Promoting successful adoptions [[electronic resource] ] : practice with troubled families / / Susan Livingston Smith, Jeanne A. Howard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779229503321
• Autore: Smith Susan Livingston
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• ISBN: 1-322-41557-9; 0-7619-0656-8; 1-4522-6490-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 274 p.) : ill
• Collana: SAGE sourcebooks for the human services ; ; v.40
• Altri autori (Persone): HowardJeanne A
• Disciplina: 362.7340973
• Soggetti: Adoption - United States; Special needs adoption - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Special Needs Don't Disappear With Adoption: The Case for Post-Adoption Services; Trends in Adoption; Adoption as a Lifelong Process; Research on Adoption Outcomes and Problems of Adopted Children and Families; Increased Vulnerability of Children With Special Needs; The Need for Post-Adoption Services; An Overview of the Illinois Adoption Preservation Project; Chapter 2 - Every Clinician Is in Post-Adoption Practice; Adoptive Families and Social Services; Core Issues of Adoption; Range of Professionals Involved With Adoptive FamiliesChapter 3 - We Never Thought It Would Be Like This: Presenting Problems of Troubled Adoptive Families; Family Problems; Parental Attitudes Upon Seeking Help; Children's Concerns and Perceptions of Problems; Previous Coping Attempts; Family Dynamics in Troubled Adoptive Families; Common Themes; Running on Empty; Conclusion; Chapter 4 - They Cry Out in Many Different Ways: Behavior Problems of Special Needs Children; Framework for Understanding Children's Adjustment Issues in Special Needs Adoptions; Behavior Problems as Coping Strategies; Insights from Research on Adopted ChildrenBehavior Problems of Children Served by the Adoption Preservation Project; Behavior Problems and Placement Instability; Links Between Behavior Problems and Child's History; Behavior Problems and Underlying Emotional ; Issues; Chapter 5 - Adoption Means Somebody Loves You and Somebody Doesn't: Separation, Grief, and Attachment Issues in Work With Families; Overview of Attachment Theory as It Relates to Adoption; Barriers to Resolution of Loss for Adoptees; Sibling Connections; Children's Feelings of Anger and Fear; Barriers to Attachment for Adoptive ParentsInsights Related to Attachment Problems; Children's Expressions Related to Separation and Loss; Goals and Strategies of Intervention to Support Attachment; Chapter 6 - Invisible Wounds: Trauma and Its Wake; Traumas Experienced by Special Needs Children; The Physiological Effect of Trauma; Traumagenic States; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Dimensions for Understanding Traumatic Experiences of Special Needs Adoptees; Overview of Intervention With Traumatized Children; Goals for Facilitating Healing From Trauma; Chapter 7 - I Just Want to Know More About Who I Am: Identity IssuesSelf-Integration and Identity Confusion; Adoption and Identity; Identity Issues Throughout the Life Span; Barriers to Identity Achievement; Identity Issues in Children Placed Across Race; Strategies for Assisting in Identity Development; Assisting in the Search; Kinship and Foster Parent Adoption; Reconstructing the Past: An Intervention; Chapter 8 - A Place to Turn When There's No Place Else to Go: An Overview of Adoption Preservation Services; Philosophy of Adoption Preservation; Central Elements of Adoption Preservation Work
• Sommario/riassunto: Promoting Successful Adoptions focuses on adoptive families after the legal finalisation of the adoption has taken place. It is illustrated throughout with case examples, detailed case histories and presentations of various practice strategies.