Family & Relationships : Adoption

When Massachusetts passed America's first comprehensive adoption law in 1851, the usual motive for taking in an unrelated child was presumed to be the need for cheap labor. But by 1929 - the first year that every state had an adoption law - the adoptee's main function was seen as emotional. Little Strangers examines the representations of adoption and foster care produced over the intervening years. more...

Price: $27.95

Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, arrived in Zimbabwe in 1997. After witnessing firsthand the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children, the couple started volunteering at an orphanage that was desperately underfunded and short-staffed. more...

Price: $9.95

Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure attachment relationships. It gives an overview of attachment theory and a step-by-step model of parenting which provides the reader with a tried-and-tested framework for developing resilience and emotional growth. Featuring throughout are the stories of Catherine, Zoe, Marcus and Luke, four fictional children in foster care or adoptive homes, who are used to illustrate the ideas and strategies described. The book offers sound advice and provides exercises for parents and their children, as well as useful tools that supervising social workers can use both in individual support of carers as well as in training exercises. This is an essential guide for adoptive and foster parents, professionals including health and social care practitioners, clinical psychologists, child care professionals, and lecturers and students in this field. more...

Price: $34.95

"...an extremely useful parenting handbook...truly outstanding ... strongly recommended.". --Library Journal (starred review). "A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike.". --Thomas Atwood, president and CEO, National Council for Adoption. The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion. Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you: Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child; Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders; Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened. ". . . a must-read not only for adoptive parents, but for all families striving to correct and connect with their children.". --Carol S. Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child  . "Drs. Purvis and Cross have thrown a life preserver not only to those just entering uncharted waters, but also to those struggling to stay afloat.". --Kathleen E. Morris, editor of S. I. Focus magazine  . "Truly an exceptional, innovative work . . . compassionate, accessible, and founded on a breadth of scientific knowledge and clinical expertise.". --Susan Livingston Smith, program director,Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. " The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions:  place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect,  'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.'  The sense of not facing these issues alone--the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts--is hugely more...

Price: $16.95

An instant classic upon publication in hardcover in 2000,. The Lost Daughters of China presents both a compelling. and informative look at the Chinese adoption process. In this book, Karin Evans tells the story of adopting her. daughter Kelly, who was one of the hundreds of thousands of. infant girls who wait for parents in orphanages all over China at. any given time. Evans artfully weaves this personal account with. extensive insights into the conditions that have led to generations. of abandoned Chinese girls and a legacy of lost women. Recently, the Chinese government has made many significant. changes in their policies with regard to international. adoption, and in this fully revised and updated edition Evans. addresses these changes. Many of the first girls to be adopted. from China are now in their teens (China opened its doors to. international adoption beginning only in the early 1990s), and. Evans also includes in this edition moving stories of these. girls’ experiences growing up in the United States, and in some. cases, returning to China in search of their roots. The Lost Daughters of China is a beautifully written portrait of. Chinese adoption. more...

Price: $14.95