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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813293603321

Titolo

Handbook of adoption : implications for researchers, practitioners, and families / / [edited by] Rafael A. Javier ... [et al.] ; preface by David Brodzinsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, c2007

ISBN

1-4833-5074-6

1-322-30570-6

1-4129-7663-4

1-78268-938-9

1-4522-0642-2

1-4416-5505-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 563 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

JavierRafael Art

Disciplina

362.734

Soggetti

Adoption

Adoption - Research

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. 538-542) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 - Breaking the Seal; Part I: Foundation; 2 - Toward a Sociology of Adoption; 3 - Adoption Data and Statistical Trends; 4 - A Legal History of Adoption and Ongoing Legal Challenges; Part II: Theoretical Issues in Adoption; 5 - Developmental Challenges for Adoptees Across the Life Cycle; 6 - Adoptive Identity; 7 - The Cultural-Racial Identity Model; Pat III: Transracial and International Adoption; 8 - Putting Culture Into Context; 9 - Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children

10 - International Adoption of Latin American Children11 - From the Ashes of War; Part IV: Special Issues in Adoption; 12 - Open Adoptions; 13 - Single-Parent Adoptions and Clinical Implications; 14 - The Special Needs of Special-Needs Adoptees and Their Families; 15 - Double Stigma; 16 - The Importance of Kinship Relationships16for Children in Foster Care; 17 - School Issuesand Adoption; Part V: Training and Education for Adoption Therapy Competence; 18 -



Variations in Clinical Issues for Children Adopted as Infants and Those Adopted as Older Children; 19 - Counseling Adoption Triad Members

20 - Psychologists' Self-Reported Adoption Knowledge and the Need for More Adoption EducationPart VI: Research Findings in Adoption Work; 21 - Research Contributions; 22 - Birth Mothers and Subsequent Children; 23 - Identity, Psychological Adjustment, Culture, and Race; 24 - Adoptees' and BirthParents' Therapeutic Experiences Related to Adoption; Part VII: Assessment and Treatment Issues in Adoption; 25 - Why Has the Mental Health Community Been Silent on Adoption Issues?; 26 - The Inner Life of the Adopted Child; 27 - Birth Parents in Adoption

28 - Relinquishment as a Critical Variable in the Treatment of Adoptees29 - Psychoanalytic Understanding and Treatment of the Adoptee; 30 - Psychic Homelessness Related to Reactive Attachment Disorder; 31 - "I Don't Know You"; Part VIII: Poetic Reflections and Other Creative Processes From Adoptees; 32 - Reflections; Part IX: Conclusion; 33 - The Future of Adoption; Resource Guide; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

'Handbook of Adoption' addresses topics in adoption that reflect the many dimensions of theory, research, development, race adjustment and clinical practice which can affect adoption triad members.