FiveJoining "Waiting" Families and "Waiting" Children:Matching is not an Exact Science; Chapter SixMoving to the Adoptive Family:Through the Eyes of the Child., Chapter SevenWhen a Child Leaves the Family:Displacement, Disruption and DissolutionChapter EightPost-placement: The Family Becomes Immobilized; Chapter NineMobilization: Becoming a "Newand Different" Family--Part I; Chapter TenMobilization: Becoming a "Newand Different" Family--Part II; Chapter Eleven"We're All Grown Up:" Turning 18 and Beyond; Acknowledgments; Appendices; Glossary; A Parallel Pre-Adoptive Training Modelfor Typically developing Children; Sexual Abuse Pre-Placement Activity; Adoptive Family Safety Contract; Social Readjustment Rating Scale for Adults., and Social Readjustment Rating Scale for Non-adults"We aren't done yet!" Adopting in Middle Adulthood; "But will they be real brothers and sisters?" Families with Typically developing Siblings by Adoptionand/or Birth; Resources; Index; Blank Page.
Summary
What about the kids already there? How do they do when a child with a challenging past joins a family by adoption? When experienced parents decide to adopt an older child or a sibling group, they jump through all kinds of bureaucratic hoops - background checks, interviews, group meetings, reading assignments, classes, etc. But most often the typically developing children these adults are already parenting (whether through birth or adoption) are left out of the process, informed that a new kid is coming, and simply expected to "adjust" to the addition of another sibling. The addition of a child.
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9780857006431 (electronic bk.)
0857006436 (electronic bk.)
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