05247nam 2200709 a 450 991077922950332120161219111535.01-322-41557-90-7619-0656-81-4522-6490-2(CKB)2550000000105513(EBL)996816(OCoLC)809772726(SSID)ssj0000741708(PQKBManifestationID)12322407(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741708(PQKBWorkID)10742947(PQKB)10434916(SSID)ssj0000697404(PQKBManifestationID)12275427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697404(PQKBWorkID)10710166(PQKB)10909712(MiAaPQ)EBC996816(OCoLC)1007858050(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063712(EXLCZ)99255000000010551320120319d1999 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPromoting successful adoptions[electronic resource] practice with troubled families /Susan Livingston Smith, Jeanne A. HowardThousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc19991 online resource (xiv, 274 p.) illSAGE sourcebooks for the human services ;v.40Description based upon print version of record.1-4522-3284-9 0-7619-0657-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.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 AdoptionRange 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 StrategiesInsights 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 FearBarriers 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 TraumaChapter 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 PreservationCentral Elements of Adoption Preservation WorkPromoting 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.Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ;v. 40.AdoptionUnited StatesSpecial needs adoptionUnited StatesAdoptionSpecial needs adoption362.7340973Smith Susan Livingston1461975Howard Jeanne A1461976StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910779229503321Promoting successful adoptions3670826UNINA