Melina, Lois Ruskai. <br/><br/>
Raising adopted children :  a manual for adoptive parents / 
Lois Ruskai Melina. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Harper & Row,  c1986. 
 - xi, 274 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Solstice Press book.".  "Perennial Library.". 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Instant family -- The transition to adoptive parenthood -- Adjustment of the family -- Bonding and attachment -- Part II: At home with adoption -- Talking with children about adoption -- How adoption affects the family -- The important family history -- Part III: The adoptee grows up -- Sexuality and the adoptive family -- The adolescent adoptee -- Contact with biologic relatives -- Part IV: Special issues in adoption -- Growing up in the minority family -- Serious behavior problems -- Special situations in adoption. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060960396  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>85045648 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adopted children.<br/>Adopted children--Family relationships.<br/>Parenting
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>649.145