Raising adopted children : a manual for adoptive parents / Lois Ruskai Melina.
By: Melina, Lois Ruskai
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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1986Description: xi, 274 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0060960396 .Subject(s): Adopted children | Adopted children -- Family relationships | ParentingDDC classification: 649.145 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 649.145 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016912 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A classic in the field, here is the first child care manual for adoptive parents featuring the latest research in child development, psychology, sociology, medicine, and the experience of adoptive families to provide practical and authoritative advice.
"A Solstice Press book.".
"Perennial Library.".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index.
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.