Designing Rituals of Adoption for the Religious and Secular Community
Author: Mary Martin Mason
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780964625907
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption
Author: Christine Adamec
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1997-12-01
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780028621081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers advice on making an adoption application stand out, the latest adoption trends, and ways to spot scams, with profiles of real-life adopters and adoptees
Creating Ceremonies
Author: Cheryl A. Lieberman
Publisher: Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781891944109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPromoting Successful Adoptions
Author: Susan Livingston Smith
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1999-08-04
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1452264902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on adoptive families after the legal finalization of the adoption has taken place. The authors, Susan Livingston Smith and Jeanne A. Howard, incorporate the findings of their own unique research project on troubled adoptive families with other empirical research, theory, practice, and knowledge. This volume is rich with case examples, detailed case histories, presentations of various practice strategies, and resources. The overall result is a stand-alone volume offering a clear and well-documented overview of the topic. It will be invaluable to social workers and other professionals working with children and families.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption, 2nd Edition
Author: Christine Adamec
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-01-04
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 1101218169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A beacon through the often tangled and varied paths to parenting through adoption.”— William Pierce, President, National Council for Adoption Hailed as “an extremely valuable resource” by Jann Heffner, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this new edition covers the adoption process, updated information on cyber adoption, changes in adoption laws, and the financial considerations of adoption. • Updated appendixes with new listings for adoption agencies, publications, adoptive parents’ groups, and adoption attorneys • Comprehensive information on adopting abroad, Internet-assisted adoptions, and the legal aspects of adoption, including pre-birth consent laws
The Morality of Adoption
Author: Timothy Patrick Jackson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780802829795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Religion, Marriage, and Family Series investigates marriage and family as major theological and cultural issues. Given that both society and the church have debated these topics intensely but have actually studied them very little, this series attempts to correct recent theological neglect of these important matters.
Brothers and Sisters in Adoption
Author: Arleta James
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2012-02-15
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 0857006436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat 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 â?? 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 â??adjustâ?? to the addition of another sibling. The addition of a child with a history of neglect or trauma cannot be a seamless transition. The expectations of everyone involved â?? parents, new siblings, and, yes, professionals facilitating the adoption â?? must be realistic, taking into account that the new child will need special attention that may take away time and attention from the already resident kids, that family life is likely to be turned topsy turvy until appropriate counseling and support are in place, that relationships will change. Therapist Arleta James is certainly not the first person to recognize this, but she is the first to do something about it. Brothers and Sisters in Adoption offers insights and examples and sturdy, practical, proven tools for helping newly configured families prepare, accept, react, and mobilize to become a new and different family meeting the practical, physical and emotional needs of all its members. These well prepared and supported families are the ones who thrive!
Parenting Adopted Adolescents
Author: Gregory Keck
Publisher: Tyndale House
Published: 2014-02-27
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1617472506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his newest release, Dr. Gregory C. Keck offers new insights and parenting strategies relative to adolescents, especially adopted adolescents. Parents will find humor and relief as they realize their role in their child’s journey in the adoption process.
The Cruelest Con
Author: Kelly Kiser-Mostrom
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0595349986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cruelest Con "is a unique book in many ways: it is deeply personal, emotionally powerful, and contains important lessons for everyone in the adoption community. We all should read it and learn from it - so that adoption can truly be the rewarding, ethical process that it should be."-Adam Pertman, author of Adoption Nation and executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. For nearly three years, author Kelly Kiser-Mostrom endured the nightmare of an adoption scam. Through her heart-wrenching personal journey in The Cruelest Con, Kiser-Mostrom focuses on the changing and often frightening world of adoption. She exposes the treachery behind adoption facilitator Sonya Furlow who exploited and defrauded forty-four adoptive parents of over $215,000, shattering their most basic dream in life-to have a family. Kiser-Mostrom points out the chilling truth about adoption laws in the United States. Facilitators are unregulated, and laws vary from state to state, leaving the adoption world wide open for many kinds of criminal activities and baby buying. Through Kiser-Mostrom's personal testament, you'll be able to form a foundation for a positive adoption journey. Kiser-Mostrom focuses on these key points: · Detect red flags when dealing with an intermediary · Learn how to cope with grief as a victim of adoption fraud · Learn how and when to report suspected fraud · Follow guidelines to obtain an adoption professional · Find adoption resources · Gain a new perspective on the positives and negatives of adoption Don't let fraud and deception destroy your adoption dreams. Let The Cruelest Con guide you through the adoption process.
Adoption and the Jewish Family
Author: Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780827606531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn indispensable resource to those families considering or affected by adoption, this book takes an informed look at adoption from a Jewish perspective and will prepare readers for the many unforeseen challenges that may arise.
